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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InterviewsIain de Caestecker on In Fear
Iain de Caestecker has had a busy year, what with starring in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and taking the lead role in Ryan Gosling's debut feature. We caught up with the Glaswegian actor to discuss his new film, indie horror In Fear Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
NewsFilm News: Evan Goldberg talks Preacher TV series, 300: Rise of an Empire director talks sequels
In today's film news, Evan Goldberg reveals more about the forthcoming Preacher TV series; the writer and director of 300: Rise of an Empire talk sequels and adaptations, a free screening of the new Muppet movie, and the latest trailers Read more »| 10 Mar 2014 -
Dvd ReviewsShort Term 12
Director Destin Cretton based Short Term 12 on his own experiences working in a foster care facility for at-risk teenagers, and it shows. His drama docu... Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
NewsFilm News: Zack Snyder on Terry Gilliam's Watchmen; BBC Three goes online-only, and more
A round-up of film news, casting rumours and trailers, with Joel Silver and Zack Snyder on Terry Gilliam's version of Watchmen, the first look at Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix, Bryan Cranston on missing out on the role of Lex Luthor, and more Read more »| 06 Mar 2014 -
Interviews
Mackenzie's Crooks: David Mackenzie on Starred Up
Director David Mackenzie tells us about working with up-and-coming star Jack O’Connell and the search for authenticity in his powerful prison drama Starred Up Read more »| 06 Mar 2014 -
Cineskinny
Sorcerer
A financial flop lost in the Star Wars summer of 1977, William Friedkin’s Sorcerer, long plagued by legal problems regarding distribution in its comple... Read more »| 06 Mar 2014
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New Releases
Drinking Buddies
Joe Swanberg chooses to mash his gently balanced mumble-com Drinking Buddies in a Chicago microbrewery, where marketing manager Kate, rendered in baggy vests... Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
Opinion
Hero Worship: Filmmaker Joe Cottrell-Boyce on Andrea Arnold
Filmmaker Joe Cottrell-Boyce sings the praises of Andrea Arnold and the empathy she shows to her heartbreakingly real characters Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
New Releases
White Dog
The latest film to be given the Eureka Masters of Cinema love and care is Sam Fuller’s misunderstood and primitive parable White Dog. Scripted by Curti... Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Interviews
Diego Quemada-Díez on The Golden Dream
To mark the 20th edition of ¡Viva!, the UK's largest celebration of Spanish and Spanish-speaking Latin American cinema, we speak to Diego Quemada-Díez, a filmmaker whose debut film is one of the standout titles in this year's programme Read more »| 04 Mar 2014 -
Interviews
Aussie Rules: Ted Kotcheff reflects on his 1971 classic Wake in Fright
Ahead of the reissue of Wake in Fright, a blistering study of Outback machismo from 1971, we speak to its director Ted Kotcheff about the film's shoot in Broken Hill, New South Wales Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
Cineskinny
The 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 -
Cineskinny
CineSkinny 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