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A non-linear love story that switches between a relationship's definitive end and its serendipitous beginnings, Kohei Igarashi's Super Happy Forever is gentl... Read more »

“I said it’s R-rated, it’s Sally Hawkins, she masturbates, and they fuck. If that’s alright, we’ll make the movie.”Mexica... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

“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 »

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 »

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 »

When the offspring of a famous director with a distinctive style scratches a directing itch themselves, it's easy to speculate what that debut film might be ... Read more »

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 »

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 »

“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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Comparing any surreal, genre-fluid movie to David Lynch's work is often a hack move in film criticism. That being said, the feature debut of writer-director ... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Thomas Atkinson 1. Transit (Christian Petzold) 2. Atlantics (Mati Diop) 3. Homecoming (Beyoncé) 4. The Irishman (Martin Scorsese) 5. High Life (Clair... Read more »

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 »

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 »