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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FestivalsMorrissey biopic to close EIFF 2017
This year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival will close with England Is Mine, which is based on the early life of The Smiths frontman Morrissey Read more »| 11 May 2017 -
NewsThom Yorke to score Suspiria remake
The Radiohead frontman will make his first foray into film score composition with the remake of Dario Argento’s cult horror Suspiria We were excited t... Read more »| 11 May 2017 -
New Releases
Alien: Covenant
Ridley Scott takes the Alien franchise back to its roots with horror thrill-ride Alien: Covenant Critic David Thomson once described Alien, Ridley Scott&rsq... Read more »| 10 May 2017 -
New ReleasesDetour
A gorgeous neo-noir road movie with one or two bumps, starring Tye Sheridan, Emory Cohen and Bel Powley Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
Festivals
EIFF 2017 to open with God’s Own Country
The 71st Edinburgh International Film Festival will open with Francis Lee’s acclaimed debut feature God's Own Country, a gay love story set in the world of farming Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
News
Watch the trailer for Blade Runner 2049
The first full trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to the classic 80s sci-fi is ravishingly beautiful, and we get a better glimpse of Ryan Gosling and the original film’s star, Harrison Ford, in action Read more »| 09 May 2017
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Opinion
What to Watch this Week (8-15 May)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including Alien: Covenant and the latest season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Read more »| 08 May 2017 -
OpinionWhen did the cinema become television?
Has the influence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe turned mainstream cinema into a succession of never-ending big screen television shows? We look at the rise of movie franchises and the death of the standalone movie Read more »| 08 May 2017 -
Interviews
François Ozon on Frantz
Prolific French auteur François Ozon is back with post-WWI period drama Frantz. He discusses the thrill of shooting in black-and-white and why he rarely repeats himself Read more »| 08 May 2017 -
News
See Twin Peaks characters 25 years on in new trailer
The latest Twin Peaks trailer gives us our first look at some of the show’s iconic characters 25 years on Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
Festivals
Sheffield Doc/Fest announces 2017 line-up
Films on Julian Assange and MP Jo Cox feature, as well as onstage talks including Nick Broomfield in conversation with Louis Theroux Read more »| 04 May 2017 -
Festivals
EIFF announce this year's free outdoor screenings
Edinburgh International Film Festival announce the lineup for its annual free summer outdoor screenings, featuring blockbusters, family films and a few classics Read more »| 04 May 2017 -
News
Marvel heroes team up in first Defenders trailer
Marvel’s small screen superheroes Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist get their version of the Avengers with new Netflix show The Defenders Read more »| 03 May 2017 -
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Elba v McConaughey in The Dark Tower trailer
Idris Elba’s gunslinger will battle it out with Matthew McConaughey’s The Man in Black in this epic Stephen King adaptation Read more »| 03 May 2017 -
Opinion
Films to watch in preparation for World War III
Concerned about the genuine possibility of global thermonuclear war? Maybe if we could get the 45th President of the USA to sit down and watch the following films, he'd remove his small finger from the doomsday button Read more »| 02 May 2017