Film
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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Dvd ReviewsCoffy
Coffy sees director Jack Hill (The Big Doll House) at the top of his game, and the legendary Pam Grier justifying her fearless reputation as a vigilante out ... Read more »| 03 Apr 2015 -
FestivalsFive of the Best from Glasgow Short Film Festival 2015
As ever, Glasgow Short Film Festival offered up a fascinating snapshot of the most interesting and innovative short films from across the world. Here are five of the best from its International Competition Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
Dvd ReviewsWhat We Do in the Shadows
A documentary crew follows the lives of four vampires living in a Wellington suburb. The key word here is ‘vampires’. Exchange it for ‘midw... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
Dvd ReviewsWooden Crosses (Les croix de bois)
Countless films declare ‘war is hell’, but few do so with as much bitter veracity as Wooden Crosses. Adapted from Roland Dorgelès’ a... Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
Interviews
Masculinity in Crisis: Ruben Östlund on Force Majeure
A perfect bourgeois family is rocked to its core in relationship-in-crisis drama Force Majeure. Director Ruben Östlund describes how his pin-sharp black comedy dissects perceptions of masculinity with laser-like precision Read more »| 31 Mar 2015 -
Film Events
Scotland Film Event Highlights – April 2015
Things get political this month, with Filmhouse, CCA offering interesting cinematic takes on the Iraq war and its aftermath. There's also the return of Dead by Dawn and Harrison Ford is back hunting Replicants in Blade Runner: The Final Cut Read more »| 30 Mar 2015
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Interviews
Hipster Takedown: Noah Baumbach on While We're Young
While We're Young, the wise and witty new comedy from Noah Baumbach, throws a Gen X couple into Brooklyn's twenty-something hipster milieu. The Frances Ha director explains why young people both thrill and terrify him Read more »| 30 Mar 2015 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – April 2015
Your cinema screens are awash with classics this month, from Nouvelle Vague touchstone Breathless to comedy classic Some Like It Hot and David Lynch's Blue Velvet, which brings Cornerhouse to a close in grand style Read more »| 30 Mar 2015 -
New Releases
While We're Young
“For the first time, I didn’t feel like a child imitating an adult.” With While We're Young, writer-director Noah Baumbach bridges the gap ... Read more »| 30 Mar 2015 -
New Releases
Altman
The career-portrait documentary is a tricky beast to pull off. A director will be inclined to do the artist’s body of work complete justice while also ... Read more »| 30 Mar 2015 -
News
Glasgow Film Theatre announce Sound & Vision programme
Glasgow Film Theatre have announced a string of music-themed events in April and May, including live performances from Saint Etienne and Field Music and a co... Read more »| 26 Mar 2015 -
Interviews
Inner Lives: Onscreen disability in Eskil Vogt's Blind
As Sundance prize-winner Blind makes its way to UK cinemas, its writer-director explains how he found humour in his harrowing subject matter and why Al Pacino's Oscar-winning turn in Scent of a Woman is the epitome of bad blind acting Read more »| 25 Mar 2015 -
News
BAFTA Scotland New Talent nominees announced
The shortlist for this year's British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards – the annual awards that aim to shine a spotlight on emerging talent from acro... Read more »| 24 Mar 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Rollerball
Forty years on from its release, there's no doubt that Rollerball feels like a prescient film. It's set in a world run by corporations and its use of a viole... Read more »| 23 Mar 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Man of the West
This late-career Western from Anthony Mann doesn't quite stand shoulder to shoulder with his classics of the genre (The Naked Spur, Winchester... Read more »| 19 Mar 2015