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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InterviewsKatell Quillévéré on Heal the Living
The French director's third feature is her most ambitious yet: an emotion-filled melodrama concerned with the physical, emotional and the metaphysical side side of love Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
FestivalsYorkshire Silent Film Festival 2017: programme announced
The UK’s largest celebration of silent film serves up classics from Buster Keaton, Cecil B. DeMille, Alfred Hitchcock and Georges Méliès Read more »| 19 Apr 2017 -
NewsCannes 2017: Coppola, Haneke and Ramsay in competition
Also competing for the Palme d'Or: Todd Haynes, Noah Baumbach, Bong Joon-ho, and places for David Lynch's Twin Peaks and Jane Campion's Top of the Lake in the Cannes lineup Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
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David Lynch releases more Twin Peaks ‘clues’
Immerse yourself in Angelo Badalamenti's dreamy Twin Peaks theme music while you try to crack David Lynch's latest puzzle Read more »| 13 Apr 2017 -
Festivals
Scottish filmmaker Rory Stewart to compete in Cannes
Edinburgh filmmaker Rory Stewart’s graduation film Wild Horses will compete in the Cinéfondation Selection at Cannes Film Festival Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
NewsFirst trailer for Kathryn Bigelow’s new film Detroit
Panic on the streets of Detroit in the first glimpse of the Point Break and Hurt Locker director’s historical crime drama that looks all too current Read more »| 12 Apr 2017
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New Releases
Fast & Furious 8
The eighth film in the Fast and the Furious franchise provides the daft action sequences we've come to love, but Charlize Theron's unremarkable supervillain and an inconsistency in family values dampen some of the fun Read more »| 12 Apr 2017 -
Opinion
What to Watch this Week (10-16 Apr)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul and the eighth film from the Fast and Furious franchise Read more »| 11 Apr 2017 -
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Thor: Ragnarok gets a ridiculously fun first trailer
The first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok suggests we're in for an irreverent treat: Tom Hiddleston is back as Loki, Thor is taking on the Hulk in gladiatorial combat and Jeff Goldblum brings some glam rock camp Read more »| 10 Apr 2017 -
Opinion
Why we need Chris Morris's Brass Eye more than ever
With Manchester TV festival Pilot Light celebrating Brass Eye's 20th anniversary, we look back at Chris Morris's seminal show and realise we need his blister... Read more »| 10 Apr 2017 -
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Watch the trailer for Tupac biopic All Eyez on Me
The new film tells of Tupac's early life and the charismatic rapper’s rise to fame Read more »| 07 Apr 2017 -
Festivals
John Grant to kick off Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017
The festival opens with Daisy Asquith’s Queerama, featuring music by John Grant, who performs after the world premiere Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
News
Watch the moving trailer for new Heath Ledger doc
I Am Heath Ledger features home movie footage shot by The Dark Knight star, as well as interviews with Naomi Watts, Ben Mendelsohn and Ang Lee A new documen... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
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Pilot Light TV Festival: Mad Men, Brass Eye & more
Manchester's television festival returns with celebrations of Brass Eye, Mad Men, Sugar Rush and contemporary web series Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Opinion
What to Watch this Week (3-10 Apr)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the college cannibalism movie Raw, new Terence Davies joint A Quiet Passion and Netflix teen tragedy 13 Reasons Why Read more »| 05 Apr 2017