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 ReleasesEIFF 2016: Suntan
Suntan, the new film from director Argyris Papadimitropoulos, is firmly in the same mode of disturbing content and discomfort as other works from the so-call... Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Here After
Swedish pop star Ulrik Munther stars in this chilly Swedish drama about a young man trying to move on from his regrettable past Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
Opinion
Ten great films about fashion
The fashion industry takes a beating this month, with Nicolas Winding Refn’s brutal fashion world-set horror The Neon Demon and fashion PR satire&... Read more »| 30 Jun 2016 -
News
Nicolas Winding Refn film season at HOME
The Danish director of Drive and Bronson has exclusively programmed a series of cult movies to screen at HOME, Manchester throughout July Nicolas Winding Re... Read more »| 30 Jun 2016 -
Film Events
Scottish Film Event Highlights – July 2016
Bill Forsyth turns 70, POUTfest goes on tour and Southside Film Festival asks you to get on your bike Read more »| 30 Jun 2016 -
InterviewsRebecca Miller: Modern love in Maggie's Plan
Writer-director Rebecca Miller tackles modern life at its fullest in her new feature Maggie's Plan, starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawk and Julianne Moore Con... Read more »| 29 Jun 2016
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InterviewsNicolas Winding Refn on the films that have shaped his style
To celebrate the release of The Neon Demon, HOME in Manchester screen NWR Presents, a season of films personally curated by Nicolas Winding Refn, all of whic... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
Interviews
Nicolas Winding Refn: “I have great pleasure in fantasising”
In Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn channelled his inner hero through star Ryan Gosling. For his new feature, The Neon Demon, a silky horror set within the LA fas... Read more »| 28 Jun 2016 -
FestivalsKevin Smith on fatherhood & Johnny Depp
Kevin Smith was the undoubted king of this year's Edinburgh Film Festival, and the highlight of his visit was an epic In Person chat in which he preached to the crowd on subjects including Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman, and Bruce Willis being a dick Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
Dvd Reviews
Overlord
Blending archive footage of WWII and new material, Stuart Cooper's Overlord from 1987 is a war movie that's achingly real Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
New Releases
Queen of Earth
Elisabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston star in Alex Ross Perry’s stylish psychological horror Queen of Earth Elisabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston&nb... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
Dvd Reviews
That Cold Day in the Park
This early Robert Altman film from 1969 points ahead to the direction his style would take in the following decade Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
Dvd Reviews
Here Comes Mr Jordan
Charming body-swap comedy Here Comes Mr Jordan gets the Criterion Collection treatment Body-swap comedies are more or less a subgenre in themselves nowadays... Read more »| 27 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
EIFF 2016: Little Sister
An ex-Goth nun helps rehabilitate her war-scarred brother in this spiky family comedy set at the dawn of Barack Obama’s presidency Read more »| 25 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Film Festival names 2016 prizewinners
Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced the winners of its annual awards, including its Michael Powell Award, McLaren Award and best international film Read more »| 24 Jun 2016