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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NewsArmando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin pisses off Russia
The satirist's new comedy, The Death of Stalin, faced a ban in the country after being described as a "planned provocation" by Russian officials Read more »| 21 Sep 2017 -
Festivals
Krafta Doc: Scotland's newest film festival
The creative process is under the spotlight at Krafta Doc, a new documentary film festival devoted to the work of artists, craftspeople and designers, from world famous creatives to unsung artisans Read more »| 19 Sep 2017 -
New ReleasesThe Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro is on Pan’s Labyrinth-level form with this whimsical love story about a mute woman (Sally Hawkins) falling for an aquatic creature Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
New ReleasesBorg vs McEnroe
Shia LaBeouf's standout performance brings a much needed jolt to Janus Metz Pedersen's Borg vs McEnroe, which otherwise plays a safe game and goes out in the quarter finals Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Dvd Reviews
Miss Sloane
Jessica Chastain shines as a ruthless political lobbyist, but this slick drama is let down by a script that becomes increasingly preposterous Read more »| 18 Sep 2017 -
Dvd Reviews
The Love of a Woman
This graceful romance is a fitting swan song for Jean Grémillon, one of France's finest filmmakers Read more »| 15 Sep 2017
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OpinionMother! and other recent visions of the apocalypse
Darren Aronofsky’s mother! is only the latest in a new slew of films which confront head on humanity’s relationship to the natural environment with a new tone of desperation and rage Read more »| 14 Sep 2017 -
Dvd Reviews
The Big Knife
A compelling and vicious film noir about the seedy underbelly of Hollywood, directed by the great Robert Aldrich Read more »| 14 Sep 2017 -
Dvd Reviews
The Ghoul
Physiological thriller The Ghoul shows its first time director Gareth Tunley is a filmmaker to keep an eye out for in the future Read more »| 14 Sep 2017 -
Festivals
15 films to see at London Film Festival 2017
The films we're most keen to see at this year's LFF, including the latest from Guillermo del Toro, Todd Haynes and Lynne Ramsay Read more »| 14 Sep 2017 -
News
Watch the hilarious trailer for James Franco’s The Disaster Artist
Franco plays Tommy Wiseau in this wild comedy detailing the making of cult classic The Room, the “greatest bad movie ever made” Read more »| 13 Sep 2017 -
New Releases
Zoology
Natalya Pavlenkova gives a wonderful performance in the story of a middle-aged woman who grows a tail, but the movie around her merely coasts along on its surface weirdness Read more »| 12 Sep 2017 -
News
Watch eerie first clip from Blade Runner 2049
The first extended look at Blade Runner 2049 sees Ryan Gosling’s character wonder through a desolate wasteland Read more »| 11 Sep 2017 -
New Releases
On Body and Soul
Two work colleagues' dreams intertwine in this darkly comic drama from Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi Read more »| 11 Sep 2017 -
New Releases
Mother!
Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem star in Darren Aronofsky's Mother!, a mind-bending shocker whose mysteries need to be unpacked and then unpacked again Read more »| 08 Sep 2017