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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Dvd ReviewsMatinee
Joe Dante's 1993 film Matinee, a celebration of art over war, movies over Armageddon, is the closest thing the Gremlins director has to a lost masterpiece. S... Read more »| 05 Sep 2016 -
Film Events
Scalarama 2016 Highlights
Born out of nostalgia for scurrilous London rep house the Scala, Scalarama has become one of the highlights of the UK's cinema calendar. We pick out some of the best screenings happening in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
InterviewsIra Sachs on Little Men
Ira Sachs is proving to be one of the most humane voices in American cinema. We catch up with him ahead of the release of his sixth film, Little Men Ira Sac... Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
New ReleasesHell or High Water
Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and Ben Foster star in Hell or High Water, a gripping crime drama from David Mackenzie Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
FestivalsLondon Film Festival announces 2016 programme
The programme for the 60th BFI London Film Festival was announced today, with new films from the likes of Ben Wheatley, Andrea Arnold and Xavier Dolan in the lineup, and stars like Cillian Murphy, Nicole Kidman and David Oyelowo expected to attend Read more »| 01 Sep 2016 -
News
Stranger Things Season 2: What we know so far
Check out the teaser trailer for Stranger Things, as the Duffer Brothers give some hint on what to expect, including a James Cameron influence Read more »| 01 Sep 2016
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Opinion
What to Watch this Week (29 Aug-5 Sep)
The best films to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the new comic promo for Thor, the latest from Woody A... Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
New Releases
Things to Come
Isabelle Huppert stars as a philosophy professor going through a crisis in the new work from Eden director Mia Hansen-Løve “I’m luc... Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
Dvd Reviews
Hangmen Also Die!
Fritz Lang collaborates with Bertolt Brecht in this ripped-from-the-headlines account of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. Like all Lang films, it's rich with atmosphere, paranoia and suspicion Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
Dvd Reviews
Sid & Nancy
A 30th anniversary restoration of Alex Cox’s cult movie, detailing the doomed romance of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen Read more »| 29 Aug 2016 -
Festivals
5 Reasons to Look Forward to SQIFF 2016
The programme for the second edition of the Scottish Queer International Film Festival was announced today. Here are five reasons to be excited Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
Film Events
Best film screenings in the North (26 Aug-1 Sep)
The best film events happening in Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester this week, including Paris is Burning at FACT, the final film from Chantal Akerman at Hyde ... Read more »| 26 Aug 2016 -
Opinion
What to Watch this Week (22-29 Aug)
The best films to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the pilot of I Love Dick, the new film from Pedro Alm... Read more »| 23 Aug 2016 -
Film Events
Best film screenings in the North (19-26 Aug)
The best film events happening in Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester this week, including The Passenger at HOME, Suspiria at FACT and Thelma & Louise a... Read more »| 19 Aug 2016 -
Opinion
What does Metrodome's demise mean for UK film?
UK distributor Metrodome, whose recent films include Tangerine, Frances Ha and What We Do in the Shadows, have been placed in administration, with most of th... Read more »| 18 Aug 2016