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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Opinion
Reel Talk: To Tweet, Or Not To Tweet
Jamie Dunn holds forth on viral movie marketing campaigns, Cannes and Ridley Scott's Prometheus Read more »| 13 Jun 2012 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012: Top Ten Picks
Ten (plus) films to see at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012 Read more »| 13 Jun 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
The Squad
The military-horror genre is a tricky nut to crack. Reducing hardened combatants to blubbering wrecks is an effective way of fostering fear in an audience, b... Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Catch .44
Bruce Willis' latest vehicle is a dismal, cliched gangster flick that fails to entertain on any level. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
War of the Dead
Uninspiring low-budget zombie horror fails to excite. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
The Hound of the Baskervilles
A Cold War-era Russian Sherlock Holmes adaptation with fantastic performances and bleak, beautiful scenery. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012
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Dvd Reviews
You Only Live Once
A classic performance from Henry Fonda and the masterful touch of director Fritz Lang make this a classic of the film noir genre. Read more »| 07 Jun 2012 -
New Releases
Casa de Mi Padre
Will Ferrell's latest offering is a screwball parody of overwrought Mexican soap operas. Read more »| 04 Jun 2012 -
New Releases
The Innkeepers
Our primal fear of haunted houses is fertile ground for the horror devotees, but it’s been well farmed over the years. Now director Ti West adds to the... Read more »| 04 Jun 2012 -
Interviews
West's World: Ti West on The Innkeepers
Some horror directors like to gross out an audience. Ti West, the man behind House of the Devil, prefers to freak them out using good ol' fashioned suspense. West speaks to The Skinny about his latest bloodcurdler, The Innkeepers. Read more »| 01 Jun 2012 -
Film Events
Film Event Highlights – June 2012
This month's film events cover everything from Woody Allen to zombies. Read more »| 01 Jun 2012 -
New Releases
Red Tails
George Lucas'-produced WWII aerial spectacle is a damp CGI-riddled squib. Read more »| 01 Jun 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes directorial debut is a grim, gritty and challenging adaptation of a lesser-known Shakespeare play. Read more »| 01 Jun 2012 -
Interviews
Whatever Gets You Through The Night – The Film
Groundbreaking cross-disciplinary arts project Whatever Gets You Through The Night is to become a documentary film, courtesy of director Daniel Warren Read more »| 29 May 2012 -
Interviews
The Angels' Share – Set Visit
The Skinny visited the set of Ken Loach's The Angels' Share last summer and talked to the cast and crew about the film's legendary director Read more »| 28 May 2012