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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InterviewsAlejandro Landes on blistering war thriller Monos
We speak to Alejandro Landes about the extraordinary Monos, a war thriller set during an unnamed conflict. He discusses creating an allegorical film that's fluid in terms of genre and political ideology as well as its characters' gender identities Read more »| 25 Oct 2019 -
New ReleasesThe Last Black Man in San Francisco
Joe Talbot's evocative The Last Black Man in San Francisco is inspired by his friend Jimmie Fails' love of his childhood home Read more »| 25 Oct 2019 -
InterviewsMeet Future Perfect director Sean McKenna
In Julian Barratt-narrated short film Future Perfect, a child's drawing goes on a journey through time to become a blueprint for a twisted new version of humanity. We chat to its director, Sean McKenna Read more »| 24 Oct 2019 -
InterviewsTimothée Chalamet on The King, Dune and fame
Timothée Chalamet, the 23-year-old New Yorker who made a splash with Call Me by Your Name, is very much in demand. We speak to him about his title role as Henry V in The King Read more »| 24 Oct 2019 -
FestivalsDocument Human Rights Film Festival: 2019 preview
The annual human rights film festival is back for its 17th edition with a mouthwatering lineup that includes the new film from Ai Weiwei and opens with a performance from Ted Hughes-winner Jay Bernard Read more »| 24 Oct 2019 -
New ReleasesSorry We Missed You
Ken Loach takes on the gig economy in this unapologetic new addition to his oeuvre of outrage Read more »| 24 Oct 2019
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New ReleasesA Good Woman is Hard to Find
Social realism and B-movie exploitation combine in this drum-tight horror from Northern Ireland Read more »| 21 Oct 2019 -
Tv RadioEl Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Vince Gilligan returns to the world of Breaking Bad to give us the closure none of us knew we needed Read more »| 18 Oct 2019 -
New ReleasesBy the Grace of God
By the Grace of God may be almost too big and too urgent to do its subjects coherent and complete justice, but its ambition makes a lasting impression Read more »| 17 Oct 2019 -
FestivalsFrench Film Festival 2019: Five highlights
Another eclectic mix of old and new titles from across the Channel arrives in UK cinemas courtesy of the French Film Festival. Highlights among the 2019 crop include love story Portrait of a Lady on Fire and submarine thriller The Wolf's Call Read more »| 17 Oct 2019 -
InterviewsBertrand Bonello on Zombi Child
French filmmaker Bertrand Bonello (House of Tolerance, Nocturama) talks zombie movies, composing his own scores, and the importance of young people in his movies Read more »| 17 Oct 2019 -
InterviewsKen Loach on gig economy drama Sorry We Missed You
Consider the rumours of Ken Loach's retirement well and truly quashed. Following I, Daniel Blake, the tireless filmmaker is back with Sorry We Missed You, another powerful drama exploring austerity Britain Read more »| 15 Oct 2019 -
New ReleasesThe Irishman
Martin Scorsese reunites with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci for this enthralling mob epic that's full of echoes of Scorsese’s earlier films Read more »| 15 Oct 2019 -
New ReleasesOrdinary Love
Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson give career-best performances in this tale of a middle-aged couple’s brush with cancer Read more »| 14 Oct 2019 -
New ReleasesLFF 2019: Ema
Starring Pablo Mariana di Girolamo and Gael García Bernal, Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín's new film is a seductive, opaque study of grief and sex Read more »| 14 Oct 2019