BFI London Film Festival 2012: The Highlights
By . Published 02 November 2012
The Skinny picks ten films that shone at this year's London Film Festival. Look out for them on general release over the coming twelve months
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African in Motion 2012: Short Film Competition
By . Published 01 November 2012One of the highlights of Africa in Motion 2012 was its Short Film Competition programme. Here's an overview of the runners and riders
New New Hollywood: From the Margins to the Mainstream
By . Published 01 November 2012With new releases this month from David O. Russell and Paul Thomas Anderson, key figures in the unofficial mid-90s renaissance of American film, The Skinny looks back at their generation's...
Season of the Witch: Rob Zombie's co-headling tour with Marilyn Manson comes to Scotland
By . Published 31 October 2012With a new feature film and a giant stage production headed for these shores, Rob Zombie talks The Lords of Salem and the touring buddy who wants to kick his...
Crest of a Wave: Paul Thomas Anderson on The Master
By . Published 30 October 2012Outside of superhero franchises, no other feature release of 2012 reached the levels of anticipation of The Master. With some critics ready to call endgame on the medium of film,...
Film Event Highlights – November 2012
By . Published 30 October 2012The Coens come to the Cameo; DCA delivers a symphony of horror; French cinema is celebrated across Scotland; a new film night launches in Glasgow; and the GFT hosts a...
Un Certain Regard: Interview with Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément
By . Published 26 October 2012Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément sit down with The Skinny to discuss working with Quebecois filmmaking prodigy Xavier Dolan on his latest effort, Laurence Anyways, and portraying a ten year...
Glasgay! 2012: Queer Shorts
By . Published 26 October 2012We preview the local and international short film programmes screening at this year's Glasgay!
Good Gaul: French Film Festival UK 2012
By . Published 24 October 2012November sees the English Channel narrow as a boatload of French fancies make their way across for the 20th French Film Festival UK. Highlights include a new Asterix romp and...
Glasgay! 2012: The Movies
By . Published 08 October 2012We preview the movies being screened in Glasgow's annual celebration of queer culture
Who'll Blink First?: Filming Ai Weiwei
By . Published 05 October 2012With her documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry out on DVD on the 8 Oct, The Skinny talks to director Alison Klayman about the challenges involved in creating her sympathetic portrait...
Document 10: A Year of Independence
By . Published 04 October 2012Document celebrates a decade of politically minded, socially driven film curation with a programme titled A Year of Independence. Homelessness, people trafficking and revolution are just some of the themes...
The House That Lil' Louis Built
By . Published 03 October 2012Being at the vanguard of house music from its inception was much less pleasure than pain, as DJ, producer, writer and now filmmaker Lil' Louis launches the world's first house...
Africa in Motion 2012: Redraw Your Movie Map
By . Published 03 October 2012Africa in Motion, the UK's finest celebration of African cinema, is back for a 7th consecutive year with another bursting programme. Here's a taster of what you can expect, from...
Play Poland 2012: Looking Back to the Future
By . Published 01 October 2012To mark the start of Play Poland, the largest mobile film event in Britain, we speak to Bartosz Konopka, director of Fear of Falling and Rabbit à la Berlin, two...
Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival 2012: Walk in My Shoes
By . Published 01 October 2012The Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival asks audiences to experience the world through different eyes. No art form is better for this task than cinema. We speak to...
Film Event Highlights – October 2012
By . Published 01 October 2012The GFT turns queer with Glasgay!; it's Fright Night at Cameo's All Night Horror Madness; Club Noir brings classics to the Grosvenor and the Perth Playhouse; cinemas across Scotland get...
Scotland Loves Anime 2012: Animation Looks East
By . Published 28 September 2012Scotland Loves Anime returns for a third year with its best line-up yet. With Pixar churning out princess stories and sequels, we need to look east to Japan for innovative...
Venice Film Festival 2012: Movie Love on the Lido
By . Published 20 September 2012James Franco singing a Britney ballad, Olivier Assayas reliving his blissed-out rabble rousing youth and Joaquin Phoenix's return to acting – just some of the highlights of the 69th Venice...
The Movie Dos and Don'ts of Studentdom
By . Published 17 September 2012John Hughes movies might have told you that you've already come of age, but uni is where you really find yourself. Below are some college movies that reveal the dos...
