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 Wonders
Vivid and grainy 16mm photography evokes the notion of a family out of step in Alice Rohrwacher's sophomore feature, The Wonders. A beguiling and impressioni... Read more »| 13 Jul 2015 -
InterviewsLost in Music: Mia Hansen-Løve on French Touch movie Eden
Mia Hansen-Løve discusses her brilliant new film Eden, an intimate epic telling the history of the French Touch music scene through one DJ's bloodshot eyes Read more »| 13 Jul 2015 -
OpinionThe Films of 2015 so far: Our mid-year report
We're just over halfway through 2015 and, in terms of film, it's shaping up to be a doozy. Here are the movies our film writers have loved so far. Will any of them make the long haul to our end of year list? Check back in six months Read more »| 09 Jul 2015 -
FestivalsEIFF 2015: The Highlights
Our film team have decompressed after 11 fun days at the 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Here are the nine flicks we enjoyed most at this year's festival Read more »| 07 Jul 2015 -
New Releases
Song of the Sea
Back in February, Song of the Sea was memorably described by one Oscar voter as “that obscure freakin’ Chinese fuckin’ thing that nobody ev... Read more »| 06 Jul 2015 -
New Releases
Dear White People
Arriving on UK shores 18 months after its Sundance debut, US comedy Dear White People is all too relevant in light of the increasingly publicised troubles of... Read more »| 06 Jul 2015
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Dvd Reviews
Chappie
Neil Blomkamp's career has, so far, been a lot like Tim Burton's, except played out over just three films rather than three decades. Both begin life as block... Read more »| 06 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
Northern Greats: Manchester International Film Festival
The Great Northern Warehouse hosts the inaugural Manchester International Film Festival this July. We caught up with its ambitious organisers to hear of their plans for the event Read more »| 03 Jul 2015 -
Interviews
Pet Sights and Sounds: Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy
Love & Mercy tells the story of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson without falling back on the many cliches of the music biopic. Director Bill Pohlad reveals how he brought the life of this troubled genius to the screen Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Film Events
Scotland Film Event Highlights – July 2015
This month's highlights include a celebration of Orson Welles at Filmhouse, a weekend of films featuring The Who at DCA, and a geek's paradise at Comic Con at Glasgow's CCA Read more »| 30 Jun 2015 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – July 2015
This month there's a chance to relive the summer of 96 at the movies, compare two twisted takes on American suburbia and catch a doc on the rise of ear-bashing industrial rock Read more »| 30 Jun 2015 -
Interviews
Chasing Amy: Asif Kapadia on his Amy Winehouse documentary
Asif Kapadia's latest documentary charts the rise and premature demise of controversial soul singer Amy Winehouse. We talk to the sharp-eyed director about the film’s genesis and challenges ahead of its UK premier Read more »| 29 Jun 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
A Letter to Three Wives
Like the following year's All About Eve, this 1949 mega-hit was adapted from fiction published in the pages of Cosmopolitan. It too is a whip-smart melodrama... Read more »| 29 Jun 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Story of My Death
Albert Serra’s mischievous allegory for the death knell of the Enlightenment and the dawning of Romanticism is a truly singular work. Serra expresses t... Read more »| 29 Jun 2015 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Man with the Golden Arm
The Nelson Algren novel on which this is based asks readers to relate to a philandering junkie card dealer whose ultimate ambition is to be a jazz drummer. T... Read more »| 29 Jun 2015