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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FestivalsPalo Alto
Ever wondered why Renaissance dreamboat James Franco was taking all those Ivy League writing courses? Turns out he was penning short story collection Palo Al... Read more »| 06 Oct 2014 -
New Releases’71
Yann Demange’s debut feature is a blistering, disturbing portrayal of one British soldier’s attempt to get back to his Belfast barracks after bei... Read more »| 06 Oct 2014 -
NewsThe Imitation Game – new trailer released, preview screenings announced
The final trailer for early Oscar contender The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, has been released ahead of the film’s UK premi... Read more »| 02 Oct 2014 -
InterviewsTroubles Brewing: Yann Demange and Gregory Burke on thriller ’71
’71 is a heart-stopping tale of a greenhorn soldier (Jack O'Connell) who gets separated from his unit in 1971 Belfast. Director Yann Demange and writer Gregory Burke explain why this muscular thriller is much more than a history lesson Read more »| 02 Oct 2014 -
New Releases
Gone Girl
The brilliance of Gone Girl cannot be overstated, nor can it really be elucidated without diluting its many, many pleasures. This is a contradiction, a quand... Read more »| 01 Oct 2014 -
Interviews
Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena discuss zombie comedy Life After Beth
Best known for US sitcom Parks and Recreation, Aubrey Plaza goes from deadpan slacker to braindead zombie with her new film Life After Beth. Here she and writer-director Jeff Baena discuss bloody break-ups, cult indie hero Hal Hartley, and... stoves Read more »| 30 Sep 2014
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Interviews
Queen Kitsch: Peaches Christ brings Bearbarella to Manchester and Glasgow
A wicked knife-wielding villain called The Great Tireda plans to take over the Queerniverse – only Bearbarella can stop her. Welcome to the world of Peaches Christ and her cult movie extravaganza Midnight Mass Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
New Releases
Tony Benn: Will and Testament
“Life is like a pebble dropped in a pool.” So muses Tony Benn near the start of this heartfelt look back on his life. If this is true, the late M... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – October 2014
Unsurprisingly, horror dominates this month's film happenings: The Exorcist, Beetlejuice and Hocus Pocus liven up Halloween, the Ghostbusters are back on the big screen after three decades and gorehounds make their annual pilgrimage to Grimmfest Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
New Releases
Life After Beth
Life After Beth is a romantic zombie comedy drama. Or, as anyone fond of cinematic abbreviations might say, a rom-zom-com-dram. Dane DeHaan plays Zach, a gri... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
Film Events
Silver Scream: Grimmfest 2014
Are you looking forward to the sixth Grimmfest? Horror fans can expect a long weekend of werewolves, vampires, killers and, er, beavers Read more »| 26 Sep 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Ghost in the Shell
It’s no exaggeration to say that Ghost in the Shell is one of the most influential sci-fi films of the last two decades. Set in a futuristic cyberpunk ... Read more »| 25 Sep 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
300: Rise of an Empire
Part prequel, part sidequel (parallelquel?) and part sequel, this belated follow-up to 300 takes place before, during and after the events of Zack Snyder&rsq... Read more »| 25 Sep 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Shivers
Shivers, which introduced erstwhile ‘king of venereal horror’ David Cronenberg to the world stage, was at one point renamed They Came from Within... Read more »| 25 Sep 2014 -
New Releases
Maps to the Stars
Maps to the Stars is not a coherent whole, but rather an assemblage of sadistic caricatures of various Hollywood types – the washed-up and neurotic for... Read more »| 22 Sep 2014