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 ReleasesMississippi Grind
Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds star as gamblers travelling across America in this lacklustre buddy movie Read more »| 23 Oct 2015 -
New Releases
Spectre
Daniel Craig is back as super spy James Bond in Spectre, but the 007 franchise is back to its old, cliched ways Read more »| 23 Oct 2015 -
FestivalsLondon Film Festival: Steve Jobs
A breakneck Aaron Sorkin script combined with a performance of subtlety, ease and confidence from Fassbender results in a meticulously constructed character study Read more »| 21 Oct 2015 -
OpinionScottish Horror Films: Seven Caledonian chillers
The fog-covered moors of the Highlands, the ancient cobbled streets of Edinburgh, and Glasgow's harsh tower blocks have all provided inspiration for scary movies over the years. With Halloween on the horizon, we select seven Scottish horrors to check out Read more »| 21 Oct 2015 -
Festivals
London Film Festival: Room & Queen of Earth
Two films from London Film Festival centred on female protagonists who are trapped: Alex Ross Perry's Queen of Earth and Room, based on Emma Donoghue's novel of the same name Read more »| 20 Oct 2015 -
Festivals
London Film Festival: My Skinny Sister & Take Me to the River
Two debut features from LFF: Sanna Lenken's My Skinny Sister and Matt Sorbel's Take Me To The River. Read more »| 19 Oct 2015
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Books
Graham Humphreys Interviewed: Art of Darkness
The dark art of illustrator Graham Humphreys is finally seeing the light with an upcoming book and exhibition. His are the bold and bloody images to accompany the seminal horror films of our times, including A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Evil Dead Read more »| 19 Oct 2015 -
Festivals
London 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 -
Festivals
Rhys 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 -
Festivals
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 -
FestivalsLondon 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 -
Festivals
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 Releases
Crimson 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 -
Festivals
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 -
Festivals
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