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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OpinionTarantino’s Magpie Moments
Quentin Tarantino's never been shy about his cinematic larceny. We revisit five of his finest homages Read more »| 10 Jan 2013 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Foreign Duck, The Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
This gentle Japanese film starts out as a nice guy, and nobody really likes a nice guy; they never get the girls. A meandering story of love, dogs and ... Read more »| 10 Jan 2013 -
Opinion
The Django Chain
Django Unchained is the latest in a long line of Django knockoffs. Here are four of the best Django outings Read more »| 09 Jan 2013 -
OpinionUnder the Influence: Django Unchained
Cinema magpie Quentin Tarantino's dipped his toe in blaxploitation, samurai, kung-fu and war movies. It was only a matter of time before he tried the spaghetti western. We cast our eye over the sub-genre's dark underbelly Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
Film Events
Bad Movie Night: Showgirls Revisited
Released to a storm of ridicule and notoriety in 1995, Showgirls is often held up as the epitome of a bad film. With it due to screen to a baying audience at Glasgow Film Theatre’s monthly Bad Movie Night!, The Skinny reassesses its legacy Read more »| 07 Jan 2013 -
New Releases
Les Misérables
Les Misérables, Tom Hooper’s follow-up to Oscar-bothering Heritage bromance The King’s Speech, offers all the pageantry of the 8... Read more »| 07 Jan 2013
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Dvd ReviewsThe Woodsman and the Rain
When a film crew arrives in a small town in rural Japan, Katsu, a recently bereaved lumberjack, is initially unimpressed. But, after he is drafted by the ass... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Half a decade since his hypnotic feature debut Hiroshima Mon Amour, Alain Resnais’ latest reverie dissects many of the same themes: love and death, per... Read more »| 04 Jan 2013 -
Film Events
Film Event Highlights – January 2013
What better way to kick off the new year than with one of the worst films ever made, Showgirls (14 Jan, GFT)? Paul Verhoeven's 1995 tale of a girl's rise to ... Read more »| 03 Jan 2013 -
Opinion
2013's Coming Attractions
What's a fanboy to do? With Batman swanning around Florence drinking Fernet Branca and Iron Man, Thor et al. back to making mediocre movies on their lonesome, things are looking grim. But don't despair: here are some films that might be great in 2013 Read more »| 03 Jan 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
Forbidden Games
When five year old Paulette, traumatised by witnessing the violent death of her parents only a short time before and still clutching the corpse of her little... Read more »| 02 Jan 2013 -
New Releases
The Impossible
Cinema’s great trick is that it lets us live more lives than a sack full of Hindu cats. From the safety of a darkened auditorium we can go to war, batt... Read more »| 01 Jan 2013 -
New Releases
Jack Reacher
While watching Jack Reacher, one gets the impression there’s a great satire to be made from Lee Child’s meat-headed crime series about a m... Read more »| 26 Dec 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Dark Nature
The novelty value of a slasher film set in Scotland isn't enough to save Marc de Launay's confusing misfire. A sour-faced family of luvvies have a miser... Read more »| 25 Dec 2012 -
New Releases
Life of Pi
The meat of Ang Lee's visually sumptuous adaptation of Yann Martel's book club favourite is an Edward Lear-like story about a skinny vegetarian boy faring th... Read more »| 20 Dec 2012