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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NewsGFT plan free screenings to celebrate 80th anniversary
Glasgow Film Theatre celebrates "80 Years of Cinema" with a weekend of free screenings that include Mulholland Drive in 4K, Olivia Wilde's debut Booksmart and family fave The Wizard of Oz in 4K Read more »| 12 Apr 2019 -
New ReleasesAquaman
Aquaman is not a flawlessly constructed film but takes the DCEU in a wonderful, welcome direction, enthralling with stunning visuals and grounding itself in humanity Read more »| 09 Apr 2019 -
New ReleasesYuli – The Carlos Acosta Story
A compelling and heartfelt biopic of Cuban dance sensation Carlos Acosta, following him on his journey from roughhousing on the streets of Havana to dancing in the world's great opera houses Read more »| 09 Apr 2019 -
FestivalsThe Cat and the Canary at HippFest 2019
The Skinny has a fun time at HippFest’s late-night screening of Paul Leni’s haunted house mystery The Cat and the Canary, with live performances from Guenter Buchwald and Frank Bockius Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
InterviewsJessie Buckley on Glasgow music drama Wild Rose
Wild Rose stars Jessie Buckley as a country singer with dreams of making it big in Nashville; we talk to Buckley, and the film's writer Nicole Taylor Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
NewsBeats: Watch the trailer for the Scottish rave movie
Rave to the grave with the first trailer for Brian Welsh's euphoric coming-of-age film Beats, based on Kieran Hurley's celebrated Fringe show of the same name Read more »| 05 Apr 2019
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NewsJoaquin Phoenix isn't laughing in the first Joker trailer
Batman's great nemesis gets his own origin story in Joker, with Joaquin Phoenix playing the tortured criminal with the rictus grin Read more »| 03 Apr 2019 -
Film EventsThe Best Film Events in Scotland in April
The big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from Stanley Kubrick seasons to the annual Film Folk Gathering Read more »| 02 Apr 2019 -
New ReleasesPet Sematary
Stephen King’s macabre novel is readapted for a new generation, but as the film reveals, sometimes it's better to leave things buried Read more »| 02 Apr 2019 -
NewsWatch trailer for Bill Murray zombie movie The Dead Don't Die
Jim Jarmusch’s zombie movie The Dead Don’t Die looks like a riot, with a knockout cast that includes Bill Murray, Adam Driver and Chloë Sevigny as deadpan cops and Tilda Swinton as a Scottish mortician who's also handy with a samurai sword Read more »| 01 Apr 2019 -
OpinionAgnès Varda's curious mind will be deeply missed
The great French director Agnès Varda has passed away at the age of 90. Her long career was full of surprise, and brilliant from the off (and she probably kick-started the French New Wave) Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
NewsHuge Stanley Kubrick retrospective comes to Glasgow Film Theatre
This spring, the GFT will be crowning the great Stanley Kubrick their latest CineMaster with a season that includes nine of the American director’s features Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
Dvd ReviewsDerry Girls: Series 2
Lisa McGee’s sitcom set in Derry during the Troubles mines pointed humour from potential tragedy, and its rambunctious jokes fly so fast many are in danger of being lost to previous laughs Read more »| 27 Mar 2019 -
OpinionThe cinematic influences of Jordan Peele's Us
Jordan Peele stakes his claim as a great American director with Us, his followup to Get Out that combines laughs, thrilling action and political smarts. It also contains stylistic echoes from these five movies Read more »| 21 Mar 2019 -
NewsThe first trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is here
The first trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is here Read more »| 20 Mar 2019