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 Reviews
Hummingbird
If you're expecting another manic actioner, you could be disappointed by Jason Statham’s latest, which swaps OTT gunplay for religious symbolism and a ... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
New Releases
We Are What We Are
Jim Mickle updates Jorge Michel Grau’s 2010 cannibal family drama in solid style, building on the promise of his low-key vampire saga Stake Land from t... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
New Releases
Captain Phillips
Dramatising the real-life hijacking of an American freighter by Somali pirates, Captain Phillips sees docudrama master Paul Greengrass occupying safe creativ... Read more »| 16 Oct 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
The Fury
A sort of blown-up companion to 1976’s Carrie, The Fury follows Peter Sandza (Douglas) as he searches for his psychic son, Robin (Stevens), who’s... Read more »| 16 Oct 2013 -
Interviews
Realist Fairytale: Clio Barnard on The Selfish Giant
The Arbor director Clio Barnard discussed her second feature film The Selfish Giant, an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde fairytale of the same name, which sees her back on the Arbor estate in Bradford Read more »| 15 Oct 2013 -
New Releases
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Breaking up a film's narrative chronology is always a risky endeavour. If not used judiciously and purposefully, such a tactic can appear to be nothing more ... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013
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New Releases
Prince Avalanche
David Gordon Green rejects his recent form for crude stoner clowning to provide more oblique, contemplative comedy with 80s-set Prince Avalanche. Paul Rudd a... Read more »| 14 Oct 2013 -
Film Events
Video Jam @ Lady Chapel, Liverpool, 5 Oct
Video Jam and Abandon Normal Devices pay tribute to actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr with a night of short films and live music Read more »| 10 Oct 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
Pieta
A divisive winner at last year’s Venice Film Festival, Pieta features an unpleasant protagonist who has unpleasantness revisited upon him, with onscree... Read more »| 09 Oct 2013 -
New Releases
V/H/S/2
V/H/S/2 sprints on to the screen at the same manic pace as its splatterific predecessor, inviting a handful of filmmakers to do their worst with a selection ... Read more »| 09 Oct 2013 -
Interviews
Not Your Average Sports Movie: Lucy Walker on The Crash Reel
Documentarian Lucy Walker speaks to us about her new film The Crash Reel, a compelling sports movie with a script written by real life Read more »| 04 Oct 2013 -
New Releases
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
A semi-sequel to The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology sees cult philosopher Slavoj Žižek lecture on the ideological con... Read more »| 04 Oct 2013 -
New Releases
Sunshine on Leith
The Proclaimers’ back catalogue makes a fine backbone for this largely fun, nicely sincere and well-staged musical. Director Dexter Fletcher deftly han... Read more »| 03 Oct 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
Bachelorette
This simple recipe will produce exactly one dimly generic comedy wedding film. You will need: three hateful female stereotypes, some cocaine, a plush hotel,... Read more »| 02 Oct 2013 -
Interviews
States of Consciousness: Paul Wright on For Those In Peril
Following its world premiere at Cannes’ International Critics’ Week, For Those In Peril reaches these shores on a wave of praise. We speak to Scottish director Paul Wright about bringing this intense sensory experience to the screen Read more »| 01 Oct 2013