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 Reviewsif....
Lindsay Anderson’s if... centres on an elite boarding school populated by subservient pupils and fascistic ‘whips’ – head boys w... Read more »| 05 Jun 2014 -
InterviewsBlood on the Road: Tom Berninger on Mistaken for Strangers
You know Matt Berninger, frontman for The National. Now meet his brother Tom, the family misfit who followed his big bro on the road with a camera and a thirst for rock'n'roll excess. The result is the hilarious and touching doc Mistaken for Strangers Read more »| 04 Jun 2014 -
Interviews
Hard Cel: An interview with Disney Animator Floyd Norman
With the Blu-Ray release of Sleeping Beauty coinciding with the release of the live action reboot Maleficent, The Skinny caught up with veteran animator Floyd Norman to discuss his memories of making the film as a young artist Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
FestivalsEIFF 2014: A Year of Transformation
From classic Iranian cinema and teen turmoil to Don Johnson and loved-up zombies, this year's Edinburgh Film Festival has all bases covered. We take a closer look at its “transformative” programme Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
Festivals
Buried Treasure: Ed Perkins on Garnet's Gold
EIFF has a strong history of documentary film programming. Garnet's Gold, Ed Perkins’ lyrical and melancholic film following middle-aged dreamer Garnet Frost and his search for lost treasure, is a 24-carat example. Director Perkins tells us more Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
FestivalsSecret Master: Chris Fujiwara on the Cinema of Dominik Graf
EIFF artistic director Chris Fujiwara explains why German filmmaker Dominik Graf's artistry shouldn't be overlooked, even if most of his films have been made for the small screen Read more »| 03 Jun 2014
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New Releases
Fruitvale Station
The difficulty with dramatising true-life events – particularly incendiary ones from the recent past – is knowing just how much fiction to infuse... Read more »| 03 Jun 2014 -
New Releases
Cheap Thrills
How much money would it take to get you to do something totally depraved, like hack off your own finger? Everyone has their price in E.L. Katz’s t... Read more »| 02 Jun 2014 -
Film Events
Scotland Film Event Highlights – June 2014
Nineties nostalgia is in the air as Pulp and Pulp Fiction crop up on your cinema screens this month. Plus there's a screening of Jaws to get you in the mood for that beach holiday you've been looking forward to Read more »| 02 Jun 2014 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – June 2014
John Carpenter is all over the Northwest this month, with screenings at The Dancehouse and FACT. There's also a world premiere in a city centre office block and a classic comedy screening in the open air Read more »| 02 Jun 2014 -
New Releases
Venus in Fur
Roman Polanski returns to the role of provocateur with a deliciously subversive filming of David Ives’ play. Fiddling with gender roles, metatextuality... Read more »| 30 May 2014 -
Interviews
Ae Fond Farewell...? Paul Laverty on Jimmy's Hall
With legendary director Ken Loach reportedly soon to retire from the movie racket, we speak to his long time collaborator Paul Laverty (they've worked together on 11 features) about their new film Jimmy's Hall and both their filmmaking futures Read more »| 30 May 2014 -
New Releases
Jimmy's Hall
It’s not difficult to see what attracted perennial rabble-rousers Ken Loach and Paul Laverty to the tale of rabble-rousing, Church-baiting ac... Read more »| 30 May 2014 -
New Releases
Edge of Tomorrow
Based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s more memorably titled novel All You Need Is Kill, director Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow is basically a mash-up... Read more »| 28 May 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Sullivan’s Travels
Opening with a film within a film’s ending, director and million dollar talent John L. Sullivan (John McCrea) is looking to abandon the mainstream cine... Read more »| 26 May 2014