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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Dvd ReviewsNymphomaniac
Lars is back to his provocative, trolling self with sex confessional Nymphomaniac. Erudite yet impotent Seligman (Skarsgård) happens upon a battered Jo... Read more »| 14 Apr 2014 -
Interviews
Staying Home: Joanna Hogg on Exhibition
Joanna Hogg discusses working in London and using non-professional actors to tell her unique stories before the release of her latest, Exhibition Read more »| 14 Apr 2014 -
New ReleasesHalf of a Yellow Sun
This plush adaptation of the Nigerian Civil War spanning, Orange Prize-winning novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie blends drama with melodrama, but unlike its ... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
New ReleasesThe Quiet Ones
The first of The Quiet Ones’ many jump-scares comes courtesy of Noddy Holder, with a loud blast of Slade’s Cum on Feel the Noize in the opening m... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
New Releases
The Raid 2
Gareth Evans’ The Raid took place over one day in a single locale; its narrative had an economy akin to old-school John Carpenter. For the sequel,... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
Film Events
Film Season Preview: A Story of Mark Cousins and Children and Film
Delve into an untapped world of cinema with Mark Cousins' brilliant season of children's films, A Cinema of Childhood Read more »| 09 Apr 2014
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News
Film News: Richard Donner confirms Goonies 2, Chiwetel Ejiofor for Bond Baddie and more
Director Richard Donner confirms the Goonies sequel is go; the Point Break remake casts its leads and Chiwetel Ejiofor is being sought as the next Bond villain Read more »| 08 Apr 2014 -
Opinion
Hero Worship: Samuel L. Jackson
Robert Buchanan, the star of That Sinking Feeling, Gregory's Girl and Comfort and Joy, talks to us about his movie hero, the coolest cat on screen Read more »| 07 Apr 2014 -
New Releases
Calvary
Calvary, McDonagh’s followup to The Guard, opens with a brilliantly startling opening line. I won’t spoil it here, not that it matters though, as... Read more »| 07 Apr 2014 -
News
Film News: Dead By Dawn programme revealed, Aronofsky talks The Wolverine, and more
A round-up of Film News, with details of this year's Dead By Dawn horror film festival in Edinburgh; a quality viral video spoofing Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity, plus the latest casting rumours and trailers Read more »| 04 Apr 2014 -
New Releases
Noah
The last thing one might expect from a bombastic Hollywood Biblical epic would be religious and theological ambiguity, the bigwigs of Tinseltown being notori... Read more »| 04 Apr 2014 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Film Festival seeks student critics for 2014
Edinburgh International Film Festival search for the next generation of film critics from Scotland's universities and colleges to make up the Student Critics Jury at the 2014 festival Read more »| 04 Apr 2014 -
Videos
Richard Ayoade on The Double: Video interview at Glasgow Film Festival
Richard Ayoade follows up Submarine with The Double, a nightmarish adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novella of the same name. It stars Jesse Eisenber... Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
Film EventsNorthwest Film Event Highlights – April 2014
Hang on, how is it April already? Nevermind, there are films to watch, including classics at FACT, oddities at The Dancehouse and a live score weekend at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
Interviews
Existential Nightmare: Richard Ayoade on The Double
Richard Ayoade doesn't like himself very much. That's OK, though, ‘cause we think he's great. Here he is trying to downplay his considerable talents ahead of the release of his new film, The Double Read more »| 01 Apr 2014