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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OpinionBohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite and LGBTQ+ portrayals
Two films with queer protagonists – Bohemian Rhapsody and The Favourite – are in the running for Best Picture at the Oscars and Bafta awards. Only one, however, treats their character's sexuality with both the casualness and respect they deserve Read more »| 08 Feb 2019 -
Dvd ReviewsDave Made a Maze
Whimsical indie adventure about an artist who finds himself and his friends lost in a labyrinthian artwork of his own creation Read more »| 08 Feb 2019 -
Dvd ReviewsRosa Luxemburg
Margarethe von Trotta's celebrated biopic of socialist writer and activist Rosa Luxemburg comes to Blu-ray Read more »| 08 Feb 2019 -
FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival announce 2019 programme
The Green Fog, Guy Maddin’s riff on Vertigo, and TERROR NULLIUS, Soda_Jerk’s remix of Australian film history, are among the highlights of Glasgow Short Film Festival’s 12th edition Read more »| 07 Feb 2019 -
FestivalsTen Best Films to Seek Out at Berlinale 2019
With over 400 films in its programme, Berlin International Film Festival is, as ever, sure to be full of surprises and discoveries. Ahead of the festival kicking off tonight, here are the ten films that have initially caught our eye Read more »| 07 Feb 2019 -
InterviewsJay Baruchel on How To Train Your Dragon & Scotland
After ten years of playing dragon-loving viking Hiccup, Jay Baruchel says goodbye to the character with How To Train Your Dragon: Hidden World. We chat to the Canadian actor about his love of Scotland and how voice acting made him a better performer Read more »| 06 Feb 2019
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New ReleasesIf Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins adapts James Baldwin’s heartbreaking novel about a young black couple separated by a false arrest, and the Moonlight director beautifully captures the romantic, yearning, angry, incisive tones of Baldwin’s voice Read more »| 06 Feb 2019 -
FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival’s Industry Focus programme announced
Amma Asante, Alice Lowe, Sacha Polak, Vicky Knight, Hope Dickson Leach and Claire Pijman are among the guests sharing insights and taking part in discussions during GFF19's three-day industry event Read more »| 05 Feb 2019 -
InterviewsBarry Jenkins on If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins follows Moonlight with an adaptation of James Baldwin's heartbreaking If Beale Street Could Talk. As with his Oscar-winner, the results are bittersweet and beautiful Read more »| 04 Feb 2019 -
New ReleasesCan You Ever Forgive Me?
Melissa McCarthy shines in this whip-smart tale of real-life writer Lee Israel, and how she found her voice as a literary forger Read more »| 02 Feb 2019 -
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