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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Opinion
New New Hollywood: From the Margins to the Mainstream
With new releases this month from David O. Russell and Paul Thomas Anderson, key figures in the unofficial mid-90s renaissance of American film, The Skinny looks back at their generation's wave of subversive upstarts, the New New Hollywood Read more »| 01 Nov 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Margin Call
"Remember this day, boys, remember this day." When a young analyst at a sleek, Wall Street investment firm discovers that the mathematical model they have ba... Read more »| 31 Oct 2012 -
Interviews
Crest of a Wave: Paul Thomas Anderson on The Master
Outside of superhero franchises, no other feature release of 2012 reached the levels of anticipation of The Master. With some critics ready to call endgame on the medium of film, we need directors like Paul Thomas Anderson more than ever Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
A Simple Life
In perhaps the ultimate example of method acting, Andy Lau has spent his life as godson to Deanie Ip before playing opposite her in a dramatic role that mirr... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
Rust and Bone
Switching gear again after the brilliant yet very different The Beat That My Heart Skipped and A Prophet, writer/director Jacques Audiard comes slightly unst... Read more »| 29 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
The Master
The Master opens at the close of WWII with sailor Freddie Quell (Phoenix), our perpetually horny hero, caressing a crumbling female sand sculpture. The rest ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2012
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Interviews
Un Certain Regard: Interview with Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément
Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément sit down with The Skinny to discuss working with Quebecois filmmaking prodigy Xavier Dolan on his latest effort, Laurence Anyways, and portraying a ten year relationship on the film Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
Casque D'Or
When Marie and Georges dance together in the opening scenes of Casque D'Or (1952) we know from their smouldering looks that we have a serious case of amour f... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Santa Sangre
Jodorowsky's unforgettable masterpiece of the macabre finally gets a welcome Bluray release, fully restored and remastered for UK cinephiles. Traumatised by... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
The Passion of Joan of Arc
A silent film from 1928 depicting the trial of Joan of Arc for heresy is never going to be the first choice for a Saturday night's viewing, but this stark, t... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
The Castle of Cagliostro
The Castle of Cagliostro is a 1979 animated film from Hayao Miyazaki, the anime maestro who would later direct such Studio Ghibli classics as Spirited Away a... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
Room 237
It's obvious that The Shining is much more than a mere horror film, but what exactly is it? Rodney Ascher's highly entertaining Room 237 invites a group of S... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a film that has been drawing acclaim ever since it made its debut at Sundance, and it's easy to see why. This tale of a chil... Read more »| 15 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
Frankenweenie
With Frankenweenie, Tim Burton returns to an old tale (his 1984 short), to animation, and to form. A delicious mixture of 3D and black and white, this zombie... Read more »| 11 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
On the Road
Ah, the road movie and the bromance, two sub-genres in no danger of dying out anytime soon thanks to their ubiquity on our cinema screens. But they've been w... Read more »| 11 Oct 2012