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 ReleasesA Silent Voice
Impressive anime capturing the existential anguish of high school life Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Last Detail
Hal Ashby's salty classic comes to Blu-ray Read more »| 01 Mar 2017 -
InterviewsWatch Ross Hogg & Duncan Cowles' award-winning Isabella
Isabella is a hugely personal short from Edinburgh-based filmmakers Ross Hogg and Duncan Cowles exploring old age and memory loss. The film has picked up several awards on the festival circuit, and is now available to watch online Read more »| 01 Mar 2017 -
Festivals
Manchester Film Festival: Three Films to Catch
Manchester Film Festival is back for its third year with a busy line-up of features and shorts (most screening in the UK for the first time) as well as several panel discussions. We pick out a few highlights Read more »| 01 Mar 2017 -
New ReleasesThe Ornithologist
Planet Earth meets Pier Paolo Pasolini in João Pedro Rodrigues’ erotic exploration of man and nature Read more »| 01 Mar 2017 -
Opinion
The Silencing of Seijun Suzuki
After the recent death of filmmaker Seijun Suzuki, aged 93, The Skinny looks back on the defining moment of the master provocateur's career: when he was sack... Read more »| 01 Mar 2017
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New Releases
Goldstone
Another slice of outback noir from the director of Mystery Road Read more »| 01 Mar 2017 -
New Releases
The Woman Who Left
The latest opus from Lav Diaz – winner of the Golden Lion at Venice – is another moving and melancholic study from the Filipino director Read more »| 01 Mar 2017 -
New Releases
Berlin Syndrome
A gruelling but formally beautiful kidnap thriller Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
Festivals
EIFF team with RSNO on Raiders of the Lost Ark
The first event announced for Edinburgh International Film Festival, which marks its 70th anniversary this year, is a celebration of Steven Spielberg’s action classic Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
New Releases
The Teacher
Compelling, crowd-pleasing drama from Czech director-writer duo Jan Hrebejk and Petr Jarchovsky Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
New Releases
I Am Not Your Negro
Raoul Peck brings James Baldwin’s powerful words to the screen Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
News
The Lonely Island all-dayer comes to Manchester
Pilot Light TV Festival presents a day long tribute to YouTube and SNL favourites The Lonely Island Read more »| 28 Feb 2017 -
Festivals
Lipstick Under My Burkha wins GFF audience award
Glasgow Film Festival audiences vote banned Indian movie Lipstick Under My Burkha as this year’s Audience Award winner Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
News
Moonlight wins Best Picture Oscar after historic mixup
And the Oscar goes to... La La Land, by mistake, as Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty read out the wrong card for Best Picture Read more »| 27 Feb 2017