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 ReleasesBlack Panther
This is more like it, Marvel. H Rider Haggard meets Afrofuturism in this superior superhero adventure Read more »| 09 Feb 2018 -
Opinion
We need to call bullshit on bullying 'genius' auteurs
With Uma Thurman’s recent revelations about the bullying, alleged endangerment and general misbehaviour of Quentin Tarantino, is it time to ask if these auteurs are really all there? Read more »| 07 Feb 2018 -
NewsDeadpool 2's lo-fi trailer introduces Josh Brolin’s Cable
The foul-mouthed superhero continues to have the best marketing material, as a new trailer drops with Ryan Reynolds' character helping out the CGI department Read more »| 07 Feb 2018 -
NewsFirst clip of Isle of Dogs is pure Wes Anderson: whimsical and vicious
A pack of dogs fight over a bag of rubbish in the first clip from Wes Anderson new stop motion animation Isle of Dogs Read more »| 07 Feb 2018 -
NewsFrank Ocean interviewed Call Me By Your Name's Timothée Chalamet
Ocean chatted to this year’s breakout actor about his star-making turns in queer romance Call Me By Your Name and Greta Gerwig's feature Lady Bird Read more »| 06 Feb 2018 -
New ReleasesLady Bird
This tender and funny feature from Greta Gerwig moves beyond the familiar coming-of-age setup to be a moving portrait of the intimate ties we have with place Read more »| 06 Feb 2018
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Dvd Reviews
Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years. Vol. 1 – Seijun Rising: The Youth Movies
These early efforts from Seijun Suzuki are essential for fans of the late director who would go on to make Japanese new wave classics like Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill Read more »| 06 Feb 2018 -
News
Maybe this Han Solo movie won’t be a disaster after all
The first glimpse of Solo: A Star Wars Story looks surprisingly promising, where Alden Ehrenreich takes on the role of the cocky space pilot previously played with roguish charm by Harrison Ford Read more »| 06 Feb 2018 -
Interviews
Guillermo del Toro on fantasy love story The Shape of Water
Ahead of the release of his Beauty and the Beast-esque romance The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro talks to us about pitching movies, 'Make America Great Again' and what love is Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
News
Netflix surprise with the immediate release of Cloverfield sequel
After much speculation, Netflix launch The Cloverfield Paradox direct to its streaming service with no advance promotion Read more »| 05 Feb 2018 -
Opinion
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Daniel Day-Lewis
Whether we take Daniel Day-Lewis’ retirement seriously or not, Phantom Thread is just the latest in a body of work which is almost unique in its consistent brilliance and weight Read more »| 01 Feb 2018 -
News
Duncan Jones’ new sci-fi Mute looks pretty spectacular
The Moon and Source Code director’s latest is set in a future Berlin and arrives on Netflix 23 February Read more »| 30 Jan 2018 -
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Paul Rudd returns in the first trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp
The shrinking superhero gets a sequel alongside Evangeline Lilly as the Wasp in the latest film from Marvel Read more »| 30 Jan 2018 -
Film Events
The best film events in Scotland in February
The ten big screen movie happenings you should make time for this month, from a Wes Anderson retrospective to some curious Valentine's Day screenings Read more »| 30 Jan 2018 -
News
Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone-shot thriller Unsane looks intense
The always inventive Soderbergh goes lo-fi with this thriller starring Claire Foy as a young woman convinced she’s being stalked Read more »| 30 Jan 2018