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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Tv RadioLord of the Rings TV series in the works from Amazon
JRR Tolkien’s fantasy world will be brought to the small screen by the streaming service Read more »| 14 Nov 2017 -
New ReleasesBeach Rats
Beach Rats, a not-quite-coming-out drama set in the world of Brooklyn boardwalk bros, boasts a breakout turn from Brit Harris Dickinson Read more »| 13 Nov 2017 -
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Star Wars: New trilogy of films announced
Rian Johnson, the director of upcoming Star Wars film The Last Jedi, will be the creative force behind the new films Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
New ReleasesPaddington 2
Paddington 2 is as delightful and slyly political as the first film, but with added Hugh Grant Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
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Michel Gondry and Elbow combine for John Lewis ad
French director Michel Gondry applies his whimsical touch to John Lewis’s annual Christmas ad, with Elbow providing a Beatles cover Read more »| 10 Nov 2017 -
New ReleasesThe Florida Project
Sean Baker follows Tangerine with another vibrant slice-of-life story about people on the fringes of American society, but this time focused on the life of a young girl and her mother Read more »| 09 Nov 2017
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Theatre
Royal Lyceum plan Touching the Void stage adaptation
Along with Bristol Old Vic, the Edinburgh theatre is presenting David Greig’s stage adaptation of Joe Simpson's stunning true-life survival story Read more »| 08 Nov 2017 -
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Wallace & Gromit’s creator takes on the Stone Age in Early Man
The new claymation from Aardman Animation, the creators of Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, imagines a past where a tribe of cavemen realise the world has moved on from the Stone Age Read more »| 08 Nov 2017 -
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Could Spielberg's The Post be this year’s Spotlight?
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks star in this journalism drama about the publication of the Pentagon Papers Read more »| 08 Nov 2017 -
Festivals
Glasgow festival CAGE-A-RAMA celebrates Nicolas Cage
The wild-eyed actor is celebrated with a two day celebration, ranging from his batshit dual roles in Face/Off to his more tender turn in Moonstruck Read more »| 08 Nov 2017 -
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T2 Trainspotting wins big at Scottish Bafta Awards
Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting wins a hat-trick of awards, with Armando Iannucci and The Levelling's writer-director Hope Dixon Leach also picking up prizes Read more »| 06 Nov 2017 -
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New Disaster Artist trailer explores Tommy Wiseau’s strange life
James Franco’s hilarious looking new comedy The Disaster Artist will go behind the scenes of Tommy Wiseau’s gloriously terrible The Room, but the new trailer shows it’ll also give us a glimpse into Wiseau’s mysterious life off screen Read more »| 03 Nov 2017 -
New Releases
Murder on the Orient Express
Kenneth Branagh's lavish take on Agatha Christie's iconic whodunnit is decent entertainment, though it lets down much of its cast of stars and rising talent Read more »| 03 Nov 2017 -
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Taika Waititi is making a What We Do in the Shadows sequel
It's official: The Thor director is re-teaming with Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement for the brilliantly titled We're Wolves Read more »| 03 Nov 2017 -
New ReleasesMarjorie Prime
Jon Hamm plays a hologram in this small scale sci-fi gem about memory, humanity and, ultimately, the future of humankind Read more »| 02 Nov 2017