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 Last Stand
"I'll give the sheriff a call to tell him to get out of the way." When a psychopathic cartel boss is sprung from custody in Las Vegas and races towards the M... Read more »| 20 May 2013 -
Dvd ReviewsSacrifice
If there's one thing that we learn from this historical epic from director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine), it is that if revenge is a dish best served co... Read more »| 20 May 2013 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Unbelievable Truth
Audry feels, and looks, like the heroine of a Nouvelle Vague film who is trapped in the very ordinary surroundings of a Long Island suburb in the late 1980s.... Read more »| 17 May 2013 -
CineskinnySomething in the Air (Après mai)
Set in 1971, Something in the Air is French filmmaker Olivier Assayas’s ebullient tribute to the kids who had to follow in the footsteps... Read more »| 17 May 2013 -
New ReleasesFast & Furious 6
Fast & Furious 5 (aka Fast Five) abandoned virtually any semblance of its series’ street racing routes, retooling the blockbuster franchise into an... Read more »| 16 May 2013 -
New Releases
The Liability
The Liability, Craig Vivieros’ second feature following prison drama debut Ghosted, offers enough surprises to raise it above the mire of recent dopey ... Read more »| 16 May 2013
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New Releases
The Great Gatsby
Baz Luhrmann's latest foray into vintage decadence delivers the director's characteristic flamboyance and romance, and serves as a perfect companion to both ... Read more »| 15 May 2013 -
Opinion
Lost & Found: 70s Hollywood Back in Cinema
This month Park Circus release two forgotten films of the American new wave, Jerry Schatzberg's Scarecrow and Bob Rafelson's The King of Marvin Gardens. We look at both and suggest some other forgotten gems itching to be rediscovered Read more »| 13 May 2013 -
Cineskinny
Youth in Revolt: Olivier Assayas on Something in the Air
Olivier Assayas talks to The Skinny about his new feature Something in the Air (Après Mai), the frustration of politics and his journey into cinema Read more »| 13 May 2013 -
Interviews
Exploitation: 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 -
Opinion
Hero 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 Releases
Mud
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