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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InterviewsA New Grammar: Josephine Decker
American indie director Josephine Decker is currently on a tour of discerning UK cinemas with her first two features, Butter on the Latch and Thou Wast Mild and Lovely. We chat to this singular filmmaking talent Read more »| 06 Aug 2015 -
VideosWaylay by Kevin Pickering: The Skinny Short Film Competition 2015
Shortlisted in The Skinny Short Film Competition 2015, director Kevin Pickering explains the ideas, inspirations and processes behind his film Waylay Read more »| 06 Aug 2015 -
New Releases
Fantastic Four
Before the multicultural X-Men and the superhero supergroup Avengers there were the Fantastic Four, the brainiacs of the Marvel universe. Their leader R... Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
New ReleasesMarshland
The detective film set in the recent past – critically reflecting on the socioeconomic problems of its setting, with serial murder as a symptom of... Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
Videos
Synthetica by Alex Falconer: The Skinny Short Film Competition 2015
Shortlisted in The Skinny Short Film Competition 2015, director Alex Falconer explains the inspirations and processes behind his film, Synthetica Read more »| 05 Aug 2015 -
VideosFaith, Hope & Insanity by Antonis Kassiotis
Shortlisted in The Skinny Short Film Competition 2015, director Antonis Kassiotis explains the inspirations and processes behind his film, Faith, Hope & Insanity Read more »| 04 Aug 2015
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Festivals
Theeb
Revenge, loss of innocence and the conflict between old and new permeate Naji Abu Nowar’s terrific debut, Theeb. Set in the desolate if beautiful lands... Read more »| 04 Aug 2015 -
Festivals
52 Tuesdays
52 Tuesdays chronicles the relationship of 16-year-old Billie (Tilda Cobham-Harvey) and her transgender mother, James (Del Herbert-Jane), who makes the diffi... Read more »| 03 Aug 2015 -
New ReleasesThe Diary of a Teenage Girl
Marielle Heller makes an impressive debut with this frank comic-drama, based on cartoonist Phoebe Gloeckner’s semi-autobiographical novel. Set in boho ... Read more »| 03 Aug 2015 -
Interviews
Crystal Moselle on The Wolfpack: Home Movies
Seven bright kids spent a childhood locked up in their apartment, with movies as their only friends. We talk to documentary filmmaker Crystal Moselle about her time with the pack Read more »| 03 Aug 2015 -
New Releases
Hard to Be a God
Aleksei German spent 15 years directing this adaptation of the classic Russian sci-fi novel only to die before its release. Few filmmakers could imagine crea... Read more »| 03 Aug 2015 -
Videos
CAUSTIC GULP by Bryan M. Ferguson: The Skinny Short Film Competition 2015
Shortlisted in The Skinny Short Film Competition 2015, director Bryan M. Ferguson explains the inspirations and processes behind his film, CAUSTIC GULP Read more »| 31 Jul 2015 -
New Releases
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
The Mission: Impossible series now feels a fair distance away from Brian De Palma’s dark, brooding 1996 effort. Five films and nearly two decades in, E... Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Killing Zoe
It’s easy to guess why audiences are turned off by Roger Avary. He won an Oscar co-scripting Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, but if his two dir... Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
Film Events
Scottish Film Event Highlights – August 2015
Film highlights include an indie star at GFT, Fringe regulars presenting their favourite movies at Cameo and a comedic takedown of one of the worst movies of all time Read more »| 30 Jul 2015