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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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 -
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 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
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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 -
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