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 ReleasesNeruda
Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín wraps his story of revolutionary poet Pablo Neruda within a fictional narrative. The approach is sadly unsuccessful Read more »| 16 Feb 2017 -
FestivalsFive great boxing movies
Inspired by the release of trio of Johnny Harris' powerful and unflinching boxing film Jawbone, we consider the best boxing movies cinema has to of... Read more »| 15 Feb 2017 -
FestivalsChloé Robichaud on political satire Boundaries
Three smart women find themselves surrounded by chauvinistic mansplainers in this wry political fable from Québécois talent Chloé Robichaud. The 29-year-old writer-director explains how the film she wrote feels even more vital in a post-Trump universe Read more »| 15 Feb 2017 -
FestivalsReturn to form: The Stop Motion animation revival
Why the palpable reality of stop motion animations like My Life as a Courgette – which screens at this year's Glasgow Film Festival – are essenti... Read more »| 15 Feb 2017 -
Festivals
Enter David Lynch's Factory Photography with HEXA
A GFF17 highlight looks to be HEXA's sonic response to David Lynch's Factory Photographs, the legendary director's collection of black-and-white st... Read more »| 15 Feb 2017 -
New Releases
The Road to Mandalay
Burmese director Midi Z's vivid new film follows a pair of illegal immigrants in Bangkok. Read more »| 15 Feb 2017
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Opinion
Great queer romances on Netflix
It's LGBT History Month, so whether you're gay, bi, straight or somewhere else on the sexual spectrum, it's the perfect excuse to see more queer cinema. Here... Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
New Releases
My Life as a Courgette
Swiss stop-motion animation following a young orphan from the pen of Girlhood director Céline Sciamma After debuting at the Cannes Film Festival last... Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
Festivals
Femme fatales, Dangerous Dames & female film archetypes
Ahead of Glasgow Film Festival's celebration of the femme fatale in its Dangerous Dames strand, we consider what's required for the job, along with some of the other movie archetypes offered up to women Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
New Releases
Lady Macbeth
Darkly comic Victorian drama featuring hypnotising newcomer Florence Pugh as a disaffected young bride Read more »| 14 Feb 2017 -
New ReleasesThe Autopsy of Jane Doe
Trollhunter director André Øvredal's first English-language feature begins as a cerebral thriller before losing its way towards the finishing line Read more »| 13 Feb 2017 -
Festivals
In Praise of Toshiro Mifune, the last samurai
Toshiro Mifune is a film icon – we take a look at what made him so special. Read more »| 13 Feb 2017 -
News
BAFTAs 2017: La La Land wins big, Ken Loach slams Tories
All the results from this year's BAFTA awards, including five wins for Oscars hot favourite La La Land. Read more »| 13 Feb 2017 -
Interviews
Barry Jenkins on Moonlight
Director Barry Jenkins talks us through its inception of the gorgeous character study Moonlight Read more »| 10 Feb 2017 -
Opinion
Black Movies Matter: breakout black American cinema
Denzel Washington’s Oscar-nominated Fences is in cinemas, the latest in a breakout year for black American film For two years running, the Acade... Read more »| 10 Feb 2017