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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Festivals15 to seek out at Glasgow Film Festival 2019
Glasgow Film Festival returns with another sparkling lineup. Here are 15 titles that have caught our eye, from Alice Rohrwacher's Happy as Lazzaro and Scottish closing film Beats, to coming-of-age film Eighth Grade and the offbeat Thunder Road Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
NewsJohnny Flynn to play David Bowie in biopic Stardust
Singer and actor Johnny Flynn, who starred in British thriller Beast and Glasgow-set comedy Lovesick, will play David Bowie in biopic Stardust; Bowie's son, Duncan Jones, criticised the project Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
Dvd ReviewsBlindspotting
Blindspotting explores life in modern Oakland and anchors its timely premise with terrific performances, inventive sound design and a bold script Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
InterviewsSteven Yeun and Lee Chang-dong on thriller Burning
Korean master Lee Chang-dong returns with Burning, an enthralling adaptation of a Haruki Murakami short story; we speak to the director and the film's rising star Steven Yeun Read more »| 30 Jan 2019 -
New ReleasesBurning
Lee Chang-dong's Burning begins like a meet-cute rom-com and morphs to a potboiler thriller, but there's something much more disturbing simmering underneath Read more »| 29 Jan 2019 -
Dvd Reviews
The Wife
A superb character study centred on a truly brilliant performance from Glenn Close Read more »| 29 Jan 2019
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FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival announce 2019 line-up
Pop-up screenings of Fight Club, The Matrix and Blair Witch Project are on the cards at the 15th Glasgow Film Festival, as well as visits from actors and filmmakers like Michael Palin, Carol Morley, Alice Lowe and Simon Amstell Read more »| 23 Jan 2019 -
NewsWatch trailer for Wild Rose, Glasgow's answer to A Star Is Born
Jessie Buckley stars as a Glasgow pub singer with dreams of Nashville in the knockout comedy-drama Wild Rose Read more »| 23 Jan 2019 -
Interviews
Karyn Kusama on Destroyer and casting Nicole Kidman as a grizzled cop
Karyn Kusama's latest film, Destroyer, is an epic LA noir centered on a grizzled cop played by Nicole Kidman. The talented director discusses her rollercoaster career and the pleasure of seeing her porcelain star release her inner rage Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
NewsOscar nominations betray #MeToo and #OscarsSoWhite
Two years on from Moonlight’s landmark Best Picture win, 2019’s Best Picture contenders like Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody are looking rather retrograde, while once again female filmmakers are ignored Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
New ReleasesGlass
Samuel L. Jackson makes for a mesmerising supervillain, and there's a pleasing physicality to Glass's superhero showdowns, but Shyamalan just can't help himself when it comes to convoluted dialogue and eye-rolling twists Read more »| 18 Jan 2019 -
Dvd ReviewsDiamonds of the Night
Jan Němec’s thrilling, dreamlike film following two boys on the run from the Nazis comes to Blu-ray Read more »| 18 Jan 2019 -
FestivalsBo Burnham brings Eighth Grade to Glasgow Film Festival
The US stand-up star is coming to Glasgow Film Festival to present Eighth Grade, his tender and funny first feature film about a shy young girl trying to survive middle school Read more »| 18 Jan 2019 -
NewsJohn Wick: Chapter 3 trailer - Keanu Reeves is back
Things get even more hairy for Keanu Reeves’ expert-assassin in the wild first trailer for the third John Wick movie, titled John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Read more »| 17 Jan 2019 -
NewsWatch the first trailer for the Robert Pattinson-starring High Life
The great Claire Denis ventures into sci-fi with this space-bound film starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche and Mia Goth Read more »| 16 Jan 2019