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 Releases
The Taste of Things
The Taste of Things is lovingly prepared but a little staid; it's beautiful to look at, but removed from a deeper emotionality Read more »| 07 Feb 2024 -
News
Glasgow Film Festival 2024: Industry Focus and After Dark events
Scottish filmmaker Kevin Macdonald headlines Glasgow Film Festival’s increased Industry Focus this year, and new strand After Hours introduces a GFF karaoke night, ceilidh and 2005 disco Read more »| 06 Feb 2024 -
News
HippFest 2024 programme revealed
The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival is back with another knockout lineup of silent cinema, featuring early cinematic visions of Scotland, some of the biggest stars of the silent era and loads of rarities, all performed with live music Read more »| 06 Feb 2024 -
Film Events
Scottish Film Events: February 2024
It's rubbish outside, so head to your local cinema in February for Buster Keaton, romantic movies, films from Japan, and a load of cool animation Read more »| 30 Jan 2024 -
New Releases
Out of Darkness
Paleolithic survivalist horror Out of Darkness sees a band of early humans up against the wildness of the Scottish landscape – and a mysterious threat picking them off one by one Read more »| 29 Jan 2024 -
New Releases
The Iron Claw
Sean Durkin's latest is part gut-wrenching tragedy, part celebration of the sibling bond. Think Little Women but with strapping wrestlers Read more »| 29 Jan 2024
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Interviews
Andrew Haigh on All of Us Strangers
All of Us Strangers sees a lonely man embark on a new relationship while inexplicably reconnecting with his long-dead parents. Its director, Andrew Haigh, discusses queer alienation, understanding our parents and the soulfulness of Paul Mescal's eyes Read more »| 23 Jan 2024 -
New Releases
All of Us Strangers
Ireland’s most sensitive heartthrobs sizzle in Andrew Haigh’s sad (yet sexy) fantasy tale Read more »| 22 Jan 2024 -
Interviews
Scotland on Screen: Jack Archer on Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Jack Archer’s documentary Bill Douglas: My Best Friend explores the friendship between Scotland’s greatest filmmaker and his lifelong companion Peter Jewell through interviews and Douglas's unseen 8mm home films. Archer tells us more Read more »| 16 Jan 2024 -
Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival and GSFF team up to celebrate Bill Douglas
One of Scotland’s greatest filmmakers, Bill Douglas, will receive much love at the upcoming Glasgow Film Festival and Glasgow Short Film Festival, as GFF hosts new documentary Bill Douglas: My Best Friend while GSFF opens with some of Douglas's 8mm shorts Read more »| 16 Jan 2024 -
New Releases
The Holdovers
Director Alexander Payne balances emotional realism with retro fun and biting comedy as he teams up with Paul Giamatti once again Read more »| 15 Jan 2024 -
Opinion
Hold the Scotch: Poor Things, Lanthimos, Gray and Scotland
The prospect of Yorgos Lanthimos adapting Poor Things has been mouthwatering for Alasdair Gray fans. But by changing the setting from Glasgow to London, has the book's political message been lost? Read more »| 09 Jan 2024 -
New Releases
Poor Things
Alasdair Gray’s skew-whiff take on Frankenstein is brought to life with wit, passion and invention by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, while Emma Stone is a revelation as Poor Things' wide-eyed heroine Bella Read more »| 09 Jan 2024 -
New Releases
Scala!!!
The delightfully debauched Scala cinema in London receives loving tributes from the likes of John Waters and Adam Buxton Read more »| 02 Jan 2024 -
Film Events
Scottish Film Events: January 2024
Fokus returns, GFT bring a bunch of guests to Glasgow for Q&As, and Cameo host a Jonathan Glazer season – here are January's best film events... Read more »| 22 Dec 2023