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 ReviewsThe Parade
With equal marriage on the way, it’s easy to forget that in parts of the world being gay can mean daily abuse, violence and even death. Gaybashing in S... Read more »| 17 Jun 2013 -
OpinionHero Worship: Bette Davis
Sarah Perks, artistic director of Cornerhouse, Manchester, tells us why she’s seduced by Bette Davis, the queen of Hollywood's golden years Read more »| 17 Jun 2013 -
Festivals
EIFF 2013: I Am Breathing
With composure and compassion, I Am Breathing documents the final months of husband and father Neil Platt, diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease at the age of ... Read more »| 17 Jun 2013 -
New Releases
Spike Island
You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s 1990: this month alone the Stone Roses headline the Isle of Wight festival, star in a Shane Meadows documenta... Read more »| 17 Jun 2013 -
Festivals
EIFF 2013: The Retrospectives
Chris Fujiwara, Edinburgh Film Festival’s artistic director, tells us about this year's two EIFF retrospectives: one celebrates a forgotten master (Jean Grémillon), the other makes the case for auteur status for a journeyman director (Richard Fleischer) Read more »| 17 Jun 2013 -
New Releases
Before Midnight
This most unlikely of threequels returns to the story of Jesse (Hawke) and Céline (Delpy), 18 years after they first met on a train and fell in love. ... Read more »| 17 Jun 2013
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New ReleasesLike Someone in Love
While Woody Allen’s recent European ventures have produced distinctly mixed results, Abbas Kiarostami’s travels are proving to be much more rewar... Read more »| 14 Jun 2013 -
New ReleasesMan of Steel
Following Bryan Singer’s dreary Superman Returns in 2006, and new helmer Zack Snyder’s previous picture, the diabolical Sucker Punch, b... Read more »| 13 Jun 2013 -
Interviews
The Third Coming: Mat Whitecross and Elliott Tittensor on Spike Island
You'd think it was the early 90s, such is the ubiquity of The Stone Roses on our screens. Spike Island is one of two cinematic tributes to the Manchester rockers out in June. We speak to its director, Mat Whitecross, and star, Elliott Tittensor Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
Festivals
EIFF 2013: Drake Doremus on Breathe In
The 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival opens with Drake Doremus's intimate family drama Breathe In. The Skinny spoke to the director ahead of his film's European premiere at EIFF Read more »| 10 Jun 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
To the Wonder
The golden hour, that hour before sunset when the humdrum world is transformed by the warm, suffuse light of the dipping sun, has long been a favourite of Te... Read more »| 09 Jun 2013 -
Cineskinny
Much Ado About Nothing
Shunning doublet and hose in favour of tastefully tailored suburbia, Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing is a lithe, wry look at one of Shakespeare&rs... Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
Festivals
EIFF 2013: Noah Baumbach on Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach speaks to The Skinny about Frances Ha, his latest collaboration with Greta Gerwig, ahead of the film's UK première at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 07 Jun 2013 -
Interviews
Robot Rock: Kenji Kamiyama on 009 Re: Cyborg
Kenji Kamiyama, the writer-director behind Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, talks to The Skinny about his newest film project, the debut title from Glasgow-based distributor Anime Limited Read more »| 06 Jun 2013 -
Opinion
Opinion: There's Nowt So Queer As Labels
You'll have seen the headlines: 'Lesbian Film Wins Palme d'Or.' But why do only same-sex love stories have their orientation declared? Read more »| 04 Jun 2013