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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New ReleasesJimmy's Hall
It’s not difficult to see what attracted perennial rabble-rousers Ken Loach and Paul Laverty to the tale of rabble-rousing, Church-baiting ac... Read more »| 30 May 2014 -
New ReleasesEdge of Tomorrow
Based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s more memorably titled novel All You Need Is Kill, director Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow is basically a mash-up... Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
Dvd ReviewsSullivan’s Travels
Opening with a film within a film’s ending, director and million dollar talent John L. Sullivan (John McCrea) is looking to abandon the mainstream cine... Read more »| 26 May 2014 -
New Releases
Boomerang!
Boomerang!, from 1947, is an early example of 'docu-noir' – a sub-genre in which facts from a real-life incident are used as framework for exploring fi... Read more »| 26 May 2014 -
New ReleasesX-Men: Days of Future Past
Bryan Singer’s return to the X-Men franchise opens on a familiar movie dystopia: grey skies are patrolled by murderous shape-shifting robots (called se... Read more »| 23 May 2014 -
Cineskinny
The Punk Singer
Kathleen Hanna claims she started a band because no one ever listened to her. It’s safe to say that changed with Bikini Kill. The Punk Singer takes us ... Read more »| 19 May 2014
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Cineskinny
A Touch of Sin
Three burning cigarettes are used as joss sticks by a killer in an indecorous prayer to his victims' ghosts; just one of the remarkable moments in Jia Zhangk... Read more »| 15 May 2014 -
New Releases
Godzilla
Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla revival is a beautifully directed, perfectly paced blockbuster that effortlessly veers between enormity and quieter, almost tr... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
The Wolf of Wall Street
Like any Quaalude high, The Wolf of Wall Street depends on a certain degree of willing consumption, cerebral detachment and tenacity to be considered success... Read more »| 14 May 2014 -
Festivals
EIFF 2014: Michael Powell Award Nominees Announced
Nine films to contend for the Michael Powell Award at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
Festivals
Film News: EIFF opening film announced; Comics on TV: Constantine, Gotham, Preacher and more
EIFF announces its opening film; we take a look at forthcoming TV adaptations of superhero titles including Gotham, Constantine and Preacher; plus the latest casting rumours and trailers Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
New Releases
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
Cycling is less a sport, more a means to transcendence through assured self-destruction. Perhaps the man who best embodies this paradox was Italian cyclist M... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
New Releases
The Piano
Ada (Holly Hunter), a mute, 30-something Scotswoman, is uprooted and transported overseas with her precocious daughter (Anna Paquin) to wed an Antipodean lan... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
New Releases
The Two Faces of January
Patricia Highsmith adaptation The Two Faces of January is very much in the narrative mould of the author’s familiar brand of Mediterranean noir. Athens... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
New ReleasesMan of Marble
Made in 1976, Man of Marble tells the story of fictional heroic Polish bricklayer Mateusz Birkut, and the young female film student, Agnieszka, try... Read more »| 09 May 2014