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 ReleasesObey
Making its UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Obey is an intimate drama in which socioeconomic forces offer no hope or justice to its most defenceless. Read more »| 25 Jun 2018 -
New ReleasesSteel Country
Thriller Steel Country dabbles with topical issues and themes relating to today's America, but the results are messy and muddled Read more »| 25 Jun 2018 -
New Releases
The Devil Outside
Visual poetry abounds in this story of a watchful young boy questioning his family's religious beliefs Read more »| 22 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
Whitney
Kevin Macdonald’s Whitney Houston documentary is moving, but there's a feeling the film could’ve dug a little deeper Read more »| 22 Jun 2018 -
Interviews
Welcome to Scottish zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse
Fancy seeing a yuletide zombie musical shot in Port Glasgow? Genre mashup Anna and the Apocalypse is reportedly a zesty take on the zombie movie. We find out more from its director ahead of its UK premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 22 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
Old Boys
The Cyrano de Bergerac story is reworked in this endearing tale of puppy love starring The End of the F***ing World's Alex Lawther Read more »| 21 Jun 2018
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New ReleasesSearching
John Cho plays a dad searching for his missing daughter in this inventive thriller that plays out on computer screens Read more »| 21 Jun 2018 -
New Releases
C'est la vie!
This delightful French comedy follows the diverse and eccentric event management staff, caterers, musicians, and one grouchy anti-technology photographer as they orchestrate a sumptuous wedding at an 18th century chateau. Read more »| 21 Jun 2018 -
New ReleasesPuzzle
Scottish actor Kelly Macdonald deserves a better showcase for her talents than this dull mid-life crisis drama Read more »| 20 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
Get experimental at Edinburgh International Film Festival
There's plenty for experimental film fans to get excited about at Edinburgh International Film Festival, from Shirley Clarke and Barbara Hammer to the sharply curated Black Box strand Read more »| 19 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
The Best Documentaries at Sheffield Doc/Fest
We report back from this year's Sheffield Doc/Fest, where we found a host of up-and-coming voices challenging the traditional boundaries of documentary filmmaking Read more »| 18 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
In praise of Hal Ashby
Why Hal Ashby's (possibly) the greatest director you've (probably) never heard of Read more »| 18 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
A brief history of Frankenstein's monster on screen
Ahead of Mary Shelley, Haifa al-Mansour's study of the Frankenstein author starring Elle Fanning, we look at how Shelly's most famous creation, Frankenstein’s monster, has been portrayed on screen throughout the decades Read more »| 18 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
How Paris is Burning became a touchstone of queer cinema
Ahead of its screening at Edinburgh International Film Festival, we consider the enduring importance of Jennie Livingston's documentary on New York’s 80s drag subculture, Paris Is Burning Read more »| 18 Jun 2018 -
Festivals
Matt Palmer on bruising Scottish thriller Calibre
Matt Palmer's debut film Calibre, a sinewy thriller set in the Highlands, is soon to make its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival. We talk to him about channeling 1970s genre films and casting Jack Lowden before Hollywood comes calling Read more »| 15 Jun 2018