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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NewsStar Wars: The Force Awakens trailer released
The trailer for The Force Awakens, the seventh instalment in the Star Wars saga, has been released online. The latest addition to the Star Wars series is di... Read more »| 28 Nov 2014 -
FestivalsLFF 2014: The Old Guard
A roundup of the established auteurs who were flogging their wares at this year's London Film Festival Read more »| 27 Nov 2014 -
OpinionOscars 2015: The Early Front Runners
With the awards season about to kick off in earnest, we take an early look at the runners and riders in this year’s Best Picture Oscar race Read more »| 25 Nov 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Spione (Spies)
At a breakneck pace, Spione, Fritz Lang’s follow-up to Metropolis, lays out the template for all spy actioners that would follow. Rudolf Klei... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
The Thief of Bagdad
Raoul Walsh is now best remembered for the gruelling location shoots that lent High Sierra and The Big Trail their sense of epic, distinctly American po... Read more »| 24 Nov 2014 -
FestivalsLFF 2014: The New(ish) Voices
A round-up of the best new(ish) voices at LFF, meaning filmmakers with only a few films or less under their belt who brought striking new works to the festival Read more »| 21 Nov 2014
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FestivalsStations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross is made up of 14 segments, each filmed in a single long and often static take, where meticulous compositions and dry performances drive... Read more »| 20 Nov 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
The Homesman
Brilliantly gruff and grizzled character actor though he was, it would’ve taken a hell of a crystal ball to predict Tommy Lee Jones becoming, in this l... Read more »| 20 Nov 2014 -
Festivals
LFF 2014: The Standouts
We round up some of the best new films shown at this year's London Film Festival Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
New Releases
Diary of a Lost Girl
While critical plaudits are more often reserved for Pandora's Box, the first collaboration between director GW Pabst and star Louise Brooks, the pair's lurid... Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
News
Glasgow Film Festival unveils new strands for 2015
The 2015 Glasgow Film Festival programme is beginning to take shape, with next year’s festival set to feature new segments focussing on nerd culture, A... Read more »| 18 Nov 2014 -
News
Starred Up, Filth lead 2014 BAFTA Scotland winners
Prison drama Starred Up led the way at last night’s BAFTA Scotland awards, picking up three prizes at the ceremony in Glasgow. David Mackenzie’s... Read more »| 17 Nov 2014 -
New Releases
The Imitation Game
Awards buzz circled this entertaining account of Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing long before its debut at the traditionally Oscar-foreshadowing Toronto Film ... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
New Releases
The Drop
In this taught, seductively understated thriller, Tom Hardy plays innocent lug Bob, bartender in the Brooklyn tavern of the slightly more sinister if no... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
New Releases
Winter Sleep
Arriving with a Palme d’Or win and an ample 196-minute running time, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest contemplative drama from the Anatolian steppes so... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014