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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CineskinnyThe Tale of Iya
Iya is a place, not a person, although it comes to be one over a 169 minute running time which never overstays its welcome. This is the astonishing second fi... Read more »| 01 Mar 2014 -
CineskinnyCineSkinny Awards 2014
As GFF14 comes to a close, we look back at another successful festival and hand out some of the coveted CineSkinny awards. Who needs the Oscars? Read more »| 01 Mar 2014 -
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Locke
If the close-up is cinema’s most powerful tool, not to be overused, tell director Steven Knight, who focuses intently of the face of Tom Hardy in this ... Read more »| 28 Feb 2014 -
CineskinnyDirectors, Cut: Jake West on Draconian Days
The horror genre has long been plagued by issues of censorship. Director Jake West exhumes its history in his latest film Read more »| 28 Feb 2014 -
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Far Eastwood: Japan remakes Hollywood
Hollywood isn't the only part of the world with a penchant for remakes, as the Japanese adaptation of Unforgiven reveals Read more »| 28 Feb 2014 -
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The Golden Dream
The Golden Dream is the debut feature by Mexican director Diego Quemada-Díez, previously a cinematographer and camera operator on 21 Grams and The Con... Read more »| 28 Feb 2014
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Mistaken for Strangers
On the surface, Mistaken for Strangers would seem to be a standard tour rockumentary, in this case following Ohio indie outfit The National during the mainst... Read more »| 28 Feb 2014 -
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At Home in The Dark: FrightFest at GFF14
The festival might be in its closing days, but this year's FrightFest line-up shows the thrills are far from over Read more »| 27 Feb 2014 -
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The Zero Theorem
In the vein of Spike Jonze’s Her, Terry Gilliam’s latest sci-fi, like all the best films in that genre, puts humanity under a microscope lens and... Read more »| 27 Feb 2014 -
CineskinnyThe Phantom Movie: Roger Christian on Black Angel
Black Angel has remained a fuzzy memory in the heads of those who saw it with The Empire Strikes Back in 1980. Tonight, Roger Christian presents the film at GFF14 Read more »| 27 Feb 2014 -
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Love Is Not What It Used to Be (El amor no es lo que era)
In one Spanish city, three couples of varying ages undergo differing experiences of modern love: elderly former lovers meet again after years apart, a middle... Read more »| 27 Feb 2014 -
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We Are Analogue: Chris Petit on post-cinema and the Museum of Loneliness
Writer, director and artist, Chris Petit brings his post-cinematic multi-platform project, Museum of Loneliness to GFF14. We catch up with Chris to find out what exactly is post-cinema and what it means for viewers in our post-modern age. Read more »| 27 Feb 2014 -
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Under the Skin
Under the Skin, the long awaited cinematic return of Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Birth), opens with a hallucinatory dance of light and sound, which in turn ... Read more »| 27 Feb 2014 -
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Film News: Robert Rodriguez talks Sin City sequels; Hugh Jackman on Wolverine, and more
In today's Film News, Robert Rodriquez talks Sin City sequels; Hugh Jackman discusses his return to the role of Wolverine; cult director Don Coscarelli reveals he is still in love with rubber suit monsters, and we look at the latest casting rumours Read more »| 26 Feb 2014 -
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Gore Lore: Nicholas D. Wrathall documents Gore Vidal
Director Nicholas D. Wrathall introduces his decade-in-the-making documentary portrait of the late Gore Vidal Read more »| 26 Feb 2014