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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NewsCarrie Fisher sent cow tongue to sexual predator producer
If you didn’t think the Star Wars star could get any cooler, think again Read more »| 17 Oct 2017 -
New ReleasesThe Lovers
Azazel Jacobs’ The Lovers is a sweet and gentle film about people who just are – who don’t try to understand their life experiences and emotions but take them as they come, consequences and mistakes be damned Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
New Releases
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Brawl in Cell Block 99 is certainly nothing we haven’t seen before, but there is something about its particular flavour of insanity that makes it oddly delightful Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
NewsBlack Panther trailer: Marvel's latest looks incredible
The latest trailer for Black Panther suggests Ryan Coogler’s much-anticipated comicbook movie will look visually ravishing Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
New ReleasesThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
In Bruges director Martin McDonagh brings his acerbic brand of dark comedy to his latest project, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, a brash, unrepentant tale of a lone woman’s quest for justice Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
Interviews
Clint Mansell on channelling punk spirit on Loving Vincent
Clint Mansell on his work on oil-painted Van Gogh film Loving Vincent, and how his punk mindset helped him to find affinity with the post-impressionist painter Read more »| 16 Oct 2017
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NewsCall Me By Your Name’s director explains the film’s lack of nudity
Call Me By Your Name screenwriter James Ivory has expressed disappointment that his most sexually explicit scenes didn’t make it into the much praised gay romance. We ask the film’s director, Luca Guadagnino, why the sex scenes are so coy Read more »| 16 Oct 2017 -
New Releases
Columbus
Columbus, featuring terrific performances by Haley Lu Richardson, John Cho and Parker Posey, is a subtle, deeply humanist first feature from director Kogonada Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
Opinion
We Need to Talk about Harvey (and Hollywood)
Harvey Weinstein's gross sexual misconduct has sent shockwaves through Hollywood, but cinema's glib depiction of workplace sexual harassment, from 9 to 5 to Disclosure, shows the industry has a history of trivialising these issues Read more »| 12 Oct 2017 -
New Releases
Golden Exits
Alex Ross Perry's latest New York comedy is too bogged down in misery and mutedness Read more »| 12 Oct 2017 -
News
Twitter suspends Rose McGowan over Ben Affleck tweets
One of the strongest voices against misogyny in Hollywood just got reprimanded by the social networking site for calling out one of Affleck’s tweets regarding the Harvey Weinstein scandal Read more »| 12 Oct 2017 -
New Releases
I Am Not a Witch
This tragic satire concerned with a community of exploited women marks director Rungano Nyoni out as an exciting new filmmaking talent Read more »| 11 Oct 2017 -
New Releases
Mudbound
Dee Rees’s latest is an epic tale of racial divide in 1940s Mississippi starring Carey Mulligan, Mary J. Blige, and Garrett Hedlund Read more »| 10 Oct 2017 -
New Releases
Last Flag Flying
Last Flag Flying sees Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne's ex-marines take to the road for a knockabout comedy that needs more rage Read more »| 09 Oct 2017 -
Festivals
Africa in Motion: 2017 Preview
Africa in Motion (AiM) returns for its twelfth year to once again shine a torch on great cinema, both old and new, from African filmmakers Read more »| 09 Oct 2017