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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OpinionIFFR 2021: Small-scale film gems from Rotterdam
Part one of International Film Festival Rotterdam's two-part 2021 festival was sprinkled with enough small-scale gems to suggest arthouse and experimental cinema might still be in reasonable shape. We report back on some highlights Read more »| 15 Feb 2021 -
InterviewsInto the Dark takes us into the Polar Night
American filmmaker and photographer Michael O Snyder plunges us into the Polar Night with his latest documentary Into the Dark, which follows a team of scientists studying the Arctic's hardiest marine life Read more »| 11 Feb 2021 -
InterviewsMatthew Rankin on gonzo biopic The Twentieth Century
Matthew Rankin's wildly imaginative debut feature, The Twentieth Century, is a bizarro reimagining of Canada's most celebrated prime minister Read more »| 10 Feb 2021 -
OpinionFilm and TV round-up: February 2021
Channel 4 start the year with three sharp shows to help you through lockdown, while MUBI continues to fill the gaping hole left by the closure of arthouse cinemas Read more »| 02 Feb 2021 -
FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival highlights Black Scottish filmmakers
Glasgow Film Festival presents Welcome To: a programme shining a light on Black Scottish filmmaking Read more »| 02 Feb 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Róisín and Chiara on Heathers
Surreal sketch duo Róisín and Chiara experience teen cult classic Heathers for the very first time Read more »| 02 Feb 2021
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New ReleasesThe Mauritanian
Kevin Macdonald’s latest is often so ponderous and mild as to feel inert, but whenever Tahar Rahim is on screen, The Mauritanian finds its centre Read more »| 01 Feb 2021 -
FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2021: Our Top Ten Films
From a Romanian tale of obsession to a Danish revenge thriller via an Iranian moral tale and a doc about a huge Norwegian pig, there's something for everyone in Glasgow Film Festival's online programme Read more »| 01 Feb 2021 -
InterviewsMariah Garnett on Trouble
Glasgow Short Film Festival presents Mariah Garnett's Trouble at this year's Document festival. Blending fact and fiction, it looks at the legacy of the Troubles through the lived experience of her estranged Northern Irish father. Garnett tells us more Read more »| 27 Jan 2021 -
New ReleasesSynchronic
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead return with another suitably weird, sufficiently fun mind-bender which sees two New Orleans paramedics dealing with a spate of deaths connected to a new time-altering drug Read more »| 25 Jan 2021 -
InterviewsJustin Benson and Aaron Moorhead on Synchronic
Directing duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead return with time-travelling movie Synchronic. The pair discuss making ambitious sci-fi on a shoestring, their hatred of exposition and nostalgia as a toxic drug Read more »| 20 Jan 2021 -
FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival returns online in 2021
Irvine Welsh's biopic of infamous music impresario Alan McGee and a brilliant tragicomedy about a refugee trapped on a remote Scottish island are just two highlights from this year's fully-online Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 14 Jan 2021 -
ComedyICYMI: Huge Davies on The Blues Brothers
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 Best Newcomer nominee Huge Davies takes on the might of comedy sacred cow The Blues Brothers Read more »| 11 Jan 2021 -
InterviewsNatalie Krinsky on The Broken Hearts Gallery
The mores of the Hollywood romantic comedy get a welcome upgrade with the irresistibly charming The Broken Hearts Gallery. Its writer-director, Natalie Krinsky, explains how her vivacious debut both embraces and subverts the genre Read more »| 07 Jan 2021 -
New ReleasesBaby Done
Standup hero Rose Matafeo sparkles in her first big-screen starring role as a reluctant soon-to-be mother, with her chaotic energy chiming well with the vulnerable tenderness of co-star Matthew Lewis Read more »| 05 Jan 2021