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 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 EventsFilm 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 ReleasesThe 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
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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 -
New Releases
Safety Not Guaranteed
It's a pleasure to see the talented Aubrey Plaza being given a long overdue starring role, but what a shame Safety Not Guaranteed is such a dud. She plays a ... Read more »| 19 Dec 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Electric Man
Electric Man is a micro-budget feature shot in Edinburgh which follows Jason and Wolf, two hapless comic shop owners, on the trail of a rare and valuable com... Read more »| 14 Dec 2012 -
New Releases
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The sparkiest scene in Peter Jackson’s eagerly anticipated return to Middle Earth is a battle of wits between Gollum (Lord of the Rings' tragic, ring-c... Read more »| 13 Dec 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Baytown Outlaws
The Baytown Outlaws is one of those films that come trailing the epithet "Tarantino-esque." The common denominator here is a cast of lowlifes waving their gu... Read more »| 12 Dec 2012 -
New Releases
Love Crime
Love Crime is the last film Alain Corneau made before his death, and it initially looks like it might act as a fitting swansong. Kristin Scott Thomas and Lud... Read more »| 10 Dec 2012 -
New Releases
Chasing Ice
Is it possible to take a picture of climate change? Ask James Balog. Back in the more innocent pre-crash noughties, this National Geographic photographer fou... Read more »| 10 Dec 2012