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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InterviewsJames McArdle on Hamlet, baddies & new film Four Mothers
James McArdle is a familiar face from stage and television, but he's yet to lead a movie. That all changes with Four Mothers, in which he plays an Irish novelist caring for his elderly mother Read more »| 27 Feb 2025 -
New ReleasesThe Last Showgirl
Jamie Lee Curtis grooving to Total Eclipse of the Heart is one of the few highlights in this disappointing study of a Las Vegas showgirl approaching the end of her career Read more »| 24 Feb 2025 -
New ReleasesThe Monkey
Theo James plays twin brothers in the possession of a cursed toy monkey in this gory horror comedy that's rarely scary nor funny Read more »| 21 Feb 2025 -
NewsGlasgow Short Film Festival reveals 2025 programme
Glasgow Short Film Festival is back with a programme of international work including films from the Gaza Film Unit and a spotlight on Indonesian filmmaker Riar Rizaldi, as well as short film programmes exploring sex, grief and the multiverse Read more »| 19 Feb 2025 -
OpinionHead Canon: Being John Malkovich in the social media age
Twenty-five years after its UK release, Being John Malkovich offers a prescient look at celebrity, parasocial relationships, and the horror of being inside your own head Read more »| 18 Feb 2025 -
InterviewsVera Drew on becoming The People’s Joker
Following the flop of Folie à Deux, you might think the world domination of comic book movies is coming to an end – but Vera Drew, director of supervillain satire The People's Joker, has united hundreds of artists in the crossover event of the century Read more »| 17 Feb 2025
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New ReleasesI'm Still Here
Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres earns herself an Oscar nomination for her intricate performance in this true-life drama from Walter Salles Read more »| 17 Feb 2025 -
New ReleasesThe People's Joker
Vera Drew mines DC Comics' IP to tell a wildly inventive and freewheeling superhero origin story satire about a plucky trans kid from Smallville trying to make it big on Gotham City's comedy scene Read more »| 17 Feb 2025 -
InterviewsLaura Carreira introduces On Falling
On Falling takes us inside the empty life of a picker at an Amazon-like warehouse. Edinburgh-based writer-director Laura Carreira tells us why she wanted to explore the physical, financial and spiritual toll of working within the gig economy Read more »| 13 Feb 2025 -
New ReleasesMemoir of a Snail
Aussie animator Adam Elliot is back 15 years after his masterful debut Mary & Max with another tactile stop-motion tragicomedy where the animation is as idiosyncratic and imperfect as his characters Read more »| 06 Feb 2025 -
InterviewsThe Brutalist director Brady Corbet is trying to save cinema
With his new film The Brutalist grabbing ten Oscar nominations and currently making a robust run in UK cinemas, we catch up with director Brady Corbet Read more »| 06 Feb 2025 -
FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival opens with film celebrating Hot Mess
GSFF25 will open with the world premiere of Alex Hetherington’s The Disco - A Portrait of Simon Eilbeck, an experimental documentary about the founder of Scottish queer club night Hot Mess Read more »| 05 Feb 2025 -
FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival announces guests for 2025
Actors Tim Roth, Ed Harris and George MacKay, directors John Maclean and Laura Carreira, and Formula One star Damon Hill are just some of the talent coming to Glasgow Film Festival this year Read more »| 05 Feb 2025 -
FestivalsHippFest returns for its 15th edition
Scotland's silent film festival – HippFest – is back with another crackerjack lineup of classics and recently uncovered gems that will be accompanied by some brilliantly talented musicians Read more »| 04 Feb 2025 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: February 2025
Scottish cinemas begin their tributes to the late, great David Lynch, the Japan Touring Programme returns and there are a few unique ways to experience Brady Corbet's Oscar-nominated epic The Brutalist this month Read more »| 04 Feb 2025