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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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New ReleasesThat Sinking Feeling
‘The action of this film takes place in a fictitious town called Glasgow. Any resemblance to any real town called Glasgow is purely coincidental.&rsquo... Read more »| 21 Apr 2014 -
Dvd ReviewsWrinkles
From recent efforts like The Illusionist and Up to 1986’s When the Wind Blows, animation as a medium has served elderly protagonists particularly well;... Read more »| 21 Apr 2014 -
CineskinnyExhibition
After two impressive features that established Joanna Hogg as a distinctive voice in British cinema, her third film, Exhibition, finds the filmmake... Read more »| 18 Apr 2014 -
News
Film News: New Pulp documentary opens Sheffield Doc/Fest, Dundead programme revealed
The European premiere of a new documentary about Jarvis Cocker's Pulp premieres at Sheffield Doc/Fest, a look at the programme of this year's Dundead horror fest, Harrison Ford talks Blade Runner 2, plus the latest casting rumours and trailers Read more »| 14 Apr 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Nymphomaniac
Lars is back to his provocative, trolling self with sex confessional Nymphomaniac. Erudite yet impotent Seligman (Skarsgård) happens upon a battered Jo... Read more »| 14 Apr 2014 -
Interviews
Staying Home: Joanna Hogg on Exhibition
Joanna Hogg discusses working in London and using non-professional actors to tell her unique stories before the release of her latest, Exhibition Read more »| 14 Apr 2014
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New Releases
Half of a Yellow Sun
This plush adaptation of the Nigerian Civil War spanning, Orange Prize-winning novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie blends drama with melodrama, but unlike its ... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
New Releases
The Quiet Ones
The first of The Quiet Ones’ many jump-scares comes courtesy of Noddy Holder, with a loud blast of Slade’s Cum on Feel the Noize in the opening m... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
New Releases
The Raid 2
Gareth Evans’ The Raid took place over one day in a single locale; its narrative had an economy akin to old-school John Carpenter. For the sequel,... Read more »| 11 Apr 2014 -
Film Events
Film Season Preview: A Story of Mark Cousins and Children and Film
Delve into an untapped world of cinema with Mark Cousins' brilliant season of children's films, A Cinema of Childhood Read more »| 09 Apr 2014 -
NewsFilm News: Richard Donner confirms Goonies 2, Chiwetel Ejiofor for Bond Baddie and more
Director Richard Donner confirms the Goonies sequel is go; the Point Break remake casts its leads and Chiwetel Ejiofor is being sought as the next Bond villain Read more »| 08 Apr 2014 -
Opinion
Hero Worship: Samuel L. Jackson
Robert Buchanan, the star of That Sinking Feeling, Gregory's Girl and Comfort and Joy, talks to us about his movie hero, the coolest cat on screen Read more »| 07 Apr 2014 -
New Releases
Calvary
Calvary, McDonagh’s followup to The Guard, opens with a brilliantly startling opening line. I won’t spoil it here, not that it matters though, as... Read more »| 07 Apr 2014 -
News
Film News: Dead By Dawn programme revealed, Aronofsky talks The Wolverine, and more
A round-up of Film News, with details of this year's Dead By Dawn horror film festival in Edinburgh; a quality viral video spoofing Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity, plus the latest casting rumours and trailers Read more »| 04 Apr 2014 -
New Releases
Noah
The last thing one might expect from a bombastic Hollywood Biblical epic would be religious and theological ambiguity, the bigwigs of Tinseltown being notori... Read more »| 04 Apr 2014