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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NewsWatch the terrifying trailer for Stephen King’s It
Stephen King’s scariest book gets a big screen adaptation – and the first teaser is promisingly creepy Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
Dvd ReviewsFat City
John Huston scored a late-career knockout with this bruising and deeply felt study of an ageing boxer stumbling from the ring to the bar Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
MusicIrvine Welsh is writing a TV show about acid house
The Trainspotting author has been chosen to pen Ibiza87, which takes as its inspiration the careers of DJs Nicky Holloway, Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
Opinion
What to Watch this Week (27 Mar-2 Apr)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the live action Ghost in the Shell remake, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire and Rainer Werner Fassbinder masterpiece Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
News
Casey Affleck haunts Rooney Mara in A Ghost Story
Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara reunite with their Ain’t Them Bodies Saints director for this intriguing-looking indie ghost story Read more »| 29 Mar 2017 -
Festivals
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017: Best of the Fest
Another excellent edition of Glasgow Short Film Festival has been and gone. We look back at the highlights (a celebration of Charles Bukowski), the lowlights (some mediocre VR experiments) and the best of the international competition Read more »| 28 Mar 2017
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Dvd ReviewsMy 20th Century
The first feature from Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi – who recently won the Golden Bear for her latest film On Body and Soul – comes t... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
News
Mulholland Drive gets new trailer for its rerelease
Turn-of-the-millennium masterwork Mulholland Drive is coming back to cinemas, and its new trailer takes us back inside David Lynch’s ravishing nightmar... Read more »| 27 Mar 2017 -
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Nicolas Winding Refn remaking Maniac Cop
A modern adaptation of 1988 cult slasher Maniac Cop is in the works, with Nicolas Winding Refn and his partner Lene Børglum producing Drive and Neon ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
News
Watch the action-packed Ghost in the Shell opening
Scarlett Johansson kicks arse in this exhilarating opening scene from the upcoming live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell The opening scene from the m... Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
News
First images from the new Twin Peaks series
It's almost here! The first images from the set of the new series of Twin Peaks have been published by Entertainment Weekly. Here are some of our favourites images from the set Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
News
Check out Three Billboards' foul-mouthed trailer
In Bruges director Martin McDonagh’s new black comedy sees the brilliant Frances McDormand start a one woman war in her town Warning! This trailer is ... Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
Festivals
Dundee horror festival Dundead returns
Popular Dundee festival Dundead returns with a spine-tingling lineup of new horror films and a celebration of Stephen King adaptations Read more »| 24 Mar 2017 -
News
GSFF Awards: Dutch films dominate
The tenth edition of Glasgow Short Film Festival came to a close on Sunday, with the annual awards being announced at the city's newest venue, Joytown Grand Electric Theatre Read more »| 22 Mar 2017 -
News
EIFF plan "full-throttle" screening of Cars 3
The third installment of the Pixar talking automobile series will be burning rubber at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 22 Mar 2017