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 ReviewsWild River
Elia Kazan didn’t want Montgomery Clift for Wild River – even delaying in the hope of luring Brando – but the troubled star gives a mo... Read more »| 23 Feb 2015 -
VideosAlan Rickman brings A Little Chaos to Glasgow Film Festival
Legendary thespian Alan Rickman (Die Hard, Galaxy Quest) returns to movie directing after a 17 year hiatus (evidently Harry Potter has been keeping him very ... Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
Videos
Cliff Curtis discusses triumphant biopic The Dark Horse at Glasgow Film Festival
New Zealand actor Cliff Curtis, best known for his roles in Whale Rider and Once Were Warriors, is a commanding presence in The Dark Horse, which tells the t... Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
Festivals
CineDaily – 22 Feb: Altman, Phoenix, White God, today's reviews and more
Fright Night “I’ve got a little secret to tell you,” says Glasgow Film Festival co-director Allison Gardner in her introduction to teen we... Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Rosewater
Absurdity is Jon Stewart's weapon of choice in his directorial debut, Rosewater. It recounts the ordeals of London-based Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari (Be... Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
InterviewsDreaming Bigger, Screaming Louder: Xavier Dolan on Mommy
Québécois firecracker Xavier Dolan says he sees cinema as revenge against the mundanities of everyday life. With his brilliant new melodrama Mommy, that revenge is served piping hot Read more »| 22 Feb 2015
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Cineskinny
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Stray Dog
Ronnie 'Stray Dog' Hall caught director Debra Granik's eye while playing a minor role in her acclaimed Winter's Bone, and it's easy to see why she kept watch... Read more »| 22 Feb 2015 -
Festivals
CineDaily – 21 Feb: Wild Tales, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, today's reviews and more
When Dancing at a Cinema Screening Makes Total Sense We at The Skinny are usually sticklers for hush during film screenings. We’re that guy who’... Read more »| 21 Feb 2015 -
Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Burroughs: The Movie
While this examination of renowned American oddball William Burroughs presents viewers with something approaching a linear narrative, its fragmented tone cal... Read more »| 21 Feb 2015 -
FestivalsGlasgow Film Festival 2015: Tender
The volunteers and staff of the Port Kembla Community Centre, located in a economically depressed Australian steel town on the stunning New South Wales coast... Read more »| 21 Feb 2015 -
Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Phoenix
Phoenix opens like a horror movie. A disfigured woman, her face swaddled in bloody bandages, is crossing the German border following the fall of the Third Re... Read more »| 21 Feb 2015 -
Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: The Boy and the World
Alê Abreu's The Boy and the World begins with a blank white screen and revels in the infinite freedom before it like a kid let loose with crayons. Craf... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015 -
Videos
Daniel Wolfe and cast discuss directorial debut Catch Me Daddy
Catch Me Daddy is the first feature film from music video whizz Daniel Wolfe (he co-wrote the film with his brother, Matthew, who also provides the score). B... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015 -
New Releases
Blackhat
Cyber terrorism thriller Blackhat sees director Michael Mann continuing to explore themes found in his earlier works like Heat and Thief, but with a firm foo... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015 -
Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2015: Mommy
Xavier Dolan's fifth feature, Mommy, could be viewed as a companion piece to his debut I Killed My Mother, with a comparison between the two films highl... Read more »| 20 Feb 2015