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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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InterviewsAgro-culture: Xavier Dolan on Tom at the Farm
French-Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan discusses his brilliant Hitchcockian thriller Tom at the Farm, and we’re surprised to find that at the time of making the film he hadn’t seen any Hitchcock Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
Film EventsScotland Film Events Highlights – April 2014
There'll be screams this month as horror fest Dead by Dawn is resurrected at Filmhouse and Bowie's codpiece gets an airing at Cameo. But there's laughs too as That Sinking Feeling's new DVD release is launched at GFT Read more »| 01 Apr 2014 -
Interviews
Dark Side of the Sun: Biyi Bandele on his Struggle to Adapt a Modern Classic
Nigerian novelist and playwright (and now filmmaker) Biyi Bandele on his hard-fought adaptation of Orange Prize-winning novel Half of a Yellow Sun Read more »| 31 Mar 2014 -
News
Film News: Avengers: Age of Ultron cast on working with Joss Whedon; Christopher Nolan talks Interstellar
A round-up of this week's film news, with comments from the cast of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Christopher Nolan talks Matthew McConaughey and Interstellar, plus the latest casting rumours and trailers Read more »| 28 Mar 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Transport from Paradise
Transport from Paradise is set in the Theresienstadt ghetto – a Nazi holding camp for tens of thousands of European Jews, from which the only transport... Read more »| 28 Mar 2014 -
Cineskinny
The Past
After experiencing the near-perfect construction of Asghar Farhadi's Oscar-winning A Separation and his belatedly released About Elly, one might be inclined ... Read more »| 28 Mar 2014
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New ReleasesMuppets Most Wanted
A musical nod to diminishing returns for sequels opens Muppets Most Wanted, and while this is an overall inferior product compared to its immediate forerunne... Read more »| 26 Mar 2014 -
New Releases
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
As homogeneous as Marvel Studios’ cinematic universe is, the attempts to play up different tones and genres with its recent lot of films have brought w... Read more »| 26 Mar 2014 -
NewsJoin Russell Crowe at the premiere of Darren Aronofsky's Noah
At a gala premiere at Edinburgh's Filmhouse, Russell Crowe will be in attendance for one of the first UK screenings of Noah, the new epic from Darren Aronofsky. Here's your chance to grab tickets for the event, which takes place on 29 March Read more »| 26 Mar 2014 -
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BAFTA New Talent Scotland - winners announced
The winners of this year's BAFTA New Talent Scotland Awards were announced tonight in Glasgow, with the coveted Best New Work award going to Oh! Films for their documentary Finding Family Read more »| 25 Mar 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Hands Over the City
When a residential building collapses at the start of Francesco Rosi's Hands Over the City, it exposes a web of corruption that the director investigates wit... Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
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Film News: Behind the scenes of Under the Skin; watch Whatever Gets You Through The Night
A round-up of film news, with a look behind the scenes of Jonathan Glazer's Under The Skin; ground-breaking multi-arts show Whatever Gets You Through The Night available to rent; plus the latest movie rumours and trailers Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
Outpost III: Rise of the Spetsnaz
By this third film in the Outpost saga, you know what you’re getting into. If zombie Nazis in secret bunkers aren’t your thing, you might want to... Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
Dvd Reviews
White of the Eye
Brutal violence, Native American mysticism and infidelity collide in Donald Cammell's visually impressive and often dizzying thriller, which gets a long-awai... Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
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Film News: Arnie talks Terminator Genesis, Star Wars VII plot details revealed, and more
A round-up of this week's film news, with Arnold Scwarzenegger looking forward to Terminator: Genesis, details of the Star Wars VII plot unveiled, and rumours of a Game of Thrones movie Read more »| 21 Mar 2014