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The Cineskinny is the film review podcast from The Skinny – listen to our Best of 2025 episode, as we talk through the top ten films of the year

Article by The Skinny | 03 Feb 2022

The Cineskinny is the film podcast from some of the team behind The Skinny – every fortnight we take some kind of look at the wide world of The Movies. We're talking classic films, brand-new films, film festivals, the politics of film, arthouse thinkers *and* action bangers with loads of explosions.

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Latest Episode

It's the final episode of The Cineskinny for 2025! And it's the top ten films of the year!

Peter Jamie and Anahit talk through a list with some surprising thematic links, some personal favourites, and a whole bunch of those Good Films we love to talk about. Then, once the dust has settled on the 'proper' part of the podcast, a coda in which we relitigate the whole thing by talking about Some More Good Films.

Feliz navidad to all Cineskinny listeners, we will be back in 2026.

Part 1: How The Top Ten sausage Gets Made (1:30)
Part 2: Films 10-4 (10:20)
Part 3: Die My Love redux (24:10)
Part 4: Sinners and One Battle After Another (28:55)
Part 5: Our personal faves, performances of the year etc (42:05)
Epilogue: Anahit chatting about sexy vampires (1:05:00)

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The Cineskinny team

The Cineskinny is hosted by a selection of The Skinny’s finest film folk:

Jamie Dunn, our Film Editor, who you may also have heard on BBC Radio Scotland’s Afternoon Show, or read in Sight & Sound, IndieWire or The Guardian.

Anahit Behrooz, our Listings, Heads Up and Zap Editor, and a regular contributor to our Film section. Anahit’s film writing has also featured in The Quietus, Girls on Tops, One Room With A View and Little White Lies.

Peter Simpson, our Deputy Editor. Big film fan, lots of enthusiasm and energy, and also responsible for the magazine’s Food and Drink pages if that helps at all.

Ellie Robertson, Editorial Assistant, regular film and music writer for the mag, with a really good range of shoes.