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.
-
NewsStranger Things’ Barb resurrected at Golden Globes
The Netflix show's cult character is celebrated in the cold opening to last night's Golden Globe awards Read more »| 09 Jan 2017 -
NewsLa La Land rules at the Golden Globe Awards
Damien Chazelle’s musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone was the big winner at last night’s Golden Globes Read more »| 09 Jan 2017 -
News
Mark Gatiss responds to Sherlock critics in verse
The creator of the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring TV show hits back at critics of the latest episode with rhyming verse. Read more »| 05 Jan 2017 -
News
David Tennant RD Laing biopic to close GFF
Glasgow Film Festival will close with the world premier of Mad to be Normal, which stars David Tennant as the great Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing. Read more »| 05 Jan 2017 -
News
Trailer for Carrie Fisher-Debbie Reynolds HBO doc
HBO have released a bittersweet trailer for their new documentary following Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, which will air this week on the US channel. Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
News
Ryan Gosling & Iggy Pop for new Terrence Malick film
Song to Song, the latest film from Terrence Malick, features Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Natalie Portman and Michael Fassbender alongside a slate of musicians. Read more »| 04 Jan 2017
-
Interviews
Morris from America director: "I humped my pillow a lot"
We spoke to American director Chad Hartigan about his new indie Morris from America (coming to DVD this month), autobiographical filmmaking, working with perennial comic scene-stealer Craig Robinson, and, uh, pillow stimulation. Read more »| 04 Jan 2017 -
InterviewsMichelle Williams: "It’s unnatural to see yourself large on a screen"
From Dawson’s Creek heartbreaker to indie royalty, we speak to the incomparable Michelle Williams, who gives a stunning performance in Manchester by the Sea, the new film from Kenneth Lonergan. Read more »| 03 Jan 2017 -
New Releases
Manchester by the Sea
A shattering and surprisingly hilarious study of death, guilt and family centred on a revelatory performance by the good Affleck brother Read more »| 03 Jan 2017 -
New Releases
La La Land
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are LA dreamers in Damien Chazelle's immaculately dressed contemporary musical Read more »| 03 Jan 2017 -
InterviewsRichard Kelly on how the UK saved Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko, that irresistible tale of teen depression and time travel from 2001, is back in UK cinemas; we talk to writer-director Richard Kelly Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Man from Laramie
Anthony Mann's psychological westerns starring Jimmy Stewart gets the Masters of Cinema treatment Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
Dvd Reviews
Fright Night
80s comedy-horror, about a teen boy and his vampiric neighbour, gets a new Blu-ray Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
Interviews
Film, art and visual programming at Storyhouse
In Storyhouse, you can watch cinema in a hanging box structure, and time-based art runs through the building's corridors and foyers. We speak to the visual programmers of Chester's exciting new arts centre Read more »| 20 Dec 2016 -
Opinion
Film in 2017: 24 films not to be missed
24 of the most interesting titles coming in 2017, some we've seen, some we're dying to see. Read more »| 20 Dec 2016