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 ReviewsPremium Rush
Premium Rush is the story of Wilee, a lawyer turned bike messenger, who is on a mission to deliver an envelope on which a life depends, hotly pursued by... Read more »| 24 Feb 2013 -
CineskinnyGFF 2013: CineSkinny Awards
The most important awards of the weekend, the CineSkinny's GFF awards... Read more »| 23 Feb 2013 -
CineskinnyGlasgow Kizz: Big Star and Glasgow
Glasgow Film Festival 2013's closing gala party will feature a tribute to Big Star, with DJ sets from Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite and the good folks at Monorail. We take a look at some of the ways Big Star and Glasgow have connected over the years Read more »| 23 Feb 2013 -
CineskinnyGFF 2013: The History of Future Folk
Arriving on our planet to evaluate it for invasion and resettlement, General Trius (d’Aulaire), later called Bill, is seduced by the sounds of music, a... Read more »| 23 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 2013: Vito
The life of the late Vito Russo, an activist for both LBGT rights and AIDS awareness, has particular resonance for cinephiles, being that he was also a film ... Read more »| 23 Feb 2013 -
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A Pentametric Glance at Shakespeare Films
Shall I compare thee to another film? As Glasgow Film Festival 2013 is closing with Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, we take a look at previous Shakespeare adaptations Read more »| 23 Feb 2013
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CineskinnyClose-Up: In Praise of Dreyer's Joan of Arc
Is there a more expressive face in cinema than that of Renée Maria Falconetti's in The Passion of Joan of Arc? We celebrate this masterpiece ahead of its screening at Glasgow Cathedral Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
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Snow Way!: Blancanieves @ GFF
Do we really need another Snow White film? Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
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Robot & Frank: Real Steal
Frank Langella plans a robbery with his robot caretaker. As you do Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
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Love, Honour and Obey
We look at Banaz - A Love Story, which documents the investigation into the honour killing of a young Kurdish woman, and look at how our idea of female roles are changing through cinema Read more »| 22 Feb 2013 -
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Beyond the Favela: New Brazilian Cinema
There's more to Brazil than just the favelas. With the Olympics and World Cup on the horizon we have a look at GFF's celebration of New Brazilian Cinema Read more »| 21 Feb 2013 -
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GFF 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 -
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GFF 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