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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FestivalsTen Films to See at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024
From noir dramas to moody docs, time-travelling women to road-tripping ventriloquists, our picks from this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 25 Jul 2024 -
New ReleasesI Saw the TV Glow
Alternate horror director Jane Schoenbrun transmits a cautionary tale of identity, electrified by horrors both domestic and demonic, in I Saw the TV Glow Read more »| 25 Jul 2024 -
New ReleasesAbout Dry Grasses
Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns for his ninth feature, which centres on a schoolteacher accused of abuse by a female student Read more »| 22 Jul 2024 -
NewsTiree film festival Sea Change announces programme
Sea Change, Scotland’s annual film festival celebrating female filmmaking talent, returns to the Hebridean island of Tiree this autumn. Expect wild swimming, daily walks and a great selection of humane films celebrating community Read more »| 19 Jul 2024 -
InterviewsJanis Pugh on Chuck Chuck Baby
Chuck Chuck Baby is a queer love story and quasimusical that will both break your heart and get your toes tapping. We speak to writer-director Janis Pugh about this irrepressible crowdpleaser Read more »| 19 Jul 2024 -
InterviewsMeet Edinburgh Film Festival's new director, Paul Ridd
Ahead of Edinburgh International Film Festival's programme launch last week, we sat down with Festival director Paul Ridd to discuss his vision for EIFF’s future and the films that have shaped his taste in cinema Read more »| 18 Jul 2024
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New ReleasesCrossing
Levan Akin presents a push-and-pull story of empathy, rectification and the unexpected expanse that can be found in seemingly dead ends Read more »| 15 Jul 2024 -
NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival reveals 2024 programme
This year’s EIFF is made up of 37 new feature films, 18 of which are world premieres. New films from Alice Lowe, Mark Cousins and Ben Rivers are among the programme, plus Gaspar Noé appears In Conversation Read more »| 10 Jul 2024 -
New ReleasesSleep
This shape-shifting film from Korea – part horror, part black comedy, part mystery – keeps you guessing until its wild and hilarious finale Read more »| 09 Jul 2024 -
NewsEIFF to close with Carla J. Easton’s Scottish girl band documentary
Edinburgh International Film Festival will close with the world premiere of Since Yesterday: The Untold Story Of Scotland’s Girl Bands, directed by Carla J. Easton and Blair Young Read more »| 03 Jul 2024 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: July 2024
Laugh your way through election night with In the Loop, get loved up at Glasgow Film Theatre and head back to the 80s with Cameo Read more »| 02 Jul 2024 -
InterviewsPaul B Preciado on Orlando, My Political Biography
Spanish philosopher turned filmmaker Paul B Preciado speaks to us about his bold essay film Orlando, My Political Biography, an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s seminal 1928 novel Orlando, and so much more Read more »| 02 Jul 2024 -
New ReleasesOrlando, My Political Biography
Spanish writer and philosopher Paul B. Preciado makes his directorial debut with this intriguing study on gender inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Orlando Read more »| 02 Jul 2024 -
OpinionProwess beyond the pecs: Zac Efron's dynamism
Ahead of A Family Affair coming to Netflix, we look back on Zac Efron’s eclectic career and underrated star power Read more »| 28 Jun 2024 -
InterviewsLina Soualem on her documentary Bye Bye Tiberias
In her intimate new documentary Bye Bye Tiberias, Lina Soualem turns her camera on her actor mother, Hiam Abbass, as she returns to Tiberias, her ancestral village in Palestine Read more »| 27 Jun 2024