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 ReleasesThe Farewell
Lulu Wang finds a vehicle for her controlled, precise direction in a personal family drama Read more »| 16 Sep 2019 -
New ReleasesHustlers
Inspired by a New York Magazine article, this deliciously enjoyable true-life drama centres on a deliriously charming performance by Jennifer Lopez as a strip club dancer who discovers a more direct way of getting cash from Wall Street sleazebags' pockets Read more »| 13 Sep 2019 -
New ReleasesTIFF 2019: Colour Out of Space
Cult director Richard Stanley (Hardware) teams up with a typically frenzied Nicolas Cage for this HP Lovecraft adaptation and proves a solid addition to the cosmic horror sub-genre Read more »| 13 Sep 2019 -
New ReleasesTIFF 2019: Uncut Gems
The Safdie brothers follow up Good Time with another frenetic New York drama, as Adam Sandler gives a great performance as a brash jeweller who dabbles in various suspect tradings across the city Read more »| 13 Sep 2019 -
InterviewsLulu Wang on family dramedy The Farewell
Lulu Wang, indie rising star and director of The Farewell, talks about her personal journey behind the scenes of the film Read more »| 13 Sep 2019 -
FestivalsRent Out of Shape: Fredrik Gertten on housing doc Push
This year's Take One Action opens with timely doc Push, which takes a compelling deep dive into global housing issues. We speak to Push's director, Fredrik Gertten, who explains that the current crisis is much more complex than rampant gentrification Read more »| 12 Sep 2019
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New ReleasesTIFF 2019: Jojo Rabbit
Kiwi filmmaker Taika Waititi returns with a Nazi satire that proves a great vehicle for his brand of oddball humour Read more »| 11 Sep 2019 -
New ReleasesTIFF 2019: Knives Out
There are only flashes of excitement to be had in this star-studded whodunit featuring Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Michael Shannon and Chris Evans Read more »| 11 Sep 2019 -
New ReleasesAd Astra
James Gray takes us on a breathtaking sci-fi journey in his latest film Ad Astra, with Brad Pitt impressing in a restrained performance as an emotionally fractured man wrestling with daddy issues Read more »| 11 Sep 2019 -
New ReleasesTIFF 2019: The Personal History of David Copperfield
A change of pace for Armando Iannucci as he swaps expletive-laden satire for a charming, comic riff on Charles Dickens’ classic novel David Copperfield Read more »| 10 Sep 2019 -
New ReleasesTIFF 2019: A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood isn't the textbook biopic of American kids' TV star Mr Rogers that its trailer suggests, but it does lack the vigour of director Marielle Heller's earlier films Read more »| 10 Sep 2019 -
FestivalsTake One Action: Films with a youth focus
At Take One Action Film Festival, young people are leading the way – here are six films from this year's programme with youth at the forefront Read more »| 09 Sep 2019 -
New ReleasesHoneyland
Honeyland is one of this year’s strongest documentaries Read more »| 09 Sep 2019 -
New ReleasesPhoenix
Writer-director Camilla Strøm Henriksen's coming-of-age drama centres on the 14-year-old who has to act as the responsible adult in her family Read more »| 09 Sep 2019 -
New ReleasesNight Hunter
Stanley Tucci and Ben Kingsley give it their all in this brooding thriller, but poor Henry Cavill struggles with the leaden script Read more »| 06 Sep 2019