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 ReleasesSunset Song
Terence Davies’ long-awaited adaptation of classic Scottish novel Sunset Song: large, radiant and overwhelming Read more »| 25 Nov 2015 -
New ReleasesBridge 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
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New Releases
Carol
“I’m charting the correlation between what characters say and what they mean,” says a film buff while watching Sunset Boulevard in Todd Hay... Read more »| 19 Nov 2015 -
Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2016: Early programme announcements
Glasgow Film Festival have revealed today some programme information about the 2016 addition, and some exciting news about a new strand dedicated to the film industry Read more »| 18 Nov 2015 -
News
A Very Murray Christmas: Watch the trailer
Bill Murray is joined by a host of stars in the new trailer to his Sofia Coppola-directed Christmas Special for Netflix, A Very Murray Christmas. As anyone ... Read more »| 18 Nov 2015 -
News
BAFTA Scotland 2015 winners announced
The winners of this year's BAFTA Scotland awards have been announced, with The Legend of Barney Thomson and '71 among the films picking up awards. The Legen... Read more »| 16 Nov 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Magic Mike XXL
Magic Mike XXL, which swaps the original film's 'stripper Boogie Nights'' beats for a looser road movie set-up, may initially seem like a typical cash-i... Read more »| 13 Nov 2015 -
Dvd ReviewsAnt-Man
Ant-Man is like a super-powered heist movie Read more »| 12 Nov 2015 -
Interviews
Todd Haynes interview: bringing Carol to the screen
Todd Haynes has been making films – some of modern cinema's smartest and most daring – for nearly three decades. At this year's London Film Festival he discusses his stunning new picture, Carol, a tremulous love story between two women in 1950s New York Read more »| 10 Nov 2015 -
Comedy
Ultimate Bill Hicks
This new DVD box set brings together some of Bill Hicks most famous performances – sounds like an essential item for comedy fans, but the Ultimate Bill Hicks offers no better alternative to what's already available. Read more »| 07 Nov 2015 -
Interviews
Sean Baker on Tangerine and shooting on an iPhone
Tangerine is the most exciting and invigorating indie film of the year. Its director, Sean Baker, talks us through the ins and outs of creating this vivid slice-of-life comedy about two transgendre LA sex workers and capturing it all on an iPhone lens Read more »| 06 Nov 2015