Film
The Skinny magazine film guide. We bring you the latest new releases, UK film festivals, previews, reviews, exclusive interviews with film directors and actors, opinion pieces and film features.
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New ReleasesA Hidden Life
It's two steps forward and one back as Terrence Malick returns with A Hidden Life. Visually and narratively it's the filmmaker's most vital work since The Tree of Life, but a lack of tension and a bizarre approach to language hobbles the movie Read more »| 20 Jan 2020 -
NewsWatch Adam Sandler lose his shit in Goldman v Silverman
Fresh from collaborating on the electrifying Uncut Gems, the Safdie brothers release a secret short film starring Adam Sandler, filmed in Times Square Read more »| 17 Jan 2020 -
New ReleasesBombshell
This star-studded examination of the 2016 sex scandal at Fox News features an impressive impersonation of former Fox star Megyn Kelly by Charlize Theron, but elsewhere the approach by director Jay Roach to the material feels glib and unsatisfying Read more »| 16 Jan 2020 -
InterviewsTerry Gilliam on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Former Python and maverick filmmaker Terry Gilliam speaks to us about finally finishing his long-gestating, possibly cursed magnum opus The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and tells us he'd rather be toiling with no money than working at the Marvel factory Read more »| 15 Jan 2020 -
NewsOscar nominations are in and it's all lads, lads, lads
Once again it's an all-male lineup in the Best Director category, and the awful Joker is somehow this year's frontrunner with 11 nominations, but it's not all bad in this year's anyone-could-win Oscars race Read more »| 13 Jan 2020 -
NewsHoly Macaroni Pie! Batman is coming to Glasgow
The latest version of Batman, starring Robert Pattinson as The Caped Crusader, will be partly shot in Glasgow, with Scotland’s largest city doubling for Gotham Read more »| 13 Jan 2020
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OpinionFive great "one-shot" films
Ahead of the release of Sam Mendes's 1917, a first world war film that appears to be shot in just one take, we consider the merits of some of cinema's other great "one-shot" wonders Read more »| 10 Jan 2020 -
New ReleasesUncut Gems
The Safdie brothers follow up Good Time with another frenetic New York drama, as Adam Sandler gives a great performance as a brash jeweller who dabbles in various suspect tradings across the city Read more »| 10 Jan 2020 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Films of the 2010s
This was a decade of upheaval and change in the film industry, but the films themselves were as strong as ever. New talent like Jordan Peele and Barry Jenkins emerged while masters like Claire Denis and Martin Scorsese were making some of their best work Read more »| 09 Jan 2020 -
NewsCaitlin Moran’s How to Build a Girl to close Glasgow Film Festival
This UK premiere starring Booksmart’s Beanie Feldstein will be joined by French drama Proxima, starring Eva Green, which will open the festival Read more »| 09 Jan 2020 -
NewsThe 2020 BAFTA nominations are a joke
Once again, BAFTA – the UK’s leading awards body – has proved itself seriously out-of-touch with its latest set of nominations Read more »| 07 Jan 2020 -
Film EventsThe Best Film Events in Scotland in January
As the new year begins, lose yourself in the fantasies of Alejandro Jodorowsky and the dreamscapes of Federico Fellini Read more »| 07 Jan 2020 -
New Releases1917
Over a series of long takes, director Sam Mendes shows himself to be a filmmaker in complete command of his craft, while George MacKay makes for a compelling surrogate for the generation of young men sacrificed in the First World War Read more »| 06 Jan 2020 -
New ReleasesStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
JJ Abrams is eager to give the Star Wars fanboys what they want, but it’s always on his terms Read more »| 18 Dec 2019 -
New ReleasesLittle Women
Greta Gerwig's take on Louisa May Alcott's straightforward epic is elevated by the chemistry between the cast, who include Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh and Emma Watson Read more »| 17 Dec 2019