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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FestivalsWelcome to New York
Abel Ferrara’s blunt-force Welcome to New York is a thinly-veiled fictionalisation of the sexual assault incident that disgraced former IMF chief Domin... Read more »| 04 Aug 2014 -
VideosNoel Clarke on The Anomaly: Video interview
Noel Clarke talks to us about his recent release The Anomaly, a sci-fi thriller starring Ian Somerhalder, Brian Cox and Luke Hemsworth, in which a soldier wa... Read more »| 31 Jul 2014 -
Film EventsScotland Film Event Highlights – August 2014
There's a chance to celebrate Scottish cinema this month with touring film programme To See Oursels and Stuart Murdoch's Glasgow-set debut God Help the Girl. Plus another filmmaking musician comes to the Cameo and some great anime screens at GFT Read more »| 31 Jul 2014 -
New ReleasesGuardians of the Galaxy
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy make their cinematic debut in James Gunn’s nutso, wilfully incoherent and very, very funny romp through space an... Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – August 2014
There’s something for everyone this month, from a Hollywood heavyweight to an arty party Read more »| 30 Jul 2014 -
Cineskinny
The Deer Hunter
Long, roughly edited, and with an almost dragging realism, The Deer Hunter continues to resonate divisively since its original 1978 release. Naively heroic, ... Read more »| 29 Jul 2014
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Film Events
Fresh Perspectives: Pride at the Pictures
We take a look at the pleasingly eclectic film programme at this year's Liverpool Pride festival Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Shoot the Pianist
Sandwiched between The 400 Blows and Jules and Jim, François Truffaut's frequently neglected second feature is only marginally less essential tha... Read more »| 28 Jul 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
The LEGO Movie
Phil Lord and Chris Miller have made a name for themselves by transforming dubious prospects for film adaptations (21 and 22 Jump Street; Cloudy with a ... Read more »| 28 Jul 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Labor Day
A change of pace for Jason Reitman, and a near-disastrous one, Labor Day is an earnest attempt to make an old-fashioned romance that can’t take flight ... Read more »| 28 Jul 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Rapture
This curio from 1965 features strong performances from screen greats Melvyn Douglas (Ninotchka) and Dean Stockwell (Paris, Texas), but is carried by 15-year-... Read more »| 28 Jul 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Jules et Jim
Despite being based on the memories of 74 year old author Henri-Pierre Roché, this iconic account of a doomed love triangle is notable for its rare, y... Read more »| 28 Jul 2014 -
New Releases
Branded to Kill
The film to earn outlaw master Seijun Suzuki his P45, Branded to Kill is the flawed masterpiece of a misunderstood genius. Asked to follow up his stylised cl... Read more »| 28 Jul 2014 -
Interviews
Divine Inspiration: Jeffrey Schwarz on I Am Divine
No queer film festival is complete without a sprinkling of Divine. He shows up on cue at this month's POUTfest in John Waters' Hairspray and in Jeffrey Schwarz's documentary I Am Divine. We speak to Schwarz about this larger-than-life icon Read more »| 25 Jul 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
We Are the Best!
It’s suburban Sweden, 1982, and punk is dead. Two 13-year-old outsiders, Bobo (Barkhammar) and Klara (Grosin), are feeling the loss more than most. Und... Read more »| 25 Jul 2014