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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InterviewsLouder than Words: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy on The Tribe
Set in a boarding school for deaf teens, there is no spoken dialogue in The Tribe, the latest from Ukrainian filmmaker Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, but it still makes a bold statement Read more »| 01 May 2015 -
Film EventsNorthwest Film Event Highlights – May 2015
There's sci-fi galore at FACT, HOME opens its doors with a brace of live scores and Grimm Up North take us on an epic journey back to Middle Earth Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
Film Events
Scotland Film Event Highlights – May 2015
There's a music connection to this month's best movie happenings, with the Scottish premiere of St Etienne Live: How We Used to Live and a screening of The Clash: Westway to the World among May's film highlights Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Bad Land: Road to Fury
Originally titled Young Ones for its US release, Bad Land: Road to Fury has seemingly received a name change in an attempt to capitalise on the hype surround... Read more »| 30 Apr 2015 -
InterviewsMistaken Identity: Christian Petzold on Phoenix
The collaboration between German director Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss, his go-to leading lady, has proved one of the most artistically fruitful in contemporary cinema. The Petzold discusses their latest film, Phoenix Read more »| 29 Apr 2015 -
FestivalsWhat the Folk?: Folk Film Gathering 2015
“Is there a folk cinema?” Jamie Chambers, curator the Folk Film Gathering, the world’s first festival of folk cinema, considers this question Read more »| 28 Apr 2015
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Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Girlhood
The inaccurate English retitling of Céline Sciamma’s Bande de filles has led some to draw comparisons with Boyhood, but where Richard Linklater&... Read more »| 27 Apr 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Satyricon
Set in Rome during Nero's reign, Satyricon's loose story follows a young man (Potter) as he fights to retain the affection of his lover. We watch as he ... Read more »| 27 Apr 2015 -
Festivals
Girl Power: Céline Sciamma on Girlhood
Despite their similar titles, Girlhood is not a female version of Richard Linklater's recent coming-of-ager. Director Céline Sciamma's take on adolescence is far less cosy, but just as emotionally resonant Read more »| 27 Apr 2015 -
FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2015: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Junkies, dealers, swindlers, pimps and chancers, all shimmering in the dark night. As Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez did with their decidedly masculine Si... Read more »| 27 Apr 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Day of Anger
Lee Van Cleef followed The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with this similarly tough Spaghetti Western. Van Cleef (as Frank) marches his spare strut and coyo... Read more »| 27 Apr 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Harlock Space Pirate
A new animated take on a classic manga property, Harlock Space Pirate sees an immortal spaceship captain roam a colonised galaxy, against the backdrop of a s... Read more »| 27 Apr 2015 -
New Releases
Avengers: Age of Ultron
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, James Spader voices the eponymous villain, an entity of artificial intelligence that can inhabit seemingly any mechanical host ar... Read more »| 22 Apr 2015 -
Interviews
The enduring influence of David Lynch's Twin Peaks
It's been 24 years since Twin Peaks was cancelled, but such is its influence it feels like it's never been away. With recent talk of new episodes and an upcoming conference devoted to the series, we delve back inside its surreal world Read more »| 21 Apr 2015 -
Interviews
“I want to be unpredictable”: Roy Andersson Interview
A filmmaker sat on a chair reflecting on cinema – we speak to deadpan poet Roy Andersson about his new film and the human condition Read more »| 21 Apr 2015