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When Werner met Nicolas »

Mon 15 Mar 2010

Keir Roper-Caldbeck: Getting shot on TV has been a good career move for Werner Herzog. The video clip of the incident, which occurred while being interviewed by Mark Kermode for The Culture Show, has become Youtube’s Zapruder film with over a million hits. The shooting i...

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The French for Boring »

Wed 03 Mar 2010

Keir Roper-Caldbeck: I started writing this blog entry last week full of enthusiasm for all the avant-garde and experimental films that I’d discovered online. It was exciting to find that these rare films, which previously could only be seen at amateur screenings where w...

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A Perfect World »

Mon 08 Feb 2010

Keir Roper-Caldbeck: There are few things more galling in life than seeing a person, already immoderately successful in their chosen field, try something new and make a success of it. This has become a depressingly common experience in the movies. First it was the phenomenon o...

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Misery Inc. »

Mon 01 Feb 2010

Keir Roper-Caldbeck: You know how it is. Browsing absent-mindedly along the shelves in a bookshop you find yourself staring, open mouthed, at rows of glossy books covered with pictures of 1950s underwear and words like “fetish”. You've strayed into the Erotica sect...

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Into the Third Dimension »

Fri 15 Jan 2010

Keir Roper-Caldbeck: With Avatar conquering all at the box office it seems that 3-D may be here to stay. Never afraid to flog a dead horse – or, should I say, monetise existing assets - it seems entirely possible that Hollywood will look to its back-catalogue for films t...

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On the Road Again »

Fri 08 Jan 2010

Keir Roper-Caldbeck: After the thrills, spills and family values of 2012 it's good, as a new decade begins, to be reminded that global catastrophe has a down side as well. The Road gives us a bleakly realistic image of life after the apocalypse – a dying planet populated...

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One for the Kids »

Sun 13 Dec 2009

Keir Roper-Caldbeck, : First it was Wes with The Fantastic Mr Fox, and now Spike with Where the Wild Things Are; the former enfants terribles of American cinema are now making them pour les enfants. For most of us a renewed interest in children's films is just one of the many un...

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McNulty, Spartans and The Merry Gentleman »

Sun 06 Dec 2009

Keir Roper-Caldbeck: The arrival of a DVD from Lovefilm always promises a surprise in our house. What film will we be watching tonight? The sense of mystery is in part due to Lovefilm's close-your-eyes-and-stick-a-pin-in-anywhere-so-long-as-it's-near-the-bottom technique for s...

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A festive helping of alienation and demons »

Fri 20 Nov 2009

Keir Roper-Caldbeck: Judging by the heaving shops, the sound of piped carols, and the air of hysteria in the electrical department of John Lewis we are, once again, entering the festive season. All the more reason to run from that list of unbought presents and hide within the ...

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Up on the Dancefloor »

Fri 09 Oct 2009

Alan Sharkey: On Thursday, a friend of mine suggested I go see Up, the new Pixar movie. I was confused by this, since I had heard it wasn't out until the 9th October, but they seemed so adamant that it was already out that I agreed, and was rather excited. Pixar seem to...

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Lies, Toys and Zombies (now in 3D!) »

Sun 04 Oct 2009

Alan Sharkey: According to the trailers for Pandorum, a sci-fi/horror movie out this week, it comes "from the producers of the Resident Evil series". I am not sure who this is meant to attract, unless it's gamers themselves. This is obviously a mistake; for all the med...

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Vanity Fair »

Sat 12 Sep 2009

Ray Philp: Inspiration comes in many forms. Some find it in a dream. Others find it in poetry. Others still find it in an email on Tuesday morning at 4:15am from a mysterious government official known only as ‘Akeem’, purporting to belong to Burkino Fa...

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Home Time »

Fri 04 Sep 2009

Ray Philp: The first Friday of September is dedicated to the outsider. The celebration of rebellion is, of course, as old as Woody Allen’s libido, so it’s with a certain amount of inevitability that some people have come to regard iconic outcasts like J...

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The Shapes of Things to Come »

Fri 28 Aug 2009

Ray Philp: Heinemann, arch purveyors of twee arithmetical conundrums (sample equation: “Beverley has three marbles. She gives two marbles to John. How many marbles does she have now?”), occupies a special place in the affections of the Film Blog - not b...

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The Unusual Suspects »

Sat 22 Aug 2009

Ray Philp: Today’s releases have been placed under arrest. To be more precise, they’ve been placed under the arresting eyes of the truncheon wielding, protester thumping Film Blog. What they’ve done to deserve a prospective spell behind ...

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In the Pitts »

Fri 14 Aug 2009

Ray Philp: The Film Blog is a scaredy cat. Far from playing up to any hardman credentials, we’re prepared to hold our hands up, much like a scholarly, milky faced wunderkind (or, better still, a scholarly, milky faced wunderkind caught up in a terrifying shoot...

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To Boldly Go »

Fri 07 Aug 2009

Ray Philp: “Naeb’dy reads the Film Blog anyway, they only look at the bold wurds”. This suggestion, offered to me by an inebriated friend in the midst of a sinew-stretching rant in defence of Terminator: Salvation (go figure), as depressing as it w...

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A Pilgrimage »

Mon 03 Aug 2009

Gail Tolley: I’ve been to a few film festivals, some small that involve just a few viewing treats and others large and anonymous that require a lot of queuing with the inevitable pushing and shoving. I have, however, never been to a festival where I was greeted ...

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Pop Will Eat Itself »

Fri 31 Jul 2009

Ray Philp: It shouldn’t have taken an 80s indie quartet of modest repute to reveal the culinary habits of popular culture in so obvious a fashion, but the source of such a proclamation hardly matters when its truth is so apparent. Cannibalism in an arts contex...

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Arabian Nights »

Fri 24 Jul 2009

Ray Philp: Once upon a time, in a strange and mysterious land swathed in sand and cell animation, there lived an amiable street urchin named Aladdin who was, let’s be clear, a thieving little rat. Aladdin, however, did at least have a heart of gold, which was o...

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Burma or Bust »

Fri 17 Jul 2009

Ray Philp: One of the most common narratives in cinema, that of the flawed protagonist whose various problems (chiefly represented by a rival) serve as the catalyst to an eventually triumphant redemption, bears striking similarity to the roots of Western philosophy...

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Truth or Dare »

Fri 10 Jul 2009

Ray Philp: Truth or dare - seems that it’s not as agonising a dilemma as it ought to be. The same question at the age of thirteen brings forth the inescapable threat of close quarters schadenfreude: whether you admit to kissing Ally - the boy whose freight trai...

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Mob Rule »

Fri 03 Jul 2009

Ray Philp: You scratch our backs, we’ll scratch yours - that’s how it works at The Skinny. You pick up your monthly copy (for the price of ‘on the house’, may we remind you), and we faithfully provide you with 24-carat quality information. W...

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EIFF 2009: And that's a wrap! »

Mon 29 Jun 2009

Gail Tolley: The Skinny’s Film Editor Gail Tolley talks through her highlights of this year’s film festival. Unmade Beds – A beautiful and sensitive account of a handful of 20-somethings living in a squat in east London. Whilst the characters are ver...

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Some Home Comforts »

Fri 26 Jun 2009

Ray Philp: Whatever your excuse for moving back in with your parents (“the credit crunch”, seems to cut it for just about anything anyway), there’s still a persistent finger-tap-on-the-shoulder pang of shame attached to it. You could always console...

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EIFF 2009: Antichrist »

Wed 24 Jun 2009

Michael Gillespie: I reach the Cineworld Fountainbridge in the nick of time to catch Antichrist. I walk through wind and rain to get there (rather appropriately as it turns out) and in my seat only minutes before the film starts. I find a seat at the back next to a projectio...

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EIFF 2009: Day One »

Sat 20 Jun 2009

Michael Gillespie: Believe it or not, but this is my first Edinburgh International Film Festival. I know, I know, and I call myself a film buff. The closest I’ve ever come to attending a film at the event was when I was knocked back from a mid-afternoon screening of La...

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Intruders at the EIFF »

Fri 19 Jun 2009

Ray Philp: To boldly go where no man has gone before - a phrase that remains inextricable from a certain sci-fi telly series, and one with limited application to anyone other than James T. Kirk. On the surface, it seems incongruous to veteran B-movie auteur, Roger Co...

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Hook, Line and Some Stinkers »

Fri 12 Jun 2009

Ray Philp: I used to think that a wasp was the only thing that could ruin a summer’s day. That is, until I went on a seaside holiday some years ago in the Baltic, and found Mother Nature to be a resourceful old hag who also created a wasp for the water - the j...

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Christian's Salvation? »

Fri 05 Jun 2009

Ray Philp: All publicity is good publicity, as the truism goes, but to whom the publicity is of benefit to is another matter. It’s proven to be the undoing of Susan Boyle of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ fame, and it might prove to undermine th...

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Cannes at the Countryside »

Thu 28 May 2009

Ray Philp: As the Cannes Film Festival rolls up the red carpet for another year, it's a curious point to note that one of the enduring impressions of the festival, to some observers, has been the relative fallowness of glamour and extravagance. Indeed, there ar...

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Cannes 2009: Jim Carrey stops by »

Fri 22 May 2009

Gail Tolley: Jim Carrey made a fleeting visit to the film festival to introduce his gay rom-com I Love You, Philip Morris. “I’m just a cog in the machine” he exclaimed to the audience before being rushed off to promote his other film in Cannes A...

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Mama Said Knock You Out »

Fri 22 May 2009

Ray Philp: I don’t do conflict very well. Most days, I prefer to project the image of a polite young man, the kind that wears corduroy and tasselled loafers like a badge of honour, or at least one that elderly relatives grudgingly offer fudge tablet to.&n...

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Cannes 2009: Lars and Loach take to the red carpet »

Wed 20 May 2009

Gail Tolley: Two very different films were recently shown in short succession here at Cannes: Lars von Trier’s highly anticipated ‘horror’ film Antichrist and Ken Loach’s comedy effort Looking for Eric. Von Trier, a regular at Cannes (he w...

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Cannes 2009: Crime seems to pay at this year’s festival »

Mon 18 May 2009

Gail Tolley: There has been a spate of crime-related films over the last couple of days in Cannes. First up was the exceptional Un Prophete, a film that will surely be a huge hit when it eventially makes it to our shores (its French release is scheduled for August). ...

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Cannes 2009: Day 3 on La Croisette »

Sat 16 May 2009

Gail Tolley: Friday morning on La Croistte was greeted with torrential rain. Journalists huddled under their umbrellas before running up the sodden red carpeted steps into the magnificent Grand Theatre, the main screen at the festival. Luckily the film was well worth...

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Cannes 2009: In the Mood for Blood »

Fri 15 May 2009

Gail Tolley: Press screenings at Cannes have the reputation for being potentially raucous affairs, with the world’s press often vocal in their reaction to certain films. Yesterday morning’s showing of Fish Tank, the latest film by British director Andrea A...

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Cannes 2009: Moving on Up »

Wed 13 May 2009

Gail Tolley: Ah Cannes, the red carpets, the stars, the glitz and glamour, the sexy 3D specs...?! The world's most famous film festival will kick off tonight with Disney's latest animated feature Up, and in the process break new ground as the first animation to open t...

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Teens and Trekkies »

Fri 08 May 2009

Ray Philp: Sometimes, an ex-girlfriend is best left consigned to history. Lovesick Trekkies have been searching for a film to take to their hearts for quite some time now, but the last few have left a bitter taste in the mouth, and they’ve become ...

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End of Days: Dead by Dawn, Day 4 »

Mon 04 May 2009

Scott McKellar: We really are the walking dead by now. Four days of constant horror and precious few hours of sleep has taken its toll at last. Three hours this morning: if this were the 1920s I'd be babbling about Great Cthulhu and feeding myself my own eyeballs. Hap...

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Night of the Living Drunks: Dead by Dawn Day 3 »

Mon 04 May 2009

Scott McKellar: Day Three of Dead by Dawn, Edinburgh’s international horror festival, and I'm not so much woken up as dug up. I cadge a lift into town and steel myself for the oncoming eighteen hour onslaught. I'm feeling excited and the buzz from being here is k...

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Second Day of Edinburgh's Zombie Terror Claims New Victims »

Sun 03 May 2009

Scott McKellar: Day Two of Dead by Dawn and I’m still alive and feeling just fine so far. I get there nice and early and grab a bacon roll in a café across from the Filmhouse. Beltane’s over with and there are still a few stragglers in body paint that o...

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Claws Out »

Fri 01 May 2009

Ray Philp: Today’s long-awaited release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine presents an interesting conundrum, which I’ll get to later. It’s perhaps more immediately pertinent to provide some superficial analysis as to why Wolverine is a character ...

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ZOMBIE INVASION HITS EDINBURGH! (for the 16th time) »

Fri 01 May 2009

Scott McKellar: DEAD BY DAWN’s finally here! Adele Hartley’s blood splattered labour of love is back in the city for four days of the best horror shorts and independent features from all over the world. I’ve been in Edinburgh for a few years now and...

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Polar Bears and Police »

Wed 22 Apr 2009

Ray Philp: You shouldn’t mess with the police, or bears. It’s not the indiscriminate thwack-a-thon that befalls anyone lairy enough to stroll past a group of police officers that you should beware of. Nor should you be too worried about taking a trip to the zoo...

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Forza Italia! »

Fri 17 Apr 2009

Ray Philp: Italian cinema is enjoying a steady resurgence after something of a dip in form. The monolithic shadow of the spaghetti western overshadowed much of post-fascism Italian cinema, and to some extent it hasn’t really receded since. As if the quality of th...

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Good Eggs »

Fri 10 Apr 2009

Ray Philp: It’s clear from the majority of this week’s releases that the Easter holidays are the firmly entrenched preserve of a rather pubescent audience, with concerns perhaps not far beyond perfecting the feral squeals that accompany the arrival of a Zac Efron...

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Dinner Party Talk »

Wed 01 Apr 2009

Ray Philp: Ah, religion; the dinner party taboo, a well-worn media pincushion, and now part of a neat portmanteau, as it forms half of the title of Religulous, a new film released this Friday from director and bible belt botherer Larry Charles. Bill Maher, indulgin...

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Playing Away From Home »

Wed 25 Mar 2009

Ray Philp: It’s usually rappers that venture into the world of Hollywood on a hiding to nothing. Two Lovers, Joaquin Phoenix’s alleged cinematic swansong, perhaps doesn’t deserve its decidedly inglorious PR. Phoenix stars alongside Gwyneth Paltrow...

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A Penne In The Neck »

Wed 18 Mar 2009

Ray Philp: Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, is as dogged as he is controversial. Embedded onto the collective consciousness of Italian politics like the hair plugs that sustain his combover, in 2008 he wriggled his way into another term of office after...

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On The Green Carpet »

Wed 11 Mar 2009

Ray Philp: From Greenpeace on whaling ships to green piss on Peter Mandelson, climate change has been on the agenda, if somewhat peripherally, long before the ‘carbon footprint’ entered the mainstream vernacular. However, the level of media exposure...

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Girls On Film »

Wed 04 Mar 2009

Ray Philp: Even in the relatively liberal world of film, men are bastards. The idea that women might deserve parity with men in vocational terms is perhaps still met with haughty scoffs by the majority of tweed adorned dinosaurs at the golf range, or within the phle...

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Pre-Teenage Kicks »

Wed 25 Feb 2009

Ray Philp: A sludge of salacious news rags were both aghast and fascinated in a voyeuristic and vaguely titillated fashion over the recent case of a twelve year old sink estate urchin fathering a wee yin. The fallout from this incident has resulted in a debate surro...

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I Could Murder A Belgian »

Wed 18 Feb 2009

Ray Philp: Have you ever been to Belgium and found yourself short changed by an underwhelming cup of coffee and a soggy croissant? Have you ever wondered why other people tolerate plastic patisseries and spittle in their espresso? Well, if you are a thinker of such...

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Glasgow Film Festival One, Bankers Nil »

Wed 11 Feb 2009

Ray Philp: Allison Gardener and Allan Hunter, the co-directors of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival, note that “in times of trouble the cinema is the first place we turn to for escape”. And boy, are we in trouble. Most of us at The Skinny are kiss...

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The Curious Case of Lamb Dressed As Mutton »

Thu 05 Feb 2009

Ray Philp: Whilst it may be old hat to point out, you may recall that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston were an item once upon a time. Back in those heady days, they were two young thespian things skipping gaily over fields of daffodils looking towards a bright f...

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When The Israeli Defence Minister Gives You Lemons, Take Him To Court »

Wed 28 Jan 2009

Ray Philp: For those of you that possess the savvy to escape to the beach in the first light of a calendar year instead of waiting for the summer rush, where you’ll likely beset yourself with the misfortune of sharing a Traveldodge with many a sunstroked ny...

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Obama, Oscars and Operas »

Wed 21 Jan 2009

Ray Philp: January 2009 is a month that marks a first in the noughties; it’s ok to like America again. The inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama as the 44th president of the United States of America ushers in a new era. An era where an American administrat...

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Christmas at the movies »

Thu 11 Dec 2008

Jonathan Melville: So, here it is, Merry Christmas...everybody having fun? Whether you’re struggling to muster Christmas cheer or the mistletoe is already hanging over the door, Scotland’s smaller cinemas are doing us proud this year when it comes to screening...

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Shining light on the Illuminations Season »

Thu 04 Dec 2008

Jonathan Melville: A look at an exciting new season of documentary films making their way to Edinburgh’s Filmhouse this December. It’s fair to say that the last few years have seen the documentary film make something of a comeback. It all started around 2002 ...

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The Week in Film 28 November – 4 December »

Mon 01 Dec 2008

Jonathan Melville: A brief round-up of cinematic happenings around Scotland this coming week: At Edinburgh Filmhouse there’s a tribute to Japanese director Jun Ichiwaka in a screening of Tony Takitani. The 2004 film is about an unemotional loner who works as ...

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The Week in Film 21 – 27 November »

Wed 26 Nov 2008

Jonathan Melville: This week’s biggie is Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan, leading to a cultural and moral cla...

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The Week in Film 14 – 20 November »

Fri 14 Nov 2008

Jonathan Melville: With Bond still leading the pack at the box office his competitors are avoiding the multiplex for the moment. Probably the biggest release of the week (besides Max Payne) is the new Kevin Smith film Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Starring Seth Rogen and El...

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The Week in Film 31 October – 7 November »

Sun 02 Nov 2008

Jonathan Melville: Bond is most definitely back this week, still minus Q and Miss Moneypenny and full of grit and grimaces. With the trademark humour gone this is basically Bourne...again. Edinburgh Filmhouse Halloween hits the Filmhouse on Friday with a double bill of...

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The Week in Film 24 - 30 October »

Tue 28 Oct 2008

Jonathan Melville: This week sees Saw V cut a swathe out of cinema takings in the UK as the latest film in the franchise is unleashed. Having not seen any of the previous films I’m unable to pass comment on this one, though the suspicion is that people die. Horribly...

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The Week in Film 17 - 23 October »

Wed 22 Oct 2008

Jonathan Melville: Glasgow Film Theatre Film of the moment Gomorrah – the Italian story of various nefarious goings on by the mafia, or Camorra – comes to the GFT this week, fresh from the scandal it caused in its home country. Less controversial is the new C...

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The Week in Film 10 – 16 October »

Thu 09 Oct 2008

Jonathan Melville: A quiet week in blockbuster land sees Kiefer Sutherland’s slightly suspect attempt at 24-meets-gory-horror, Mirrors, opening alongside City of Ember, a fantasy adventure filmed in and around the UK. EdinburghOn a smaller scale is Time and Winds at th...

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The Week in Film 3 - 9 October »

Thu 02 Oct 2008

Jonathan Melville: A couple of big hitters arrive at cinemas around the country this week. The new version of Brideshead Revisted, based on Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel, is first up. Slightly shorter than the 11-hour 1980s TV series, the movie stars Matthew Goode as...

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The Week in Film 26 September – 2 October »

Mon 29 Sep 2008

Jonathan Melville: Instead of the usual blockbusters taking centre stage at the multiplexes, we’ve handpicked a few of the smaller films showing this coming week that deserve your attention… Glasgow Film Theatre The GFT screens two films currently on limited...

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The Week in Film: 22 – 28 August »

Mon 25 Aug 2008

Jonathan Melville: Hellboy’s back this week in Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Guillermo Del Toro’s latest is a superhero movie with a twist, which you’ll know if you saw the original a few years back. This time a mythical world decides to invade Earth and it&...

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August Film News »

Mon 11 Aug 2008

Jonathan Melville: The Filmhouse Edinburgh’s Filmhouse is going retro this August with a fantastic chance to see many of those films you know you really should have done but never quite got around to. Starting with a retrospective to mark the centenary of the birth...

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The Week in Film: 18 - 24 July 2008 »

Fri 18 Jul 2008

Jonathan Melville: WALL-E hits cinemas this week after huge success in America and sustained hype over here. And, for once, the hype is right. Set 700 years in the future, WALL-E is the last robot on Earth, his mission to ready the planet, one tin can at a time, for the retu...

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The Week in Film: 11 - 17 July »

Thu 10 Jul 2008

Jonathan Melville: It’s a quieter week for the humble blockbuster, with Mamma Mia! the biggest film hitting town. The adaptation of the ABBA musical, about a bride-to-be who tries to find her real father, stars Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep.Brendan Fraser mugs for...

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EIFF 2008 round-up, the overview »

Tue 08 Jul 2008

Jonathan Melville: Well, the end credits have finally rolled on the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Over 130 films have been and gone while directors, actors, producers, writers and maybe even a gaffer and best boy or two from around the globe have jetted back ho...

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The Week in Film: 4 - 10 July »

Thu 03 Jul 2008

Jonathan Melville: Currently plastered on the sides of buses everywhere, Hancock opens this week and tells of hard-living superhero John Hancock (Will Smith) whose public image is at rock bottom, leading to a drinking binge and a trail of destruction around his hometown. It&...

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EIFF 2008 round-up, part the first »

Thu 19 Jun 2008

Jonathan Melville: With the opening night film now screened to a paying audience, the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is now officially underway. A bit of glamour on Wednesday at Cineworld in the shape of Keira and Sienna (and a few Skinny folk somewhere in...

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The Week in Film: 13-19 June »

Mon 16 Jun 2008

Jonathan Melville: Probably the biggest hitter at the box office this week is The Incredible Hulk, the much-hyped sequel to 2003’s Hulk. This time around Ed Norton dons those shorts for some of the runtime while Liv Tyler and Tim Roth lend support. Watch out for a came...

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The Week in Film: 6 - 12 June 2008 »

Thu 05 Jun 2008

Jonathan Melville: Still on general release this week and continuing to make their mark at the box office are Indiana Jones and the Ludicrously Long Title and Sex and the City. Joining Indy and Carrie is the long-delayed, Ben Affleck directed, Gone Baby Gone. This tale...

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A Bloody Good Weekend »

Fri 02 May 2008

Jonathan Melville: I’ve spent this past weekend in the company of Nazi zombies, crazed killers and some mutants from another dimension. While that may sound like a normal Saturday down the Grassmarket, it was in fact Dead by Dawn, Scotland’s biggest horror film f...

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Yet Another 48 Hours »

Fri 25 Apr 2008

Jonathan Melville: Could you make a film in just 48 hours? Put all memories of Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte’s 1982 actioner far behind you. Come May 16, The 48 Hour Film Project arrives in Edinburgh, offering amateur filmmakers from around the country the chan...

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Putting the accent on success »

Mon 21 Apr 2008

Jonathan Melville: With two new Spanish films about to scare and delight UK audiences, Jonathan Melville wonders if every decent foreign film really needs to be remade by our American cousins... The history of English language remakes of foreign language films is a l...

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