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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Dvd ReviewsLa Chinoise
A transition for Godard between his early pop masterpieces and the more politically explicit films that followed, La Chinoise alternately interrogates, skewers and champions the radical politics of the late 60s Read more »| 18 Apr 2018 -
InterviewsJoe Russo on Infinity War, the MCU and 'spooky' Edinburgh
Avengers: Infinity War co-director Joe Russo gives us the lowdown on Edinburgh's role in this superhero epic Read more »| 17 Apr 2018 -
New Releases
Rampage
A film this stupid shouldn't be this boring Read more »| 13 Apr 2018 -
New Releases
Never Steady, Never Still
Canadian writer-director Kathleen Hepburn shows skill behind the camera, but stumbles with certain areas of her debut feature Read more »| 13 Apr 2018 -
FestivalsIncredibles 2 to screen at EIFF
Pixar’s love affair with Edinburgh International Film Festival continues, with the sequel to The Incredibles premiering at the year’s festival Read more »| 13 Apr 2018 -
NewsTimothée Chalamet is in over his head in Hot Summer Nights
After his breakout performances in Call Me by Your Name and Lady Bird, Timothée Chalamet returns with an ‘80s-set teen drug romp Read more »| 12 Apr 2018
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NewsFringe 2018: Goblin to play iconic Suspiria & Dawn of the Dead scores
The Italian prog heroes will be playing live to these two classic 70s horrors at this year’s Fringe Read more »| 12 Apr 2018 -
Festivals
Cannes 2018 line-up: Spike Lee, David Robert Mitchell & more
The line-up includes new films from Asghar Farhadi, Jafar Panahi and Jean-Luc Godard, but no films from Netflix Read more »| 12 Apr 2018 -
News
Edinburgh 'plays big role in Avengers: Infinity War'
It wasn’t the premiere we hoped for, but Edinburgh film fans got a sneak peek at some of the latest Marvel film last night, with the film’s director confirming the city gets some substantial screen time in Avengers: Infinity War Read more »| 11 Apr 2018 -
News
The Meg trailer: It’s Jason Statham v a huge-arse shark
The Stath is gonna’ need a much, much bigger boat in this daft-looking creature feature Read more »| 11 Apr 2018 -
Dvd Reviews
Neon Bull
An intoxicating film about Brazilian rodeo workers that's pleasingly multi-layered and subversive in its portrayal of childhood, masculinity and gender roles Read more »| 10 Apr 2018 -
News
Donald Glover is a spot on Lando Calrissian in latest Solo trailer
The latest trailer for the upcoming Han Solo prequel gives us the best glimpse yet of what to expect from the troubled Star Wars production Read more »| 09 Apr 2018 -
New Releases
A Quiet Place
John Krasinski mines some gut-wrenching tension out of A Quiet Place's ingenious premise in which a family has to stay silent to stay alive Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
Opinion
2001: A Space Odyssey's predictions, 50 years on
Stanley Kubrick’s hallucinatory sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey was released 50 years ago, but its themes of human evolution and our obsession with technology are as fresh as ever Read more »| 06 Apr 2018 -
Opinion
The Penn isn’t Mightier: the dos and don'ts for actor-authors
Sean Penn isn’t the first actor to swap the limelight for prose and he won't be the last. We check out six other movie star scribes and see what lessons Penn might learn from them Read more »| 06 Apr 2018