CineSkinny
The CineSkinny, launched in 2009, is Glasgow Film Festival’s official publication. Throughout the annual festival, The CineSkinny provides coverage of Glasgow Film Festival in print – copies can be found in GFF venues during the festival, filled with in-depth features, reviews and recognisable by their bespoke illustrated covers. The CineSkinny also reports on Glasgow Film Festival happenings online, with interactive, daily coverage on The Skinny’s website.
The CineSkinny is brought to you by the Glasgow School of Art School of Simulation and Visualisation.
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GFF 2012: Bonsái
Chilean directing talent Cristián Jiménez's second feature film is one for the bookish. Bonsai's protagonist Julio (Diego Noguera) is more of a... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
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GFF 2012: This Is Not a Film
In 2009, Iranian director Jafar Panahi was arrested for supporting anti-Ahmadinejad protests; in 2010, he was arrested a second time, sentenced to six years ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Babycall
Noomi Rapace (Millennium Trilogy) turns in another ferociously intense performance as Anna, a traumatised mother relocated with her young son to escape an ab... Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Wild Bill
Treading the line between gritty social realism and slick gangster action, Wild Bill brings drugs, guns and family drama to Stratford, London. This directori... Read more »| 22 Mar 2012 -
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GFF 2012: The Kid With a Bike
All you really need to know about the Dardenne brothers' new film is that it concerns a kid and his bike. Watching the work of this extraordinary filmmaking ... Read more »| 22 Mar 2012 -
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Bill Cunningham New York
For four decades New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham has cruised the Big Apple on his Schwinn bicycle like a fashionista superhero. His batcave ... Read more »| 12 Mar 2012
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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a film of two halves, and regrettably, one half is so much richer than the other, which leaves Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest pic... Read more »| 12 Mar 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Death of a Superhero
A refreshingly unsentimental account of a teenager dealing with terminal cancer, Death of a Superhero sees Donald (Thomas Brodie-Sangster, in an excellent tu... Read more »| 02 Mar 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Herzog at the Festival
Werner Herzog's films have become a staple of GFF's programme. We examine why the man who once ate his own shoe continues to excite festival-goers everywhere. Read more »| 27 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Weimarvellous
Weimarvellous attempts to recall the heady decadence of 1920s Berlin through a programme of burlesque, readings and cabaret karoake. The Blue Angel, whi... Read more »| 24 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Omar Killed Me
It’s obvious Omar Killed Me is based on fact; no fictional equivalent would make its central injustice so glaring. The film presents the murder convict... Read more »| 24 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Bel Ami
Bel Ami, based on a Guy de Maupassant novel, marks the feature debut of directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod. The quality of the sets, costumes and ca... Read more »| 24 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Livid
Bustillo and Maury’s follow-up to their delightfully twisted Inside sticks to a similar recipe of awkward laughs and chills, but with less inspired res... Read more »| 24 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Urban Decay – Death Watch unearthed
As the long forgotten Death Watch returns to the big screen at GFF, we examine its connection with Glasgow Read more »| 24 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Cry Parrot presents Umberto
With the contents of Umberto's special performance still shrouded in mystery, we talk to Cry Parrot's Fielding Hope about their collaboration for GMFF Read more »| 24 Feb 2012