What Are The Main Film Magazines in the UK? by Myles McCaulskey

A film magazine review allows the audience to receive a 3^rd party recommendation on the new films airing at the box office, giving the audience an opinion on what is the best to see. This lucrative business has attracted many institutions within the UK who all look to provide the best information to the audiences and gain the largest audience in film magazine reviewing. Here are a few example of the main Film magazines within the UK and what they specifically contribute towards the film industry and art of reviewing.

         

Empire
Empire features news, reviews, top movies, upcoming releases, and box office results in the UK. This is also alternatively done through an online forum and many more ways.

         

Film Comment
Quality magazine providing articles on films old and new, foreign and domestic, narrative and documentary.

        

Future Movies
British movie review guide features profiles of new movies, cinema releases and latest DVD reviews.

     

Guardian Unlimited Film
Film news and reviews from the Guardian and Observer newspapers.

          

Kamera
Intelligent UK magazine that mainly concentrates on art house and independent films.

Sight and Sound
Well-known magazine from the British Film Institute. Features top ten movies, the best film music, in-depth interviews, retrospective articles and news.

Uncut
Popular UK music and film magazine. Features hundreds of music and movie reviews, interviews and news.

                                                                  Total Film

Total Film is a British film magazine published every four weeks by Future Publishing. offers film, DVD and Blue-ray news, reviews and features. It is one of the largest circulation English-speaking film magazines in the world. Guest editors have included Peter Jackson, Kevin Smith, and Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

Total Film provides a range of features, from full-length interviews and photo shoots with established and up-and-coming actors and directors, to major film previews and retrospective pieces. All issues contain the Total Film Interview — an in-depth chat with a celebrated actor or director, along with a critique of their body of work; the Abridged Script - a one-page parody of a recent release and Total Film loves..., a one-page celebration of a film, a scene or a performance.

Box Office
Box office looks at films, which are Top Ten in the Box Office, and reviews them accordingly. 

MovieScope
Magazine explores the various aspects of filmmaking from the perspective of the filmmakers themselves.

Moreover, with the influx of online blogging sites and forums like Twitter etc, the British and International film review market have changed their distribution which has led to online versions of these magazines and also a range of other online magazines competing for online audiences. Here are a few British and International Online Film Magazines in the UK:

Close Up
Online UK film magazine. Find reviews, features and interviews for new cinema and DVD releases, articles on independent, low-budget and regional filmmaking, more.

Eye For Film
UK site with movie reviews, news, critique and festival coverage.

 

Preview
International magazine packed with information on the latest big screen movies.

Rotten Tomatoes
Reviews and previews of Hollywood movies and videos from the nation's critics.

Screen
Online edition of the Bollywood weekly magazine offering Indian movie news and interviews with stars.

Screendaily
Daily film industry news from around the globe, reviews from the world's leading festivals and box office comment from every major territory.

Both Magazines and Online sites have their own unique style, layout and, content, and mode of address as these institutions look to find the correct unique Selling Point to attract the largest amount of audiences in this intellectual field. I will explain tthis further by talking about how some of the leading UK Film Magazines differ in style, layout, content and mode of address.