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The Skinny magazine film guide. We bring you the latest new releases, UK film festivals, previews, reviews, exclusive interviews with film directors and actors, opinion pieces and film features.
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FestivalsLovecraft in the 80s: How Stuart Gordon sexed-up HP Lovecraft
Grimmfest and Gothic Manchester host a HP Lovecraft double bill, featuring Re-Animator and From Beyond, this October. We take a look at how director Stuart Gordon brought a more salacious vibe to the sci-fi writer's work with his 80s film adaptations Read more »| 09 Oct 2015 -
Festivals12 films to see at London Film Festival 2015
With London Film Festival 2015 kicking off today, we choose the best films to see at the UK's glitziest celebration of cinema Read more »| 08 Oct 2015 -
New Releases
Pan
The enduring popularity of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan character stems from a desire to reject the painful necessity of growing up, to retain innocence in the face of responsibility and compromise Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Festivals
Document Human Rights Film Festival 2015: Preview
An international documentary festival, Document Human Rights comes to Glasgow's CCA in October 2015. Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
New ReleasesThe Lobster
The cinematic worlds that Yorgos Lanthimos creates are defined by their rules and codes of behaviour, and the drama in them comes from the consequences faced... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
New Releases
Taxi Tehran
Ingeniously circumventing the Iranian state’s ban on his filmmaking, Jafar Panahi’s Golden Bear winner Taxi Tehran is filmed almost entirely with... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015
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FestivalsPlay Poland 2015: Preview
90s disco underdogs, sex changes, and bringing cartoons to the kids: we get with the programme as Play Poland turns five Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Festivals
Scotland Loves Anime 2015: Preview
We take a look at some of the highlights of this year's Scotland Loves Anime event, one of the best times of the year for animation fans or those just inclined towards cult-attracting fare from the Far East. There will be monsters Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
Film Events
Scotland Film Event Highlights – October 2015
Light and shade this month, with Halloween screenings and a celebration of love at Paisley Abbey Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
New ReleasesSuffragette
From its opening scene set in the veritable hellscape of the Glass House Laundry, a literal sweatshop where women are forced into servitude as children and l... Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
Festivals
Southside Film Festival 2015: Preview
The fifth Southside Film Festival comes to Glasgow, with Martin Scorsese's Hugo among the highlights. Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – October 2015
This month's column is dominated by two events: multiple screenings marking the date when Marty McFly sees his future in Back to the Future Part II, and Halloween, the horror-buff's favourite night of the year Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
New Releases
Red Army
Gabe Polsky’s compelling film about the world-beating Soviet ice hockey team that dominated the sport from 1954 to 1991 is a swift and incisive examina... Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Deep Red
Heavily influential on John Carpenter's Halloween, Italian slasher classic Deep Red comes to DVD. Read more »| 05 Oct 2015 -
New Releases
Sicario
With one leading Republican nominee currently bloviating about building a "giant wall" between the US and Mexico, Sicario feels like a timely critique of Ame... Read more »| 05 Oct 2015