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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InterviewsDirector Ben Wheatley on A Field In England
Ever wondered what the English Civil War might have looked like to someone tripping on magic mushrooms? Director Ben Wheatley shares his unique vision in A Field In England Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Dvd ReviewsSpider Baby
Another welcome Blu-ray release from Arrow Films, Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told (to give its full title) is a wonderful slice of 1960s com... Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
New Releases
Paradise: Faith
Situated in the middle of Ulrich Seidl’s trilogy, it's hard to avoid the feeling that Paradise: Faith is the weakest film of the three, but i... Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Film Events
Scotland Film Event Highlights – July 2013
Bask in the herky-jerky brilliance of stop motion master Ray Harryhausen at Filmhouse's retrospective; catch Edgar Wright's Blood and Ice Cream trilogy at Cameo; and sample the overlook lycanthrope movie Wolfen at DCA Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Film Events
Northwest Film Event Highlights – July 2013
This month there’s an opportunity to watch Withnail & I in a location more remote than Monty’s cottage. There’s also a chance to attend a Q&A with Ben Wheatley about his new film A Field In England and indulge some classic 80s nostalgia Read more »| 01 Jul 2013 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013 - The Winners
This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival awards winners were announced today. The internationally-known EIFF is seen as one of the most forward-thin... Read more »| 28 Jun 2013
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FestivalsEIFF 2013: When Night Falls (Wo Hai You Hua Yao Shuo)
A stanch exposé of real-life injustice, When Night Falls dramatises the plight of Wang Jimnei, whose son Yang Jia was convicted of killing seven polic... Read more »| 28 Jun 2013 -
New Releases
Stories We Tell
Canadian actor and filmmaker Sarah Polley’s new feature, The Stories We Tell, is as slippery as an eel. It claims to be a documentary, but then so did ... Read more »| 28 Jun 2013 -
Festivals
EIFF 2013: Il Futuro (The Future)
Chilean writer-director Alicia Scherson’s languid coming-of-age tale follows Roman teens Bianca (Martelli) and Tomas (Ciardo), who are thrust toward th... Read more »| 28 Jun 2013 -
Festivals
EIFF 2013: Emperor Visits the Hell (Tang huang you di fu)
Sixteenth century Chinese novel Journey to the West has been adapted dozens of times in dozens of ways, from cult Japanese television show Monkey to Damon Al... Read more »| 27 Jun 2013 -
Festivals
EIFF 2013: Svengali
One of Svengali’s running jokes is that protagonist Dixie – a postman from rural Wales who ups-sticks for London hoping to nurture a distinctly u... Read more »| 26 Jun 2013 -
Festivals
EIFF 2013: This Is Martin Bonner
Martin Bonner (Eenhoorn) is at a lull in his life. An Aussie expat, he finds himself leaving his grown-up east-coast family and moving to Reno, Nevada for th... Read more »| 25 Jun 2013 -
Festivals
EIFF 2013: uwantme2killhim?
The internet is a dangerously empowering tool in this true story, which has been knit into a taut thriller by British director Andrew Douglas. Set in 2003, u... Read more »| 25 Jun 2013 -
New Releases
The Act of Killing
Few films have explored the moral implications of murder as creatively and powerfully as The Act of Killing. Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary introduce... Read more »| 24 Jun 2013 -
Dvd ReviewsNo
After Tony Manero and Post Mortem assayed General Pinochet’s dictatorship through the lenses of discomforting murder drama and icy satire respecti... Read more »| 24 Jun 2013