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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FestivalsCinema is dead. Long live Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality was all over this year's Sheffield Doc/Fest, but is it the future of visual storytelling? Read more »| 15 Jun 2016 -
FestivalsMichael Moore on Trump, Blair and Brexit
Sheffield Doc/Fest, the UK's number one documentary festival, kicked off yesterday with opening film Where to Invade Next and a stirring Q&A with its dir... Read more »| 11 Jun 2016 -
FestivalsMeg Ryan & Kevin Smith among stars attending EIFF
Edinburgh Film Festival (15-26 June) reveal some of the big stars and upcoming talent heading to the festival this year, including Meg Ryan, Jonathan Pryce, Brian Cox, Harley Quinn Smith and Robert Sheehan Read more »| 10 Jun 2016 -
New ReleasesTale of Tales
Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone delivers a violent and gloriously mad phantasmagoria of magic and wonder Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
New Releases
Where You’re Meant To Be
Soulful documentary pitting Aidan Moffat against Scottish folk music legend Sheila Stewart Read more »| 08 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Michael Caton-Jones: “Pain is temporary, film is forever”
Michael Caton-Jones is back later this year with Urban Hymn, which the Rob Roy director describes as "a sort of Ken Loach musical." Ahead of his "In Conversa... Read more »| 07 Jun 2016
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Interviews
Matteo Garrone on his phantasmagorical feature film, Tale of Tales
Italian director Matteo Garrone discusses his passion for reinventing fairy tales with a contemporary twist Read more »| 07 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Finnish films breaking out internationally
As EIFF's wide-ranging Focus on Finland strand gives audiences a chance to get a flavour of the nation's cinema, which is little known on these shores beyond the work of Aki Kaurismäki, we speak to some of the filmmakers breaking out beyond its borders Read more »| 07 Jun 2016 -
OpinionFilms of 2016: Mid-year report
It's only halfway through 2016 and it's already shaping up to be a memorable year in movies. These are the films we've loved so far this year Read more »| 07 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Top Picks
We get set for Sheffield Doc/Fest, the UK's greatest celebration of documentary filmmaking, by picking out our highlights from the programme Read more »| 03 Jun 2016 -
Festivals
XpoNorth: Filmmaking in the North of Scotland
Two filmmakers with successful careers outside the UK's traditional filmmaking hubs explain their approach and tell us how festivals like XpoNorth keep them connected Read more »| 02 Jun 2016 -
Dvd Reviews
Stuff and Dough
Discover the film that kicked off the Romanian New Wave Read more »| 01 Jun 2016 -
Interviews
Meet Scotland's stars of short film
This year, EIFF is brimming with home-grown feature films including its opening and closing galas, but it's in the short animation category where you'll find the most exciting innovations. We take the temperature of this vibrant indie film scene Read more »| 01 Jun 2016 -
Interviews
Eva Husson explores teen sex parties in new film Bang Gang
Eva Husson's debut film concerns a group of high school kids who decide to start their own private orgy club. But don't mistake this for Kids with millennials Read more »| 31 May 2016 -
New Releases
Cemetery of Splendour
The latest from great Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a hypnotic masterpiece Read more »| 31 May 2016