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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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CineskinnyGFF 2013: Dormant Beauty
Marco Bellocchio's euthanasia drama Dormant Beauty is based on the real-life case of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who fell into a coma for two decades and w... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Caesar Must Die
A large portion of Caesar Must Die’s impact stems from its concept: a production of Julius Caesar performed by the inmates of the high-security wing of... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
Writer-director Davide Manuli takes the basic concept and some specific details from the true story of Kaspar Hauser, and twists it into a surreal techno-wes... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
CineskinnyGFF 2013: Shell
In an emotionally frozen recess of the Highlands lives a father and daughter alongside the gaping void left by her mother. The child is named Shell and, like... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Nothing Can Hurt Me tells the story of Memphis power pop icons Big Star in a very conventional music-doc manner, complete with all the expected genre hallmar... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
CineskinnyGFF 2013: Sleep Tight
Luis Tosar's performance is central to the success of Sleep Tight, a taut psychological thriller set in an upmarket apartment block. Tosar plays Cesar, a pol... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013
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GFF 2013: The Thieves
This South Korean blockbuster incorporates stars and locations from across Asia, though is most strongly influenced by the American Ocean’s and Mission... Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Indie Game: The Movie
Indie Game: The Movie is – as the title suggests – an indie movie for indie video game addicts. While teams of hundreds toil away on big-nam... Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
CineskinnyShooting Star: The Legacy of Dark Star
Sheffield electronica duo Animat furnish cult sci-fi Dark Star with a fresh soundtrack. We revisit the film's creaky corridors and find its lustre undimmed Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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The King of Kitsch: George Kuchar
Following Glasgow Short Film Festival's mini retrospective, Glasgow Film Festival welcomes the sweaty palmed chaos of Kuchar's feature length work to its heaving bosom Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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The Thieves: Big Box Office Action in the East
With South Korean hit The Thieves playing at Glasgow Film Festival, we take a look at the country's recent action movie purple patch Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
CineskinnyNaked Lunch
Susan Sontag questions the motives of Seán Ó Cualáin’s Men at Lunch from beyond the grave Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Men at Lunch
'Lunch atop a Skyscraper’ is undoubtedly a potent photograph, securely stitched into New York’s rich iconography. The oft-reproduced shot o... Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
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Gray's Anatomy: Alasdair Gray - A Life in Progress
A Life in Progress, a portrait of a Scottish institution Alasdair Gray, is set to offer fresh insight into the iconic artist's work Read more »| 20 Feb 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
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When a man can talk of the "first" execution he witnessed, and calmly make it clear that this was the just first of many, we can be sure that we are in the p... Read more »| 20 Feb 2013