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 ReviewsGrace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Grace Jones is celebrated in this doc from Sophie Fiennes, but its naturalistic style means that most questions about the iconic star's extraordinary life and career go unanswered Read more »| 27 Feb 2018 -
New Releases
Disappearance
Iranian siblings come up against the insanity of their nation's backwards healthcare rules in this bold drama that begins well but plays its hand too early Read more »| 26 Feb 2018 -
New ReleasesThe Party's Just Beginning
In Karen Gillan's Inverness-set directorial debut The Party's Just Beginning, the script, the camera, and the actor all move in perfect time with one another Read more »| 26 Feb 2018 -
New Releases
Mute
Mute is a messy disappointment from the director of Moon and Source Code Read more »| 26 Feb 2018 -
Dvd ReviewsKickboxer: Retaliation
The latest in the Kickboxer series lacks in both plot and character, but makes up for it with kinetic, non-stop action Read more »| 23 Feb 2018 -
New Releases
120 BPM
Director Robin Campillo, co-writer of The Class, presents a sprawling portrait of AIDS activism in early 90s Paris that's both vibrant and devastating Read more »| 23 Feb 2018
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Cineskinny
Margaret Salmon on Sacred Paws-scored speedway film Mm
One of the highlights of this year's Glasgow Film Festival Sound & Vision strand is a screening of speedway doc Mm with a live score from Sacred Paws. We chat to Mm's director, Margaret Salmon, ahead of the screening Read more »| 23 Feb 2018 -
New Releases
Grass
The ridiculously prolific Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo is back with a typically subtle and playful drama – which takes place entirely in a Seoul cafe Read more »| 22 Feb 2018 -
InterviewsChloé Zhao on The Rider, her tender portrait of America's heartland
The Rider, Chloé Zhao's study of an injured rodeo rider, fuses reality and cinema poetry. We discuss the film with Zhao, who explains how she created this moving film out of a charismatic rodeo rider's real-life fall from the saddle Read more »| 22 Feb 2018 -
Interviews
Todd Haynes on enchanting childhood tale Wonderstruck
For the past three decades, Todd Haynes has been one of the most important voices in American indie cinema. Here he discusses new film Wonderstruck, using sign language and the Velvet Underground Read more »| 20 Feb 2018 -
NewsLynne Ramsay is GFT's latest CineMaster
The Scottish filmmaker is joined by the great Swedish director Ingmar Bergman as next month’s CineMasters Read more »| 20 Feb 2018 -
Interviews
The cast of Isle of Dogs on Wes Anderson's new film
Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber, Bob Balaban and Jeff Goldblum fill us in on life in Wes' World, ahead of the release of Wes Anderson's latest animation Isle of Dogs. Read more »| 20 Feb 2018 -
Interviews
Not Horsing Around: Charlie Plummer on road movie Lean on Pete
Rising talent Charlie Plummer speaks to us about his knockout performance in Andrew Haigh's downbeat road movie Lean on Pete, using acting to cure his shyness and just missing out on being Spider-Man Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
Festivals
How Ida Lupino went from Hollywood star to pioneering director
Ida Lupino was one of the first women directors in American cinema, but her achievements continue to be overlooked. As her centenary year coincides with a seismic shift in Hollywood gender dynamics, it's the perfect time to celebrate her talent Read more »| 19 Feb 2018 -
New Releases
A Fantastic Woman
Transgender actress Daniela Vega gives a star-making turn in this stylish drama from Chilean director Sebastián Lelio Read more »| 19 Feb 2018