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 Interview
The backdrop: green-screen North Korea. The premise: self-serving hacks Dave Skylark (James Franco) and Aaron Rapaport (Seth Rogen) attempt to claw some stan... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
FestivalsAction Movie Poet: Walter Hill on his EIFF Retrospective
Today's cinema owes a great debt to the stylish action pictures of Walter Hill. He talks about the trials of being a genre director and his influence on filmmakers like Nicolas Winding Refn ahead of an Edinburgh International Film Festival retrospective Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Dvd ReviewsSociety
Society is part of the long tradition of horror as social commentary. Initially, however, Brian Yuzna's 1989 debut, with its flat cinematography and wooden p... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Dvd Reviews
Jauja
Part meditative, realist anti-western, part metaphysical, Tarkovsky-esque head-scratcher, Lisandro Alonso’s fifth feature, Jauja (pronounced “How... Read more »| 04 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Ten to see at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival
We suggest ten films to seek out at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Balancing Act: we speak to EIFF's new artistic director Mark Adams
EIFF has a new artistic director in Mark Adams. We pick his brains on what to expect from the festival under his tenure Read more »| 03 Jun 2015
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Festivals
Take to the Road: ¡Viva! Presents New Mexican Cinema (18-22 Jun)
Mexican cinema comes to HOME (or should that be CASA?) with the second of this year's ¡Viva! weekenders Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
New Releases
The Look of Silence
The prospect of crafting a worthy successor to the phenomenal The Act of Killing is a daunting one, but with The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer has rise... Read more »| 02 Jun 2015 -
Interviews
Portrait of the Artist as an Abhorrent Young Man: Alex Ross Perry on Listen Up Philip
Alex Ross Perry is one of the most exciting names in American indie cinema. We chat to the 30-year-old writer-director about his latest film, Listen Up Philip, a caustic comedy centred on an obnoxious young novelist played by Jason Schwartzman Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Film Events
Scotland Film Event Highlights – June 2015
Cinephiles needn’t wait 'til EIFF to get their flick kicks, as Martin Scorsese leads a veritable Polish invasion to our shores, the Filmhouse introduces a brand-spanking new monthly queer cinematic showcase and Glasgow Comic Con takes over Glasgow's CCA Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – June 2015
Cockney gangsters, dandy vampires, gonzo journalists and singing nuns: it's another eclectic cinematic offering this month Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
New Releases
Listen Up Philip
With its portentous narration and bike-riding/book writing aesthetic, this third feature from Alex Ross Perry is a masterclass in tarnished twee. Shot on fad... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Following Not Quite Hollywood, his 2008 documentary about the Australian exploitation cinema of the 1970s and 80s, writer-director Mark Hartley returns to pr... Read more »| 01 Jun 2015 -
Opinion
A Must-Listen: The 'You Must Remember This' podcast
Like Serial, but for movie nuts – you should be listening to film podcast You Must Remember This Read more »| 29 May 2015 -
New Releases
Man Up
British romantic comedy Man Up has an unfortunate title in both evoking an all-too tired phrase and being quite misleading, as it’s not some man-child ... Read more »| 28 May 2015