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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NewsHayao Miyazaki is coming out of retirement
The legendary animator of Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle and Ponyo is coming out of retirement for a new film about a squishy caterpillar. Read more »| 14 Nov 2016 -
New ReleasesThe Son of Joseph
French filmmaker Eugene Green's comic riff on the nativity story is a beguiling experience Read more »| 14 Nov 2016 -
New ReleasesThe Unknown Girl
Adèle Haenel shines in this ultra-low-key film noir from the Dardennes Read more »| 14 Nov 2016 -
ArtHOME announces PUSH festival of regional talent
Manchester's HOME has announced the programme for PUSH, its two-week festival shining a light on local talent. Read more »| 14 Nov 2016 -
Film EventsBest Film Screenings in the North (11-18 Nov)
The best film events happening in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds this week, including Little Shop of Horrors at Texture in Manchester and Blue Velvet at Leeds International Film Festival. Read more »| 11 Nov 2016 -
Videos
Luc Besson’s Valerian gets a jaw-dropping new trailer
The first trailer for Luc Besson's daft-looking Cara Delevingne vehicle Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has just landed, and it's exactly what our post-US election brain needs. Read more »| 10 Nov 2016
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Festivals
Manchester Animation Festival: five must-see films
Manchester Animation Festival is back after a hugely successful first year. We pick out a few must see films from its bursting programme Read more »| 10 Nov 2016 -
Interviews
Paul Schrader interview: “Movies aren't going away”
After a bruising experience on his last film, Dying of the Light, which was taken off him on completion and re-cut, Paul Schrader is back with full artistic control for wild crime caper Dog Eat Dog Read more »| 07 Nov 2016 -
News
Kate Dickie, Peter Mullan triumph at Scottish Baftas
Crime drama Shetland wins big at the Scottish Baftas, while EIFF opener Tommy’s Honour takes home best film award Read more »| 07 Nov 2016 -
New Releases
Creepy
A typically slow-burn thriller from Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, which loses its way in its second act Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
New Releases
Nocturnal Animals
Fiction and real life overlap in Tom Ford's gorgeous but troubling mystery film Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
Interviews
Jon Nguyen on his David Lynch doc The Art Life
With Twin Peaks coming back to TV, we have David Lynch on our mind. But where has he been for the last decade? Jon Nguyen, director of brilliant new doc Davi... Read more »| 04 Nov 2016 -
New Releases
Paterson
Adam Driver stars in Jim Jarmusch's Paterson as a New Jersey bus driver who secretly writes poetry about everyday life Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
News
Watch the first full Trainspotting 2 trailer
Trainspotting is back. And it looks like Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie still have a lust for life Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Interviews
Loving the Alien: Amy Adams on Arrival
Amy Adams can do it all. She can sing, she can dance, and now, in new sci-fi film Arrival, she can talk to aliens. We here from this talented actor when she recently attended the London Film Festival. Read more »| 02 Nov 2016