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On his debut album Guerilla, Nazar combined field recordings with ‘rough Kuduro’ – his hybrid version of Angola’s upbeat dance m... Read more »

“Right now, this festival is a small seed, but hopefully in 100 years it’ll grow into a huge oak,” announced festival organiser Ingibjö... Read more »

Influenced by Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Love Meetings, in which the Italian director took to the streets to ask people about their attitudes toward sex, Fu... Read more »

“It wasn’t a big story at the time. Certainly nothing compared to Edward Snowden or Chelsea Manning,” explains playwright-turned-filmmaker ... Read more »

“I'm really scared of them!” laughs Elizabeth Bernholz, aka Gazelle Twin, when asked where her fascination with ghosts comes from. “It's a ... Read more »

“I’m working a lot at the moment, but it isn’t real work,” Radu Jude tells us, as we sit down to talk about his latest film, Do Not E... Read more »

claire rousay describes her music as “emo ambient”, but until recently the influence of bands like The Promise Ring and Pedro the Lion were only ... Read more »

Middle-age is a period of life that can cause untold anxiety, but rather than dwell on narrowing horizons, Beth Gibbons has released her first proper solo al... Read more »

Earlier this year, Yasmin Williams raised the hackles of the Beyhive when she criticised Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter in an op-ed for The Guardi... Read more »

About Dry Grasses Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan Dependable brilliance can bring its own kind of fatigue for an arthouse superstar. Films will do well at the festi... 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 »

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 »

20. Wild Rose (Dir. Tom Harper) 19. Too Late to Die Young (Dir. Dominga Sotomayor) 18. John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (Dir. Chad Stahelski) 17. Amazing Grac... Read more »

30. Zombi Child Dir. Bertrand Bonello After the frustrations of Bertrand Bonello’s blithe attitude towards pretty compelling ideas in 2016&rsq... Read more »

Ad Astra (James Gray, 2019) Marketed as a sci-fi adventure starring Brad Pitt, Ad Astra was heralded as a masterpiece by some critics, but audie... Read more »

Before we get into our top ten, it's important to show some love for the albums that didn't quite make the cut. At number 20 is Rat Saw God (Dead Oceans... Read more »

20. Sound of Metal (Darius Marder) "Director Darius Marder has crafted a profound story about deafness, intimately exploring the nuances of hearing loss 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 »

#20 Wunderhorse – Midas [Communion]#19 Nala Sinephro – Endlessness [Warp]#18 Kim Gordon – The Collective [Matador]#17 Godspe... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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

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 »

30. Blue Valentine (2010) Dir. Derek Cianfrance Back in 2010, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams finally shook off any lingering connections with their tee... Read more »

25. Loveless Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev Andrey Zvyagintsev’s haunting drama centres on a missing child, Alyosha (Matvey Novikov), who vanishes during ... Read more »

“Why should we care about one another?” This was the slogan of Sweden’s Socialdemokraterna party when eccentric filmmaker Roy Andersso... Read more »

“Oh my god, what an honour.” There’s no hiding the glee in Josephine Decker’s voice when discussing the praise that has been bestowed... Read more »

The final chapter in Ang Lee’s 'Father Knows Best' trilogy completes the director’s tenderly ironic chronicle of the compromise between tradition... Read more »

In his critically acclaimed debut, Neighbouring Sounds, Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho presented audiences with a multifaceted portrait of a... Read more »