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 ReleasesThe Assassin
With The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien's enigmatic martial arts tale, we find a director at the peak of his powers How good is Hou Hsiao-Hsien? In his... Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
InterviewsAdam McKay on The Big Short
Will Ferrell's regular collaborator Adam McKay gets serious with The Big Short, a star-studded and angry look back at the financial meltdown of 2008. We're pleased to report his latest film still has plenty of laughs. McKay talks comedy and the crash Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
NewsCarol, Bridge of Spies lead BAFTA 2016 nominations
The nominations for the 2016 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) have been announced, with Carol, Bridge of Spies, The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road among the films leading the pack. Read more »| 08 Jan 2016 -
News
Manchester International Film Fest reveals line-up
Today Manchester International Film Festival announced its official selection for its second edition, which includes features and shorts starring the likes of James Franco, Charles Dance, Martin Freeman, Maxine Peake and John Hurt Read more »| 07 Jan 2016 -
New ReleasesThe Second Mother
Contradictions are the order of the day in Anna Muylaert's subversive yet heartwarming The Second Mother. The tone is a deft balance between class drama... Read more »| 07 Jan 2016 -
New Releases
Room
Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, based on Emma Donoghue's best-selling novel, is a beautiful and humane response to inhumanity Joy (Brie Larson... Read more »| 07 Jan 2016
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Books
Projecting pages: When books become films
Taking books to the screen has long made up much of the film industry's output. We look at the creative issues involved in the process, and then on to some of the most interesting recent and upcoming literary adaptations. Read more »| 06 Jan 2016 -
New Releases
The Revenant
Iñárritu and DiCaprio reach for transcendence, but The Revenant is a slog There’s a gripping 90-minute survival thriller buried som... Read more »| 06 Jan 2016 -
Festivals
Hail, Caesar! to open Glasgow Film Festival 2016
Glasgow Film Festival will open with the new film from the Coen Brothers, and close with Charlie Kaufman’s celebrated stop-motion animation Anomalisa ... Read more »| 06 Jan 2016 -
Dvd Reviews
Love
Gaspar Noé's Love was shot in 3D, but it doesn't add any dimensions to its characters “My biggest dream is to make a movie that truly depicts s... Read more »| 05 Jan 2016 -
Film EventsNorthwest Film Event Highlights – January 2016
The New Year gets off to a promising start with HOME’s wide-reaching celebration of Mancunian screenwriter Jim Allen, while FACT have an interesting screening to compliment their Follow exhibition Read more »| 04 Jan 2016 -
New Releases
The Danish Girl
The performances are what sustains Tom Hooper's beautiful but buttoned-up The Danish Girl A fictionalized account of transgender pioneer Lili Elbe, Tom Hoop... Read more »| 01 Jan 2016 -
Film Events
Scotland Film Event Highlights – January 2016
This month's film column begins and ends with a trivia question. In between there's the best of January's film happenings, including a chance to experience Rotterdam Film Festival from the comfort of your local cinema. Read more »| 31 Dec 2015 -
New Releases
Daddy’s Home
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg's talents are wasted in this lame bro-com Read more »| 26 Dec 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Ricki and the Flash
Working from a screenplay by Diablo Cody, Ricki and the Flash feels like a compendium of director Jonathan Demme’s career trademarks. In setup and exec... Read more »| 22 Dec 2015