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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New ReleasesFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
This sequel to the Harry Potter prequel is a tad heavy-handed and its racial politics don’t always hold up, but it’s more tonally assured than its predecessor and exploits the Potter nostalgia fruitfully Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
NewsNew Nicolas Cage film to premiere at Glasgow’s Cage-a-Rama
Europe’s longest-running Nicolas Cage film festival is back – for, erm, its second year – and it's bringing special guests, Nic Cage-related events and the UK premiere of the legendary actor's latest film, Between Worlds Read more »| 14 Nov 2018 -
NewsAlfonso Cuarón's Roma gets a stunning first trailer
The new film from the director of Children of Men and Gravity is a beautiful widescreen black-and-white drama set in Mexico City in the early 1970s Read more »| 13 Nov 2018 -
New Releases
Suspiria
Luca Guadagnino’s reimagining of Dario Argento’s classic horror Suspiria is languorous and muted, and fails to find its true rhythm Read more »| 13 Nov 2018 -
New ReleasesThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Coens' cruel anthology western begins with a blistering energy, but becomes more ponderous with each chapter Read more »| 10 Nov 2018 -
Interviews
Meet stop-motion animator Lesley-Anne Rose
As Channel 4's late-night short film series Random Acts returns, we speak to Lesley-Anne Rose, one of this year's Random Act filmmakers, about her pleasingly surreal stop-motion offering Oxidane Read more »| 09 Nov 2018
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FestivalsDocument Film Festival: The 2018 programme
Document returns with a rich line-up of classic documentary and contemporary films that blend both the poetic and political, and should prove a rousing, radical programme to get audiences thinking about today's most pressing issues Read more »| 08 Nov 2018 -
Tv Radio
The Rewatchables and film history podcasts
This month's podcast column looks at The Rewatchables, and the wide world of film podcasts Read more »| 07 Nov 2018 -
Festivals
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2018: Preview
Ahead of The Skinny’s first visit to Aesthetica short film festival, we take a peek at the huge programme of short films, special programmes and masterclasses Read more »| 07 Nov 2018 -
New Releases
Wildlife
Actor Paul Dano's directorial debut is tender and heartfelt, and anchored by a knockout performance from Carey Mulligan Read more »| 06 Nov 2018 -
Interviews
Chris Pine and David Mackenzie on Outlaw King
Chris Pine and David Mackenzie reunite to tell the story of Robert the Bruce's rise from servile nobleman to king of Scots in epic action film Outlaw King. We speak to both about bringing this complex character to the screen Read more »| 05 Nov 2018 -
News
Nae Pasaran! and Armando Iannucci win big at BAFTA Scotland awards
The documentary about East Kilbride workers who defied Augusto Pinochet's fascist dictatorship wins Best Film, while Iannucci takes home awards for Best Director and Writer for his dark satire Death of Stalin Read more »| 05 Nov 2018 -
Film Events
The Best Film Events in Scotland in November
The ten big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from the French Film Festival and some Billy Wilder seasons to Mark Cousins unmissable House Guest line-up at Filmhouse Read more »| 05 Nov 2018 -
New Releases
Outlaw King
Stunning scenery and gory action scenes make up for dodgy accents and a lack of imagination in David Mackenzie's Robert the Bruce epic Outlaw King Read more »| 05 Nov 2018 -
New Releases
Widows
Viola Davis is impeccable in this high-stakes heist thriller from 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen Read more »| 01 Nov 2018