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 ReleasesUnicorn Store
The directorial debut from Brie Larson is an unabashedly girlie hymn to embracing your inner child Read more »| 28 Jun 2018 -
New ReleasesWild 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 ReleasesCalibre
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 -
InterviewsKevin 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
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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 ReleasesIncredibles 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 -
New Releases
Obey
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 Releases
Steel 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