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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OpinionFilms of 2015: Hippies, Road Warriors and STD Hauntings
Once again our writers draw lines in the cinematic sand to choose 2015's essential films. Our top ten has a curious gender divide: the male protagonists (The... Read more »| 02 Dec 2015 -
OpinionDVD Gift Guide: What to get that cinephile in your life
Nothing says 'I'm apathetic towards your existence' more than an Amazon Gift Card. Show that cinephile in your life that you care by popping some of these movies into their Christmas stocking Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
Dvd ReviewsBelleville Rendez-vous
Sylvain Chomet's surreal animation Belleville Rendez-Vous gets a DVD rerelease A decade on from its initial release, and with traditional 2D animation strug... Read more »| 01 Dec 2015 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – December 2015
Yes, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be dominating cinemas from 18 Dec, but it’s not just droids we’re looking for. There are plenty of other great film events on offer this month – and not just Christmas movies Read more »| 30 Nov 2015 -
Interviews
Agyness Deyn & Kevin Guthrie on making Sunset Song
Terence Davies' much-anticipated adaptation of Sunset Song finally reaches our screens this month. We speak to the film's stars, Agyness Deyn and Kevin Guthrie, about creating the intimacy in Davies' swooning epic Read more »| 30 Nov 2015 -
Opinion
Films of 2015: Criminally Overlooked Movies
We'll be revealing our films of 2015 in our December issue, but before then, here are some of what our Film team believe to be the year's most overlooked movies Read more »| 27 Nov 2015
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Film Events
Scottish Film Event Highlights – December 2015
Yes, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens will be dominating cinemas from 18 Dec, but it’s not just droids we’re looking for. There are plenty of other great film events on offer this month – and not just Christmas movies Read more »| 27 Nov 2015 -
New Releases
Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
Documentary charting the history of punky UK comic book 2000AD Read more »| 27 Nov 2015 -
News
Watch the first Captain America: Civil War trailer
Watch the first trailer for the latest instalment in the Captain America series, Captain America: Civil War, which sees the super soldier go up against his Avengers comrade Iron Man. Read more »| 25 Nov 2015 -
New Releases
Sunset Song
Terence Davies’ long-awaited adaptation of classic Scottish novel Sunset Song: large, radiant and overwhelming Read more »| 25 Nov 2015 -
New Releases
Bridge of Spies
Tom Hanks stars in this gripping Cold War thriller from Steven Spielberg Read more »| 24 Nov 2015 -
New ReleasesChemsex
This hard-hitting, timely documentary about London’s underground ‘chemsex’ scene started life in 2013 as a Vice article entitled “The... Read more »| 23 Nov 2015 -
Dvd ReviewsAll My Good Countrymen
One of the finest films from Vojtěch Jasný, "the spiritual father of the Czech New Wave," comes to DVD Vojtěch Jasný achieved some measure of ... Read more »| 23 Nov 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
There are shades of Ridley Scott's The Martian in this curious space oddity It’s hard to watch Byron Haskin’s 1964 space oddity Robinson Crusoe ... Read more »| 23 Nov 2015 -
New Releases
Black Mass
Johnny Depp plays real-life crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger in this mob drama full of cliched scenes and bad Boston accents Read more »| 19 Nov 2015