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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New ReleasesPantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
Cycling is less a sport, more a means to transcendence through assured self-destruction. Perhaps the man who best embodies this paradox was Italian cyclist M... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
New ReleasesThe Piano
Ada (Holly Hunter), a mute, 30-something Scotswoman, is uprooted and transported overseas with her precocious daughter (Anna Paquin) to wed an Antipodean lan... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
New Releases
The Two Faces of January
Patricia Highsmith adaptation The Two Faces of January is very much in the narrative mould of the author’s familiar brand of Mediterranean noir. Athens... Read more »| 12 May 2014 -
New Releases
Man of Marble
Made in 1976, Man of Marble tells the story of fictional heroic Polish bricklayer Mateusz Birkut, and the young female film student, Agnieszka, try... Read more »| 09 May 2014 -
Interviews
Back to the Feature: Crispin Glover in Interview
Crispin Glover brings his slide show and film What is It? to Edinburgh's Cameo. A singular performer in the likes of Back to the Future and River's Edge, we find his approach to filmmaking to be similarly eccentric Read more »| 08 May 2014 -
New ReleasesAmerican Interior
After the success of the languid Separado!, Gruff Rhys returns with what he calls “an investigative concert tour” that delves into 18th century W... Read more »| 05 May 2014
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New ReleasesThe Wind Rises
From set-pieces with airborne dragons and gunships to having a literal flying pig as a protagonist, soaring into the sky has always been a recurring interest... Read more »| 05 May 2014 -
New Releases
Frank
Although it has been co-written by former Oh Blimey Big Band member Jon Ronson, Frank is not a biopic of Frank Sidebottom or his creator Chris Sievey. Instea... Read more »| 05 May 2014 -
Festivals
Film News: Star Wars VII cast revealed; Restored Stereoscopic animations by Norman McLaren at EIFF
In today's Film News, we take a look at the strand on animator Norman McLaren at this year's EIFF; debate the merits of the newly-revealed Star Wars VII cast; and showcase some highlights from the Southside Film Festival's Cinemap events Read more »| 02 May 2014 -
Interviews
40 Years of GFT
As Glasgow Film Theatre reaches middle age, we ask some of its staff and patrons to reflect on the place Read more »| 01 May 2014 -
NewsRIP Bob Hoskins
The much-loved British actor, star of The Long Good Friday and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, has died of pneumonia age 71 Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Interviews
Nanny Great: Anthony Chen on Ilo Ilo
Despite a seemingly cursed premier at Cannes, which included a thunderstorm and a blackout, Anthony Chen’s Ilo Ilo has gone on to great acclaim and dozens of festival awards. Ahead of its UK release, Chen gives us his theories on his debut's success Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Film Events
Scottish Film Events Highlights – May 2014
There's something for everyone this month, with horror at Dundead, celebrity impressions in The Trip to Italy at GFT and a celebration of one of Scotland's great underappreciated filmmakers, Norman McLaren Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – May 2014
Eccentrics make up the bulk of this month's film events, with a season of Studio Ghibli and their surreal worlds, Crispin Glover bringing the strange to FACT and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace getting a resurrection... again. Plus the return of Screenfields Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
Interviews
Frank Filmmaking: Lenny Abrahamson on Frank
So you've got Michael Fassbender, one of the biggest stars on the planet, in your movie. What do you do? If you're Lenny Abrahamson, director of Frank, you make him wear an oversized papier-mâché head on his shoulders in every one of his scenes Read more »| 29 Apr 2014