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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New ReleasesFilth
Bruce ‘the Stallion’ Robertson: alcoholic, drug addict, compulsive liar, amoral sociopath, sexual pervert – and senior Detective Sergeant. ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
FestivalsMister John
This cinematic enigma opens with reflections dissolving into one another on the surface of a lake. And like those merging images the film shows a distorted ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
Dvd ReviewsTwixt
Hall Baltimore (Val Kilmer), a “bargain-basement Stephen King”, is visiting a small, studiedly eerie town to sign copies of his latest book. Five... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
New ReleasesCold Comes the Night
Alice Eve bids to be taken seriously by playing downtrodden single mum and half-a-horse town motel owner Chloe. Under the protection of bent copper Billy (Lo... Read more »| 20 Sep 2013 -
Festivals
Identity in Flux: Aidan Gillen on Mister John
Aidan Gillen discusses his performance in Mister John, the enigmatic and bracingly original new film from Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy Read more »| 20 Sep 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
Hawking
“Imagine coming to the end of questions,” expresses Mary Hawking – younger sister of cosmologist Stephen – towards the end of this ep... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013
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Interviews
Screening the Obscene: Irvine Welsh on Filth
Ahead of its big screen adaptation starring and produced by James McAvoy, we speak to Irvine Welsh about his third novel Filth, a delightful tale of a dirty copper and his foul-mouthed tapeworm Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
New Releases
Kelly + Victor
Adapted from Niall Griffiths' novel of the same name, Evans' debut feature follows the perilously intense relationship between two Liverpudlian twenty-someth... Read more »| 16 Sep 2013 -
New Releases
The Artist and the Model
Best known for fluffy Oscar-winner Belle Epoque (and more recently, Chico and Rita’s vibrant jazz animation), The Artist and the Model presents a more ... Read more »| 13 Sep 2013 -
New Releases
In a World...
Actress Lake Bell makes her feature writing and directing debut with this funny ensemble piece set within and around the world of voice-over artists. Carol S... Read more »| 12 Sep 2013 -
InterviewsAndrew Douglas on uwantme2killhim?
Andrew Douglas speaks to us at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, where his second feature, uwantme2killhim?, had its world premiere Read more »| 10 Sep 2013 -
Interviews
Dark Passion: Kieran Evans on Kelly + Victor
We talk to director Kieran Evans about his forthcoming film Kelly + Victor, life in Liverpool and the conservative nature of the British film industry Read more »| 09 Sep 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
Ikarie XB-1
Blandly retitled as Voyage to the End of the Universe in some English-speaking markets, the snappily-monikered Ikarie XB-1 (the title alludes to Icarus,... Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
Interviews
True Lies: Jeanie Finlay unmasks The Great Hip Hop Hoax
Jeanie Finlay's breakthrough film examined the plight of the independent record shop. In The Great Hip-Hop Hoax, she turns her attention to Scottish hip-hoppers turned fake US rap stars, Silibil N' Brains Read more »| 04 Sep 2013 -
New Releases
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
A follow-up to Sound It Out, her 2011 documentary about a Teesside record shop, Jeanie Finlay forays into darker aspects of the music industry with... Read more »| 02 Sep 2013