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 2011: Creation of a Legend
The Brit pop scene owes a lot to Creation Records and its eccentric founder Alan McGee. Danny O'Connor's documentary reminds us of the company's importance. Words: Chris Buckle Read more »| 23 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Harry Shearer
Harry Shearer, the man of a thousand Simpsons voices, brings wit and a keen journalist’s instinct to documentary on the US government's shambolic handling of Hurricane Katrina Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: No Singing, No Dancing
India's film industry is more than just the all-singing, all-dancing Bollywood extravaganzas, and the GFF is proud to bring a selection of the country's independent movies to the Scottish public. Words: James Kloda Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Streep's Ahead
This year's festival retrospective is dedicated to the queen of method, Meryl Streep. We take a look at her glory years. Read more »| 20 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Pink Saris
Sampat Pal Devi is the residing matriarch of Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. A formidable force, her no-holds-barred attitude to Indian traditionalism is... Read more »| 20 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Road, Movie
As its title suggests, Road, Movie is a self-conscious referent of a spate of earlier films, and the concept of cinema in general. Vishnu (Abhay Deol) i... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011
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GFF 2011: Watch at your Peril
William Castle is the undisputed king of the gimmick movie. Becky Bartlett discusses just some of his shock tactics. Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Apnea
In an arresting opening, newly-crowned European swimming champ Dimitris (Sotiris Pastras) reminisces about lost love Elsa (Youlika Skafida), enveloped in the... Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Celluloid Choreography
The Glasgow Short Film Festival proudly hosts a selection of works by contemporary dancer turned film-maker Miranda Pennell's works Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: A New Dimension
With an ever increasing number of 3D films due for release, Helen Wright discusses its ability to enhance artistic expression Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: The Devil Has The Best Tunes
We talk to Glasgow DJ Alex Smoke about his new score for Faust Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Layers of Ozon
With Potiche selected as GFF's opening gala film, we look at the previous works by French director Francois Ozon Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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Glasgow Youth Film Festival: Boy
Nostalgia is pretty low hanging fruit; after all, evoking the past’s warm glow can be as simple as humming the Dogtanian theme-tune or bemoaning the in... Read more »| 12 Feb 2011 -
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Alan Jones: Maestro of the Macabre
With Film4’s FrightFest lurking round the corner like a restless Michael Myers ready to terrorise the closing weekend of the Glasgow Film Festival, we've hunted down the festival's founder and horror aficionado Alan Jones to pick his brains Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
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Millar Time: Superheroes Take On The Arthouse
Mark Millar, the comic book writer behind The Ultimates and Kick-Ass, talks to The Skinny about bringing superheroes to the festival crowd, his Weegie superhero movie and an onanistic Peter Parker Read more »| 02 Feb 2011