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 ReleasesFinding Dory
Pixar's belated follow-up to Finding Nemo isn't as sharp, smart or funny as the films we've come to expect from the animation studio Since 1994, Disney have... Read more »| 15 Jul 2016 -
OpinionThe North's best indie cinemas
We all hate the multiplex, right? The smell of rancid nacho cheese, the jabbering patrons and, worst of all, the cookie cutter movies on screen. Luckily the North still has a few great indie cinemas putting film first Read more »| 14 Jul 2016 -
News
Liverpool Film Night: submissions now open
Are you a talented emerging filmmaker with a great short film up your sleeve? You could be screening it at FACT with Liverpool Film Night Read more »| 11 Jul 2016 -
Opinion
What to Watch This Week (11-17 Jul)
The best things to watch this week on the big screen, the small screen and your laptop screen, including the new Ghostbusters reboot and the second series of Fargo... Read more »| 11 Jul 2016 -
New Releases
Ghostbusters
Trolls have had their claws out for Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters reboot since it went into production. Can the comic firepower of Melissa McCart... Read more »| 11 Jul 2016 -
New ReleasesThe Neon Demon
With The Neon Demon, Nicolas Winding Refn delves into the depraved world of the LA fashion industry, creating a film with a beautiful sheen and dark core "B... Read more »| 08 Jul 2016
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Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – July 2016
This month's best film events include a Nicolas Winding Refn-curated season at HOME, Manchester and more Studio Ghibli magic at FACT, Liverpool Read more »| 05 Jul 2016 -
Festivals
Regrouping: Re-evaluating a Lost Feminist Classic
At this year's Edinburgh Film Festival, Lizzie Borden presented her 1976 debut Regrouping for just its fifth screening; the visionary director was ... Read more »| 01 Jul 2016 -
New Releases
EIFF 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 Reviews
The 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 -
Interviews
Nicolas 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