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 ReleasesIn Fear
A selection of great British fears – narrow country roads at night, passive-aggression from strangers, and the spilling of a man’s pint – f... Read more »| 14 Nov 2013 -
New ReleasesOf Good Report
Here is the film to put director Jahmil X.T. Qubeka on the map, partly due to its controversy (it was banned in its native South Africa and reinstated in a m... Read more »| 13 Nov 2013 -
FestivalsFuture My Love
Maja Borg's first feature film is a poetic blend of doc, road trip and love story Read more »| 11 Nov 2013 -
Interviews
Media Circus: Adèle Exarchopoulos on Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Amid a flurry of activity before Blue Is the Warmest Colour’s UK premiere, we sit down with its star Adèle Exarchopoulos to discuss this controversial Palme d’Or-winning film and its even more controversial shoot Read more »| 11 Nov 2013 -
New ReleasesDon Jon
In Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Don Jon, the first-time director stars as the beefcake of the title, a cocky stud who has no trouble picking up women, but who stil... Read more »| 11 Nov 2013 -
Interviews
Man vs Machine: Andrew Bujalski on Computer Chess
Andrew Bujalski talks to us about resurrecting video technology from the 60s to create Computer Chess, the year's most joyously idiosyncratic movie Read more »| 08 Nov 2013
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OpinionHero Worship: Jacque Fresco
Filmmaker Maja Borg chooses 98-year-old futurist Jacque Fresco as her hero. She admires him so much, in fact, that she's made two films about him Read more »| 06 Nov 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
8½
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 Releases
Thor: 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 -
Opinion
BAFTA 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 -
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