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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FestivalsWhy are there so many zombie comedies?
What's so funny about the walking dead? With Jim Jarmusch's star-studded zombie comedy The Dead Don't Die about to hit cinemas, we look back at the horror movies that make gags out of these undead ghouls Read more »| 17 Jun 2019 -
FestivalsWhy Pauline Kael still matters
Rob Garver’s eloquently-crafted documentary about The New Yorker critic – What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael – is a timely reminder of Kael's importance Read more »| 17 Jun 2019 -
FestivalsThe great Leonard Cohen moments in film
To mark the release of Nick Broomfield's Leonard Cohen doc Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, we highlight some of our favourite movie needle drops featuring the music of the much-missed Canadian singer-songwriter Read more »| 17 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesToy Story 4
Slapstick humour, body horror and existential toy angst combine in this fourth adventure with Woody, Buzz and co Read more »| 17 Jun 2019 -
InterviewsPeter Strickland on clothes, class and new film In Fabric
Peter Strickland, long one of the UK's most interesting filmmakers, returns with a sly horror about a demonic frock. He discusses the death of the high street, Britain's obsession with class and his fascination with how clothes make us feel Read more »| 14 Jun 2019 -
FestivalsEdinburgh International Film Festival: Ten Films to Seek Out
Our film editor picks out ten under-the-radar films to catch at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 14 Jun 2019
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FestivalsA new Ghibli? The Dawn of Studio Ponoc
As a collection of shorts from Studio Ponoc heads to Edinburgh International Film Festival, we ask if the anime house can fill the void left by Studio Ghibli Read more »| 13 Jun 2019 -
Dvd ReviewsBlue Black Permanent
The BFI’s re-release of Margaret Tait’s Blue Black Permanent acts as a neat greatest-hits collection for the Scottish artist Read more »| 12 Jun 2019 -
News270-degree 'movie experience' coming to Edinburgh
Edinburgh's Cineworld at Fountain Park will be the first cinema to get its own 270-degree screens Read more »| 11 Jun 2019 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival: The stars coming to 2019's festival
Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss and Scottish star David Hayman join the already announced Icíar Bollaín, Timothy Spall, Danny Boyle and Jack Lowden Read more »| 11 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesWe the Animals
A raw coming-of-age tale bristling with the rage, freedom and fear of adolescence Read more »| 05 Jun 2019 -
FestivalsA snapshot of American indie cinema in 2019
We report back from Sundance London 2019, where selections from America's biggest indie film festival crossed the Atlantic to greet Brits for the first time. Read more »| 05 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesDiego Maradona
Using the same archive-footage approach as his other tortured icon docs Amy and Senna, Asif Kapadia digs into the legacy of Argentine football hero Diego Maradona, exploring how his skills on the pitch made the world blind to his various demons off it Read more »| 04 Jun 2019 -
New ReleasesDirty God
Physical impact trumps psychological depth in a brutally honest acid attack drama with a surplus of style Read more »| 04 Jun 2019 -
Film EventsThe Best Film Events in Scotland in June
The big screen movie happenings you should make time for this June, from Edinburgh International Film Festival to a season celebrating the salty-sweet rom-coms of Nora Ephron Read more »| 04 Jun 2019