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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Dvd Reviews8½
Eight and a half films into his career, Fellini decided it was time to turn the camera inward. 8½ is a portrait of a creatively blocked filmmaker... Read more »| 06 Nov 2013 -
New ReleasesThor: The Dark World
In a flashback sequence that opens the Marvel brand’s latest superhero sequel, we discover how Thor’s grandfather, Bor, previously conquered the ... Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
News
UK Music Video Awards 2013: Winners
Winners from the 2013 UK Music Video Awards included videos from Connan Mockasin, Foals and Phoenix. Watch them here... Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
OpinionBAFTA Scotland 2013: Nominees Announced
We announce the nominees for this year's Scottish BAFTA Awards, and have a chat with director, producer and Acting Head of BAFTA Scotland, Alan de Pellette Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
Film Events
Scotland Film Events Highlights – November 2013
Halloween may be over, but there are still plenty of scares on our screens, from FrightFest's GFT takeover to the horror of John Travolta's flares in Saturday Night Fever at DCA Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
New Releases
Philomena
Philomena’s premise couldn’t be more hokey. Based on true events, the film is an odd-couple road movie following smart-aleck journo Martin Sixsmi... Read more »| 28 Oct 2013
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Dvd Reviews
Red River
Howard Hawks made so many great films that it’s inevitable a few are unjustly overlooked. One such film is 1948 western Red River, which offers a prime... Read more »| 28 Oct 2013 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – November 2013
Let’s reappropriate Movember this month by cramming in as many mo-vie events as we can Read more »| 25 Oct 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
The White Dove / Josef Kilián
Before Kes, Czech master František Vláčil's 1960 feature debut The White Dove told of another young boy caring for a prized bird, her... Read more »| 22 Oct 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
Halloween
John Carpenter's iconic horror defined the slasher genre and for many it’s never been bettered. Looking at it today, it’s startling just how sim... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
Hummingbird
If you're expecting another manic actioner, you could be disappointed by Jason Statham’s latest, which swaps OTT gunplay for religious symbolism and a ... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
New ReleasesWe Are What We Are
Jim Mickle updates Jorge Michel Grau’s 2010 cannibal family drama in solid style, building on the promise of his low-key vampire saga Stake Land from t... Read more »| 21 Oct 2013 -
New Releases
Captain Phillips
Dramatising the real-life hijacking of an American freighter by Somali pirates, Captain Phillips sees docudrama master Paul Greengrass occupying safe creativ... Read more »| 16 Oct 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
The Fury
A sort of blown-up companion to 1976’s Carrie, The Fury follows Peter Sandza (Douglas) as he searches for his psychic son, Robin (Stevens), who’s... Read more »| 16 Oct 2013 -
Interviews
Realist Fairytale: Clio Barnard on The Selfish Giant
The Arbor director Clio Barnard discussed her second feature film The Selfish Giant, an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde fairytale of the same name, which sees her back on the Arbor estate in Bradford Read more »| 15 Oct 2013