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 ReleasesEternal Beauty
Craig Roberts returns to the director's chair with the powerful story of a woman with paranoid schizophrenia. Sally Hawkins gives a superb performance in the lead role Read more »| 02 Mar 2020 -
New ReleasesMaster Cheng
Finnish filmmaker Mika Kaurismäki returns with a story about a chef and his son coming to a remote village Read more »| 01 Mar 2020 -
InterviewsJustin Kurzel on True History of the Kelly Gang
George MacKay plays Aussie folk hero/villain Ned Kelly in the latest attempt to tell the Kelly Gang's story on the big screen. Director Justin Kurzel tells us why he was somewhat daunted to take on the project, and why he wanted MacKay for the role Read more »| 28 Feb 2020 -
New ReleasesRun
Scott Graham’s third feature follows a petrol-head who was born to run, but instead never left his small fishing village in Scotland Read more »| 28 Feb 2020 -
New ReleasesSon-Mother
A single mother of two is offered a heartbreaking choice in this graceful, understated work from Iranian filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi Read more »| 28 Feb 2020 -
New ReleasesStanding Up, Falling Down
Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz retread well-worn odd-couple territory in this slight but charming comedy Read more »| 27 Feb 2020
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New ReleasesTrue History of the Kelly Gang
Australian director Justin Kurzel does the Ned Kelly story justice in this uneven but daring film starring George Mackay as the legendary outlaw Read more »| 27 Feb 2020 -
New ReleasesThe Painted Bird
The Painted Bird might be difficult to endure, but even harder to ignore Read more »| 27 Feb 2020 -
New ReleasesCook F**k Kill
Cook F**k Kill has an arresting opening, but as it moves through its repeating narrative chapters, there's the distinct feeling of diminishing returns Read more »| 26 Feb 2020 -
InterviewsOliver Hermanus on Moffie
South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus returns with Moffie, an extraordinary drama about a gay teen conscripted to fight in the Angolan war in Apartheid-era South Africa Read more »| 26 Feb 2020 -
New ReleasesFirst Cow
The great American filmmaker Kelly Reichardt delivers her sweetest and funniest film to date, a tale of friendship blossoming between two lonely men eeking out an existence in the Old West Read more »| 24 Feb 2020 -
New ReleasesBerlinale 2020: Onward
Pixar's latest, Onward, offers up a pleasingly original premise that's part Weekend at Bernie's, part Cronenberg, but the execution is all too familiar Read more »| 24 Feb 2020 -
InterviewsRiot Girls: Michael Caton-Jones on Our Ladies
Veteran filmmaker Michael Caton-Jones returns to filmmaking in Scotland for the first time since 1995's Rob Roy for Our Ladies, his long-in-the-making adaptation of Alan Warner’s The Sopranos Read more »| 24 Feb 2020 -
New ReleasesDark Waters
Todd Haynes returns with a gripping, true-life procedural centred on the Cincinnati lawyer who tirelessly battled multinational chemical firm DuPont Read more »| 24 Feb 2020 -
InterviewsMasculinity in Crisis: Peter Mackie Burns on Rialto
Daphne director Peter Mackie Burns returns with fine-grained drama Rialto, which follows a middle-aged Dublin dock worker going through a crisis. The Glaswegian director tells us how the likes of Chekhov, Mike Leigh and David Bowie influence his work Read more »| 21 Feb 2020