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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InterviewsExploitation: An Interview with Frank Henenlotter
Frank Henenlotter talks about exploitation cinema, censors and his films Basket Case, Brain Damage and Frankenhooker Read more »| 10 May 2013 -
News
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 10 May
DFA Records documentary emerges; new music from ADULT., The National, CHVRCHES, Dope Body and Factory Floor; Spacemen 3 back catalogue reissued; plus a look at Margins Book & Music Festival and Dunoon Film Festival Read more »| 10 May 2013 -
OpinionHero Worship: Ken Loach
Take One Action Film Festival director Simon Bateson remembers his first encounters with the work of English-Scottish double act, Ken Loach and Paul Laverty Read more »| 10 May 2013 -
New Releases
Star Trek Into Darkness
J.J. Abrams’ latest instalment of his rebooted Star Trek franchise has the potential to divide audiences because of certain narrative decisions that, d... Read more »| 09 May 2013 -
New ReleasesMud
Jeff Nichols’ strong follow-up to 2011’s Take Shelter is another examination of male conflict; this time in the form of a coming-of-age adventure... Read more »| 09 May 2013 -
Opinion
Hero Worship: Pedro Costa
Filmmaker and cineaste D W Mault explains why he worships Portuguese director Pedro Costa, and the oppressive stillness of his cinema Read more »| 08 May 2013
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Dvd ReviewsHors Satan
No one goes to French filmmaker Bruno Dumont for easy answers or anything approaching ‘fun.’ His oeuvre is marked by an ascetic aesthetic, employ... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Interviews
Hal Hartley: The Believable Truth
Hal Hartley, one of the most distinctive voices on the American indie film scene, talks to The Skinny ahead of the re-release of three of his early films on DVD and Blu-ray Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
New Releases
A Hijacking
The understated manner in which the taking of a cargo ship occurs in A Hijacking is indicative of Tobias Lindholm's approach to the subject. He avoids the sc... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
Cineskinny
Village at the End of the World
Many small-town teens dream of moving to the big city, but few experience as profound an isolation as 16-year-old Lars. Living in the remote Inuit settlement... Read more »| 03 May 2013 -
Interviews
Mississipi Yearning: Jeff Nichols on Mud
Jeff Nichols, director of Take Shelter and Shotgun Stories, is one of the most exciting young directors in America. He talks to The Skinny about his latest f... Read more »| 02 May 2013 -
Interviews
Encounters at the End of the World: Sarah Gavron in Interview
Over an 18-month period, director Sarah Gavron and cinematographer David Katznelson filmed a Greenlandic Inuit community on the cusp of disappearing. We speak to Gavron about her time at the Village at the End of the World Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
New Releases
The Lords of Salem
Rob Zombie’s love of 70s grindhouse has been apparent throughout his often crass, brutal filmmaking career. With The Lords of Salem, however, the headb... Read more »| 29 Apr 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
Quartet
Dustin Hoffman's shameless Bafta-bait arrives on DVD and is a pleasant diversion, if ultimately lacking in substance. Maggie Smith leads an all-star cast as ... Read more »| 29 Apr 2013 -
New Releases
I'm So Excited!
After making an unsettling and memorable foray into thriller territory with The Skin I Live In, Pedro Almodóvar’s new film feels like a consciou... Read more »| 29 Apr 2013