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Thoroughbreds
Thoroughbreds sees the electrifying duo of Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy play Amanda and Lily, two upper-class teens and former childhood friends in subur... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
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Ghost Stories
Horror anthologies are tricky beasts. For every terrifying tale in a trilogy of terror, there’s often a dud or two to spoil the cumulative experience. ... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
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Bo Burnham on Eighth Grade, teens and the internet
Of all filmmakers to tackle the subject of the relationship of young people to the internet as it is now, Bo Burnham would be among the most qualified. After... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
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The Truth
Following his Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters, prolific Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda heads to France for both his first French- and Englis... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
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After Love
In writer-director Aleem Khan’s debut feature, the great Joanna Scanlan is Mary/Fahima, a British Muslim convert residing in Dover with her husband Ahm... Read more »| Updated almost 4 years ago -
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Ben Wheatley on pandemic-shot horror In the Earth
“We were the first people back and – whether it's true or not – we really felt like the eyes of production were on us across the board.&rdq... Read more »| Updated almost 4 years ago -
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Godzilla Minus One
With the franchise’s 70th anniversary imminent, Japanese studio Toho goes back to the beginning with their latest Godzilla film. Or rather, before the ... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
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I'm Still Here
After a decade away from directing features, Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles returns in a mode loosely similar to his most widely celebrated work, the Che ... Read more »| Updated 2 months ago -
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Breakthrough anime director Mamoru Hosoda on Mirai
In conversation with Japanese writer-director Mamoru Hosoda, he cites childhood and how young people change as a recurring theme that unites all of his origi... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
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Locarno Film Festival 2019: The Skinny's Highlights
Founded in 1946, Switzerland’s Locarno Festival is one of the world’s longest-running film festivals, known for its arthouse-favouring programmin... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
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John Waters on his new book, Pink Flamingos and his TV cameos
“I never wanted to do cult,” John Waters says in reference to his filmography in light of the question of whether genuine cult films are still po... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
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Simon Bird on directing Days of the Bagnold Summer
Best known for his leading roles in The Inbetweeners franchise and the still ongoing Friday Night Dinner, actor Simon Bird delivers a gentler comedic offerin... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
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I'm Your Man
Maria Schrader’s funny and touching I’m Your Man is a German romantic dramedy with light sci-fi touches that purposefully draws attention to its ... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
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Four Mothers
In 2008, Italian filmmaker Gianni Di Gregorio gave us Mid-August Lunch, a gentle comedy he directed, co-wrote and starred in, playing a middle-aged man livin... Read more »| Updated about 1 month ago -
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Leonardo Van Dijl on Julie Keeps Quiet
A taut examination of power, abuse, repression, class dynamics and troubling things left unsaid, the debut feature of Belgian director Leonardo Van Dijl brin... Read more »| Updated 10 days ago -
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French Film Festival 2019: Five highlights
From some of the cream of the Cannes crop to restored classics and mainstream hits, the French Film Festival is a much-appreciated annual event for the UK&rs... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
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20 Underrated Films from 2022
Ambulance Dir. Michael Bay Once derided as the exemplar of all that was coarse and dumb in American cinema, Michael Bay’s high-octane style now feels... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
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The Skinny's Films of 2020
10. I’m Thinking of Ending Things Dir. Charlie Kaufman Jessie Buckley and Jesse Plemons star as a couple on the brink of a messy break-up in Charlie ... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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The Skinny's Best TV Shows of 2022
1. Severance Among the offerings exclusive to Apple’s streaming platform this year, Dan Erickson’s Severance surely sits atop the pile. An intri... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
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The Skinny's Films of 2020: Our Writers' Top 10s
Find Out The Skinny's Top Ten Films of 2020 Eilidh Akilade 1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma) 2. Rocks (Sarah Gavron) 3. Shirley (Josephi... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Films of 2018: Mid-year report
Phantom Thread Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson There are blatant shades of Alfred Hitchcock and David Lean in Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, but the mo... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
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The Skinny's Films of 2021: Our Writers' Top 10s
In our 2021 film of the Year poll, the Skinny’s Film Team collectively voted Céline Sciamma’s beguiling fairytale Petite Maman top of... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
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The Skinny's Films of 2022
1. Aftersun Dir. Charlotte Wells There is a sense throughout Aftersun of reaching and reaching, of brushing something vital with your fingertips only to ha... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
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The Skinny's Films of 2019: Our Writers' Top 10s
Thomas Atkinson 1. Transit (Christian Petzold) 2. Atlantics (Mati Diop) 3. Homecoming (Beyoncé) 4. The Irishman (Martin Scorsese) 5. High Life (Clair... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
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Films of 2017: The 25 Best Films of the Year
25. Paddington 2 Dir. Paul King Once again Paul King marries Michael Bond’s genteel charms with his own hugely imaginative visual style to create a... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
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The Skinny's Films of 2022: Our Writers' Top 10s
Collectively, our Film team voted Aftersun the film of the year. You can read a rundown of our full top ten here. If you’re looking for more idiosyncra... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
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Film writers' individual top tens of the year 2018
You've probably read The Skinny's Top 25 Films of 2018 list, but our Film team is a broad church. Phantom Thread, The Skinny's Film of 2018, was ubiquitous o... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
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The Skinny's Films of 2024: Our Writers' Top 10s
As much as I enjoy The Skinny's annual film of the year list, created by aggregating our film writers' individual top ten ballots to find our collective favo... Read more »| Updated 5 months ago -
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The Skinny's Films of 2023: Our Writers' Top 10s
By now, you've probably seen The Skinny's top ten films of 2023 list featuring much-praised titles like Past Lives, Killers of the Flower Moon and All the Be... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
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The Skinny's Films of 2019
30. Zombi Child Dir. Bertrand Bonello After the frustrations of Bertrand Bonello’s blithe attitude towards pretty compelling ideas in 2016&rsq... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago