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 ReviewsA Simple Life
In perhaps the ultimate example of method acting, Andy Lau has spent his life as godson to Deanie Ip before playing opposite her in a dramatic role that mirr... Read more »| 30 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
Rust and Bone
Switching gear again after the brilliant yet very different The Beat That My Heart Skipped and A Prophet, writer/director Jacques Audiard comes slightly unst... Read more »| 29 Oct 2012 -
New ReleasesThe Master
The Master opens at the close of WWII with sailor Freddie Quell (Phoenix), our perpetually horny hero, caressing a crumbling female sand sculpture. The rest ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2012 -
InterviewsUn Certain Regard: Interview with Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément
Melvil Poupaud and Suzanne Clément sit down with The Skinny to discuss working with Quebecois filmmaking prodigy Xavier Dolan on his latest effort, Laurence Anyways, and portraying a ten year relationship on the film Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
Casque D'Or
When Marie and Georges dance together in the opening scenes of Casque D'Or (1952) we know from their smouldering looks that we have a serious case of amour f... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Santa Sangre
Jodorowsky's unforgettable masterpiece of the macabre finally gets a welcome Bluray release, fully restored and remastered for UK cinephiles. Traumatised by... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012
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Dvd Reviews
The Passion of Joan of Arc
A silent film from 1928 depicting the trial of Joan of Arc for heresy is never going to be the first choice for a Saturday night's viewing, but this stark, t... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Castle of Cagliostro
The Castle of Cagliostro is a 1979 animated film from Hayao Miyazaki, the anime maestro who would later direct such Studio Ghibli classics as Spirited Away a... Read more »| 24 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
Room 237
It's obvious that The Shining is much more than a mere horror film, but what exactly is it? Rodney Ascher's highly entertaining Room 237 invites a group of S... Read more »| 22 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a film that has been drawing acclaim ever since it made its debut at Sundance, and it's easy to see why. This tale of a chil... Read more »| 15 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
Frankenweenie
With Frankenweenie, Tim Burton returns to an old tale (his 1984 short), to animation, and to form. A delicious mixture of 3D and black and white, this zombie... Read more »| 11 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
On the Road
Ah, the road movie and the bromance, two sub-genres in no danger of dying out anytime soon thanks to their ubiquity on our cinema screens. But they've been w... Read more »| 11 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007
Everything or Nothing is a breezy document of the James Bond franchise (books, television and movies) that’s as well-put-together as its iconic title c... Read more »| 10 Oct 2012 -
New Releases
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
There’s a great tragedy at the heart of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but it isn’t the crippling loneliness felt by its protagonist Charlie (L... Read more »| 10 Oct 2012 -
Festivals
Pusher
This Blighty remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's debut is repetitive, silly and puerile Read more »| 08 Oct 2012