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 ReviewsThe Homesman
Brilliantly gruff and grizzled character actor though he was, it would’ve taken a hell of a crystal ball to predict Tommy Lee Jones becoming, in this l... Read more »| 20 Nov 2014 -
FestivalsLFF 2014: The Standouts
We round up some of the best new films shown at this year's London Film Festival Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
New Releases
Diary of a Lost Girl
While critical plaudits are more often reserved for Pandora's Box, the first collaboration between director GW Pabst and star Louise Brooks, the pair's lurid... Read more »| 19 Nov 2014 -
News
Glasgow Film Festival unveils new strands for 2015
The 2015 Glasgow Film Festival programme is beginning to take shape, with next year’s festival set to feature new segments focussing on nerd culture, A... Read more »| 18 Nov 2014 -
News
Starred Up, Filth lead 2014 BAFTA Scotland winners
Prison drama Starred Up led the way at last night’s BAFTA Scotland awards, picking up three prizes at the ceremony in Glasgow. David Mackenzie’s... Read more »| 17 Nov 2014 -
New Releases
The Imitation Game
Awards buzz circled this entertaining account of Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing long before its debut at the traditionally Oscar-foreshadowing Toronto Film ... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014
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New Releases
The Drop
In this taught, seductively understated thriller, Tom Hardy plays innocent lug Bob, bartender in the Brooklyn tavern of the slightly more sinister if no... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
New ReleasesWinter Sleep
Arriving with a Palme d’Or win and an ample 196-minute running time, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest contemplative drama from the Anatolian steppes so... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
New Releases
22 Jump Street
The key joke in 22 Jump Street is how disappointing these type of films (i.e. quick cash-in sequels) turn out to be. Its reliance on this meta-gag might have... Read more »| 13 Nov 2014 -
New Releases
Love at First Fight / Les Combattants
There’s an unsettling streak of casual brutality running through Thomas Cailley’s impressive feature debut – tellingly, the film’s Fr... Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
InterviewsThe Old Ones: Jemaine Clement on his new vampire flatshare comedy
Jemaine Clement's preoccupation with vampires reaches its zenith with undead houseshare comedy What We Do in the Shadows. The Flight of the Conchords star explains where this fascination started and why being immortal would have its disadvantages Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
Opinion
Space Sisters: Teknowomen at GFT
With a film series celebrating women in sci-fi happening a Glasgow Film Theatre this month, we consider the outlook for female sci-fi heroes in today's cinema climate Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
New Releases
Life Itself
Life Itself is both an unflinching document of the last days of film critic Roger Ebert’s life and a densely packed celebration of his career. The form... Read more »| 10 Nov 2014 -
New Releases
Interstellar
Former King of the Blockbuster Steven Spielberg was originally attached to direct Interstellar, and we can only imagine what his innate humanism would h... Read more »| 05 Nov 2014 -
New Releases
Leviathan
Andrey Zvyagintsev's Leviathan is a film hunting big game. His fourth feature presents modern Russia as a country rotten to its core – corrupt, hypocri... Read more »| 05 Nov 2014