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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InterviewsCreating a Trans Cinema: Louise Weard on Castration Movie
Louise Weard's Castration Movie now spans over nine hours of chaotic, cathartic, camcorder footage. The Canadian director discusses the origins of the project and her influences in creating a cinema “by, for and about trans people” Read more »| 06 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsJali Collective brings African cinema to Edinburgh
Meet the Jali Collective, a group of curators widening access to Black, African and diaspora cinema in Scotland. The collective's founding trio lay out their aims, and we look ahead to some highlights of their inaugural weekender Read more »| 06 Oct 2025 -
InterviewsFrank Dillane on his starring role in Urchin
Fear the Walking Dead star Frank Dillane gives a wonderful performance in Urchin, the debut film from Babygirl actor Harris Dickinson. We catch up with Dillane, who tells us about his character Mike – a young, homeless man trying to get by in London Read more »| 03 Oct 2025 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: October 2025
Film festival season continues apace, horror movies abound on the lead-up to Halloween, and Glasgow Film Theatre gets melodramatic with an epic melodrama season Read more »| 29 Sep 2025 -
New ReleasesAll the Devils Are Here
Barnaby Roper's crime drama doesn't break the mould, but its excellent performances from the likes of Eddie Marsan, Rory Kinnear and Sam Claflin make this zippy thriller very much worth your while Read more »| 23 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsYoung Team: Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025 preview
GFT's young film programming team have come up with an electric lineup of films for this year's Glasgow Youth Film Festival Read more »| 17 Sep 2025
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New ReleasesHappyend
A group of rebellious school friends with a passion for throwing secret raves navigate a doom-laden, heavily surveilled future in this intriguing coming-of-age story Read more »| 15 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsScottish Queer International Film Festival returns for 2025
The much-loved Scottish Queer International Film Festival – or SQIFF for short – celebrates its landmark year with features, an exhibition, a craft fair, live performance and lots of queer short films Read more »| 12 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsMaking Waves: Sea Change 2025 preview
Beach walks, wild swimming, fantastic films directed by women – welcome to Sea Change, the Tiree film festival returning this September Read more »| 10 Sep 2025 -
InterviewsSam Riley on Islands
Sam Riley gives one of his finest performances in Islands as a washed-up tennis player who gets embroiled in a mystery. Riley tells us why he related to the character and what, to him, makes for great acting Read more »| 09 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsBetter Worlds: Take One Action 2025 preview
Take One Action's director Rachel Hamada introduces this year's festival, which takes place under the banner of Real Utopias Read more »| 09 Sep 2025 -
New Releases100 Nights of Hero
Julia Jackman's adaptation of Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel is a distinctive feminist fairy tale powered by excellent performances and endlessly quotable dialogue Read more »| 08 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsBuilding Bridges: IberoDocs 2025 preview
Welcome to a new era at IberoDocs. This essential festival's 11th edition is its biggest yet, and will expand to a new city and take place in the autumn for the first time Read more »| 04 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsScotland on Screen: Edinburgh Film Festival 2025
This year's Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence at Edinburgh Film Festival unearthed a mixed bag of work, with a few glimmers of talent and invention to be found Read more »| 03 Sep 2025 -
New ReleasesThe Smashing Machine
Dwayne Johnson is unrecognisable in The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie's biopic of mixed martial artist Mark Kerr, but the film is lacking in force and depth Read more »| 02 Sep 2025