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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NewsScottish talent shines in BIFA nomination list
Is 2018 a banner year for Scottish film? The strong showing for Scottish talent in this year’s British Independent Film Award nominations suggests it just might be Read more »| 31 Oct 2018 -
New Releases
Nae Pasaran
Felipe Bustos Sierra's documentary Nae Pasaran shows how a group of Rolls-Royce factory workers from East Kilbride put their jobs on the line to take a stand against Chile's military junta Read more »| 30 Oct 2018 -
InterviewsNae Pasaran's director on the Scots workers who defied Pinochet
Chilean filmmaker Felipe Bustos Sierra tells us about the making of Nae Pasaran, his documentary about a group of Scottish factory workers who defied Augusto Pinochet's fascist dictatorship by refusing to repair his air force's engines Read more »| 30 Oct 2018 -
Film Events
Halloween horror film screenings near you
Looking to spook yourself silly this Halloween? Take your pick from one of these spooktacular screenings. Read more »| 29 Oct 2018 -
NewsJosie Long takes debut feature Super November on tour
Comedian Josie Long wrote and stars in Super November, a Glasgow-set romance that morphs into an Orwellian dystopia, and takes it on tour this November Read more »| 29 Oct 2018 -
Interviews
Paul Dano on his directorial debut Wildlife
Long one of American indie cinema's most interesting actors, Paul Dano breaks out as a director with his compelling debut feature Wildlife, a deeply compassionate study of a fractured family at the dawn of the 60s Read more »| 27 Oct 2018
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Interviews
Breakthrough anime director Mamoru Hosoda on Mirai
Mamoru Hosoda's animations beautifully explore childhood and family. His latest, Mirai, is also a game changer in being the first anime to premiere at Cannes. He tells us about being inspired by his kids and his dislike of Disney's live-action remakes Read more »| 26 Oct 2018 -
Festivals
Scottish Queer International Film Festival announces 2018 programme
The essential SQIFF returns with a programme featuring queer East Asian and Arab cinema, an asexual reading of the Wizard of Oz and a chance to experience queer virtual reality Read more »| 25 Oct 2018 -
New Releases
Destroyer
Nicole Kidman will receive plaudits for her transformation into a grizzled LA cop, but the real star of Destroyer is director Karyn Kusama's muscular, pulsating direction Read more »| 25 Oct 2018 -
New Releases
Peterloo
Mike Leigh's retelling of the Peterloo Massacre is a powerful, pertinent piece of work Read more »| 22 Oct 2018 -
New Releases
LFF 2018: The Favourite
The director of Dogtooth and The Lobster delivers his most accessible and entertaining film yet, with Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman outstanding in this wild period comedy Read more »| 22 Oct 2018 -
NewsGlasgow's CCA reopens with #WeirdHorror season
After an extended closure, the vital multi-arts venue is finally up and running again, and for starters it’s got four nights of #WeirdHorror planned to mark the Halloween season Read more »| 19 Oct 2018 -
New Releases
Wild Rose
Jessie Buckley gives a knockout performance as a gallus ex-con from Glasgow with ambitions of being a country singer in Nashville in this delightful crowd-pleaser with rugged edges Read more »| 19 Oct 2018 -
New Releases
LFF 2018: Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Ben Wheatley’s partly-improvised family drama Happy New Year, Colin Burstead is funny and frenzied, but some of the huge cast get lost in the melee Read more »| 15 Oct 2018 -
New Releases
Make Me Up
With Make Me Up, pop ironist Rachel Maclean invites us into another darkly hilarious world in which the candy-coloured computer generated images contrast sharply with the brutal satire within Read more »| 15 Oct 2018