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 ReleasesFirst Reformed
Veteran filmmaker Paul Schrader channels Bresson and Bergman in this passionate, intelligent and audacious study of a priest in crisis Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
New Releases
KVIFF 2018: Winter Flies
Olmo Omerzu’s lively road movie following two teens making a break from home doesn't really go anywhere, but the journey is a fun one Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
Interviews
Ethan Hawke on First Reformed
Since starring in sci-fi comedy Explorers as a teen, Ethan Hawke has been ubiquitous on our screens. Three decades later he gives perhaps his finest performance yet as a priest going through an existential crisis in Paul Schrader's First Reformed Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
Opinion
Films of 2018: Mid-year report
Time for the obligatory mid-year movie report. These are the ten films that have delighted us in 2018 so far, from Paul Thomas Anderson's blackly comic romance Phantom Thread to Wes Anderson stop-motion romp Isle of Dogs Read more »| 02 Jul 2018 -
FestivalsTen films to see at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Ahead of The Skinny’s first visit to Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – Eastern Europe’s premiere celebration of cinema – we count down the titles we’re most looking forward to Read more »| 29 Jun 2018 -
NewsCalibre wins EIFF's Michael Powell Award
Edinburgh-based filmmaker Matt Palmer’s Highland set thriller takes Edinburgh International Film Festival’s top prize, with Best Documentary going to Kevin Macdonald's Whitney Read more »| 29 Jun 2018
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New Releases
Unicorn Store
The directorial debut from Brie Larson is an unabashedly girlie hymn to embracing your inner child Read more »| 28 Jun 2018 -
New Releases
Wild Nights with Emily
Instead of the hermit spinster that she’s often imagined as, Madeleine Olnek uses Dickinson’s own vivid writing to paint her as an altogether gayer character, in both senses of the word Read more »| 28 Jun 2018 -
New Releases
The Great Buddha+
Two local scavengers who live on odd jobs and food scraps and a security guard watch the latter’s boss’s dashcam camera for entertainment. When some events start to unsettle, they are drawn into a world of shady business deals and midnight crimes. Read more »| 28 Jun 2018 -
New Releases
Calibre
A hunting trip to the Scottish Highlands turns tragic in this muscular first film from Edinburgh-based writer-director Matt Palmer Read more »| 27 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
Waru
Powerful portmanteau film about grief and survival in an economically depressed community following the death of a young Maori boy Read more »| 26 Jun 2018 -
Interviews
Kevin Macdonald on his Whitney Houston documentary
Kevin Macdonald's latest film is a heartfelt documentary about the troubled life of iconic singer Whitney Houston. The Scottish director explains his compassionate but honest approach to telling the singer's story Read more »| 26 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
Joe Dante on Gremlins and modern horror movies
The sharp and witty director of Gremlins, Innerspace and The Howling visited Edinburgh International Film Festival to provide an insightful overview of his rich career Read more »| 26 Jun 2018 -
New Releases
Terminal
Terminal is complete nonsense but a grand time Read more »| 25 Jun 2018 -
New Releases
Incredibles 2
Incredibles 2 smashes Pixar's sequel curse with a breakneck action film that's more than fit to touch the hem of the original’s cape Read more »| 25 Jun 2018