Hero Worship: Bette Davis
By . Published 17 June 2013
Sarah Perks, artistic director of Cornerhouse, Manchester, tells us why she’s seduced by Bette Davis, the queen of Hollywood's golden years
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EIFF 2013: The Retrospectives
By . Published 17 June 2013Chris Fujiwara, Edinburgh Film Festival’s artistic director, tells us about this year's two EIFF retrospectives: one celebrates a forgotten master (Jean Grémillon), the other makes the case for auteur status...
The Third Coming: Mat Whitecross and Elliott Tittensor on Spike Island
By . Published 10 June 2013You'd think it was the early 90s, such is the ubiquity of The Stone Roses on our screens. Spike Island is one of two cinematic tributes to the Manchester rockers...
EIFF 2013: Drake Doremus on Breathe In
By . Published 10 June 2013The 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival opens with Drake Doremus's intimate family drama Breathe In. The Skinny spoke to the director ahead of his film's European premiere at EIFF
EIFF 2013: Noah Baumbach on Frances Ha
By . Published 07 June 2013Noah Baumbach speaks to The Skinny about Frances Ha, his latest collaboration with Greta Gerwig, ahead of the film's UK première at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival
Robot Rock: Kenji Kamiyama on 009 Re: Cyborg
By . Published 06 June 2013Kenji Kamiyama, the writer-director behind Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, talks to The Skinny about his newest film project, the debut title from Glasgow-based distributor Anime Limited
Opinion: There's Nowt So Queer As Labels
By . Published 04 June 2013You'll have seen the headlines: 'Lesbian Film Wins Palme d'Or.' But why do only same-sex love stories have their orientation declared?
Aguirre, Herzog and The Secret Mainstream
By . Published 04 June 2013A screening of Aguirre: Wrath of God in a newly restored print offers the chance enjoy anew Werner Herzog's 1972 classic
Dunoon Film Festival: John Byrne on Your Cheatin’ Heart
By . Published 04 June 2013The inaugural Dunoon Film Festival is a treasure trove of Scottish cinema gems. Its biggest coup, however, is the first public screening of John Byrne's Your Cheatin' Heart. We spoke...
Joss Whedon on Much Ado About Nothing
By . Published 04 June 2013We speak to director, writer and wannabe stuntman Joss Whedon about his switch from Avengers' billion dollar comic-book franchise to Much Ado About Nothing, the low budget Shakespeare adaptation he...
Northwest Film Event Highlights – June 2013
By . Published 31 May 2013Does Prom Com wallow in 90s nostalgia? AS IF! It offers some great teen movies and concludes, like all great teen movies do, with a prom. Other June highlights: a...
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013: The Picks
By . Published 31 May 2013The brochure for the 67th Edinburgh Film Festival is hot off the presses and Chris Fujiwara and his team's selection has proved as eclectic and exciting as last year's programme....
Scotland Film Event Highlights – June 2013
By . Published 31 May 2013This month The Grosvnor goes potty for Potter; it's mods v rockers at GFT; the Cameo have a season of MGM classics; and the UK Green Festival brings films with...
Festival Roundup: Southside Film Festival 2013
By . Published 22 May 2013The lights go down on another successful Southside Film Festival. Here are our highlights...
Myth Making: Neil Jordan on Byzantium
By . Published 20 May 2013Neil Jordan returns to the vampire sub-genre with Byzantium, an adult fairy tale starring Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan. We spoke to the Irishman at Glasgow Film Festival, where Byzantium...
Southside Film Festival, 17-19 May
By . Published 13 May 2013Just in time for Cannes kicking off, Glasgow's south side gets its own celebration of cinema as the Southside Film Festival returns for its third year. Here's what's on offer...
Lost & Found: 70s Hollywood Back in Cinema
By . Published 13 May 2013This month Park Circus release two forgotten films of the American new wave, Jerry Schatzberg's Scarecrow and Bob Rafelson's The King of Marvin Gardens. We look at both and suggest...
Youth in Revolt: Olivier Assayas on Something in the Air
By . Published 13 May 2013Olivier Assayas talks to The Skinny about his new feature Something in the Air (Après Mai), the frustration of politics and his journey into cinema
Exploitation: An Interview with Frank Henenlotter
By . Published 10 May 2013Frank Henenlotter talks about exploitation cinema, censors and his films Basket Case, Brain Damage and Frankenhooker
Hero Worship: Ken Loach
By . Published 10 May 2013Take One Action Film Festival director Simon Bateson remembers his first encounters with the work of English-Scottish double act, Ken Loach and Paul Laverty
