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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New ReleasesZero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow's astounding new film opens with the horrific sounds of 9/11 played over a black screen and it ends with the death of Osama bin Laden; its su... Read more »| 21 Jan 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
American Mary
Perhaps those willing to endure cold steel against warm flesh for aesthetic self expression are the ultimate fashion victims. Yet twisted twin directors Jen ... Read more »| 20 Jan 2013 -
New ReleasesLincoln
Much has been made in the US press of Daniel Day-Lewis’s decision to adopt a high, reedy voice (instead of a stentorian baritone) to portray sixteenth ... Read more »| 18 Jan 2013 -
New Releases
What Richard Did
In the world of cinema, Richard (Jack Reynor), the 18-year-old title character in Lenny Abrahamson’s hugely impressive third feature, is an anomaly. He... Read more »| 17 Jan 2013 -
New ReleasesThe Wee Man
This is the hagiography of St Paul – Ferris that is. The Glasgow gangland hall-of-famer whose life is laid out here on celluloid, yet left untarnished ... Read more »| 15 Jan 2013 -
New ReleasesV/H/S
Conceived and co-produced by Bloody-disgusting.com’s Brad Miska, V/H/S unites horror movie formats past (the anthology) and ever-present (found-footag... Read more »| 14 Jan 2013
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New Releases
The Sessions
With the majority of American films being terrified of approaching sex in anything like an honest fashion, the frankness and good humour of The Sessions is a... Read more »| 14 Jan 2013 -
Opinion
Tarantino’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 Reviews
The 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 -
Opinion
Under 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 ReleasesLes 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 -
Dvd Reviews
The 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