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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Love, Honour and Obey
We look at Banaz - A Love Story, which documents the investigation into the honour killing of a young Kurdish woman, and look at how our idea of female roles are changing through cinema Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
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Beyond the Favela: New Brazilian Cinema
There's more to Brazil than just the favelas. With the Olympics and World Cup on the horizon we have a look at GFF's celebration of New Brazilian Cinema Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Dormant Beauty
Marco Bellocchio's euthanasia drama Dormant Beauty is based on the real-life case of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who fell into a coma for two decades and w... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Caesar Must Die
A large portion of Caesar Must Die’s impact stems from its concept: a production of Julius Caesar performed by the inmates of the high-security wing of... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
Writer-director Davide Manuli takes the basic concept and some specific details from the true story of Kaspar Hauser, and twists it into a surreal techno-wes... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Shell
In an emotionally frozen recess of the Highlands lives a father and daughter alongside the gaping void left by her mother. The child is named Shell and, like... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013
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GFF 2013: Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Nothing Can Hurt Me tells the story of Memphis power pop icons Big Star in a very conventional music-doc manner, complete with all the expected genre hallmar... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Sleep Tight
Luis Tosar's performance is central to the success of Sleep Tight, a taut psychological thriller set in an upmarket apartment block. Tosar plays Cesar, a pol... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: The Thieves
This South Korean blockbuster incorporates stars and locations from across Asia, though is most strongly influenced by the American Ocean’s and Mission... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Indie Game: The Movie
Indie Game: The Movie is – as the title suggests – an indie movie for indie video game addicts. While teams of hundreds toil away on big-nam... Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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Shooting Star: The Legacy of Dark Star
Sheffield electronica duo Animat furnish cult sci-fi Dark Star with a fresh soundtrack. We revisit the film's creaky corridors and find its lustre undimmed Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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The King of Kitsch: George Kuchar
Following Glasgow Short Film Festival's mini retrospective, Glasgow Film Festival welcomes the sweaty palmed chaos of Kuchar's feature length work to its heaving bosom Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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The Thieves: Big Box Office Action in the East
With South Korean hit The Thieves playing at Glasgow Film Festival, we take a look at the country's recent action movie purple patch Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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Naked Lunch
Susan Sontag questions the motives of Seán Ó Cualáin’s Men at Lunch from beyond the grave Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Men at Lunch
'Lunch atop a Skyscraper’ is undoubtedly a potent photograph, securely stitched into New York’s rich iconography. The oft-reproduced shot o... Read more »| 20 Feb 2013