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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FestivalsLondon Film Festival: Yakuza Apocalypse
Takashi Miike's vampire yakuza movie has some great ideas, but overall it's a narrative and conceptual mess from the director of Audition and Ichi the Killer Read more »| 19 Oct 2015 -
FestivalsRhys Ifans interview: Under Milk Wood
Rhys Ifans tells us how his new film, Under Milk Wood, a cinematic version of Dylan Thomas's radio play of the same name, blows the dust off the 1954 text and visualises its dark, erotic core Read more »| 19 Oct 2015 -
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London Film Festival: The Assassin and The Witch
Two genre films that upend audience expectation catch our eye at BFI London Film Festival: Robert Eggers' period horror The Witch and The Assassin, from great Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien Read more »| 16 Oct 2015 -
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London Film Festival: Our Little Sister & Brooklyn
We were charmed by Saoirse Ronan-starring Brooklyn and Hirokazu Kore-eda's Our Little Sister, two films concerning female protagonists making new lives for themselves, at BFI London Film Festival Read more »| 16 Oct 2015 -
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London Film Festival: Carol and Sunset Song
Two of our finest gay filmmakers, Todd Haynes and Terence Davies, are screening two exceptional women’s pictures, Carol and Sunset Song, at this year’s London Film Festival Read more »| 16 Oct 2015 -
New ReleasesCrimson Peak
Why do you watch horror? If it's solely about preying on your primal fears through a high-concept premise, it's possible you might not get a great deal ... Read more »| 15 Oct 2015
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My Scientology Movie
King mischief-maker Louis Theroux opens his My Scientology Movie by saying it’s his “dream to see a more positive side of the church.” It ... Read more »| 14 Oct 2015 -
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Ondi Timoner: Why Russell's spurned Brand: A Second Coming
Hell hath no fury like a filmmaker scorned. At London Film Festival, Ondi Timoner discusses her new documentary following stand-up comedian Russell Brand and her falling out with the wannabe revolutionary Read more »| 13 Oct 2015 -
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London Film Festival: Son of Saul and 11 Minutes
Two new movies at London Film Festival with audacious visual storytelling, we review László Nemes' Son of Saul, and 11 Minutes by Jerzy Skolimovski. Read more »| 13 Oct 2015 -
New Releases
The Program
Successful athletes prove tricky subjects for character studies due to their all-consuming commitment, training so intensively that little time is left to in... Read more »| 12 Oct 2015 -
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London Film Festival: High-Rise and Tangerine
Two very different visions of urban chaos, Ben Wheatley's High-Rise and Sean Baker's Tangerine, represented two of the most anticipated films in the first few days of BFI London Film Festival Read more »| 12 Oct 2015 -
Film EventsAfrica in Motion 2015: Preview
Works by Ousmane Sembène and François Verster feature in this year's Africa in Motion film festival. Read more »| 09 Oct 2015 -
FestivalsLovecraft in the 80s: How Stuart Gordon sexed-up HP Lovecraft
Grimmfest and Gothic Manchester host a HP Lovecraft double bill, featuring Re-Animator and From Beyond, this October. We take a look at how director Stuart Gordon brought a more salacious vibe to the sci-fi writer's work with his 80s film adaptations Read more »| 09 Oct 2015 -
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12 films to see at London Film Festival 2015
With London Film Festival 2015 kicking off today, we choose the best films to see at the UK's glitziest celebration of cinema Read more »| 08 Oct 2015 -
New Releases
Pan
The enduring popularity of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan character stems from a desire to reject the painful necessity of growing up, to retain innocence in the face of responsibility and compromise Read more »| 07 Oct 2015