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 ReleasesThe Little Hours
Funny and feminist film based on a story from Boccaccio’s The Decameron and featuring Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza as badly-behaved nuns Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
New ReleasesTeenage Superstars
Lively doc from Grant McPhee (Big Gold Dream) exploring the Scottish music scene from the mid-80s to the early 90s Read more »| 03 Jul 2017 -
New ReleasesEngland Is Mine
This unofficial Morrissey biopic starring Jack Lowden is funny and tragic, and particularly enjoyable for its depiction of the singer’s relationships with the strong women in his life Read more »| 02 Jul 2017 -
New ReleasesSpider-Man: Homecoming
Tom Holland's take on Spider-Man is as euphoric teen in super-spandex – just as it should be Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
News
Morrissey biopic England Is Mine gets trailer
England Is Mine, the unofficial Morrissey biopic from director Mark Gill, gets its first trailer Read more »| 30 Jun 2017 -
Festivals
God's Own Country wins EIFF's Michael Powell Award
Edinburgh International Film Festival’s top award goes to Francis Lee’s directorial debut, God’s Own Country Read more »| 30 Jun 2017
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Interviews
Matt Reeves on War for the Planet of the Apes
We talk emotions, Batman and dystopian futures with War for the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves Read more »| 27 Jun 2017 -
New Releases
Vampire Cleanup Department
A delightfully campy romp destined for cult status – we just wish it had more vampires Read more »| 27 Jun 2017 -
New Releases
Goodbye Berlin
Fatih Akin's latest is more conventional than we've come to expect from the Turkish-German filmmaker, but this teen road movie has its charms Read more »| 26 Jun 2017 -
New Releases
My Pure Land
First time director Sarmad Masud delivers an action-packed shoot-‘em-up that's also a deeply effecting drama Read more »| 26 Jun 2017 -
New Releases
Daphne
Vivid character study following a cynical and hedonistic Londoner as she goes through an existential crisis Read more »| 23 Jun 2017 -
Interviews
Bong Joon-ho on Okja & Netflix
Director Bong Joon-ho on genetic modification, Okja and that Netflix controversy Read more »| 23 Jun 2017 -
Interviews
Marianna Palka on Bitch, GLOW & feminist films
Scottish actor-writer-director Marianna Palka talks about her role in Netflix's wrestling series GLOW, new directorial effort Bitch, Claire Denis, Girls, and making an inclusive feminist film "for everyone” Read more »| 23 Jun 2017 -
New Releases
Sweet Virginia
A dangerous stranger comes to a small Alaskan town in this atmospheric thriller centred on a chilling performance by Christopher Abbott Read more »| 22 Jun 2017 -
New Releases
God's Own Country
God’s Own Country is a beautiful and tender tale of love set on the windy Yorkshire moors Read more »| 21 Jun 2017