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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Wes Cravin': The Grand Budapest and its Cinematic Influences
Wes Anderson's latest opus draws from a wide array of cinematic ancestors, including some featured elsewhere in Glasgow Film Festival's 10th edition line-up Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson’s films often dwell on worlds within worlds: grand houses, fox dens, submarines. So it seems appropriate that he should turn his delicate ... Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
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Alien Surveillance: Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin
It's been ten long years since Jonathan Glazer's last feature. His jaw-dropping new film, the Scarlett Johansson-starring Under the Skin, shows there's no sign of ring rust. The director talks surreptitious filmmaking and challenging audience expectation Read more »| 17 Feb 2014 -
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Ten of the Best at Glasgow Film Festival 2014
Once again the opening and closing films of this year's Glasgow Film Festival have sold out. But don't fret, there's a whole programme of fine cinema to sample, like these ten great looking films, for example... Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
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The Sunshine State of Independence: The Borscht Corporation come to Glasgow Short Film Festival
Down in south Florida a group of filmmakers have been making waves on the US indie film circuit. They go by the name The Borscht Corporation, and Glasgow Short Film Festival are bringing their wild cinematic vision to Scotland for an in depth showcase Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
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Young Punks: Lukas Moodysson on GYFF opener We Are the Best!
Glasgow Youth Film Festival opens with a bang – and some dodgy drumming – with We Are the Best!, a joyous celebration of youth, friendship and punk rock. We speak to its mercurial director Lukas Moodysson Read more »| 30 Jan 2014
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Glasgow Film Festival 2014 Programme Revealed
The new comedy from Wes Anderson and Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin among the films revealed in the tenth edition of the Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 23 Jan 2014 -
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Quiet Revolution: Haifaa al-Mansour on Wadjda
"The ultimate goal is just to make a film, not to create conflict with people" – Haifaa al-Mansour Read more »| 18 Jul 2013 -
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Wadjda
Wadjda is the simple tale of a ten year-old girl whose only desire is to buy a bicycle so she can race with her friends. This précis admittedly sugges... Read more »| 12 Jul 2013 -
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Much Ado About Nothing
Shunning doublet and hose in favour of tastefully tailored suburbia, Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing is a lithe, wry look at one of Shakespeare&rs... Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
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Lore
Adapted from Rachel Seiffert’s 2001 novel The Dark Room, Lore presents the dissolution of the Third Reich through the eyes of a teenage girl raised in ... Read more »| 27 May 2013 -
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Something in the Air (Après mai)
Set in 1971, Something in the Air is French filmmaker Olivier Assayas’s ebullient tribute to the kids who had to follow in the footsteps... Read more »| 17 May 2013 -
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Youth in Revolt: Olivier Assayas on Something in the Air
Olivier Assayas talks to The Skinny about his new feature Something in the Air (Après Mai), the frustration of politics and his journey into cinema Read more »| 13 May 2013 -
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Village at the End of the World
Many small-town teens dream of moving to the big city, but few experience as profound an isolation as 16-year-old Lars. Living in the remote Inuit settlement... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
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Bernie
Indie darling Richard Linklater returns home with Bernie, a bizarre true story of murder and community spirit in a small Texan town. Jack Black (in superb, r... Read more »| 19 Apr 2013