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 ReviewsCoriolanus
Ralph Fiennes directorial debut is a grim, gritty and challenging adaptation of a lesser-known Shakespeare play. Read more »| 01 Jun 2012 -
InterviewsWhatever 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 -
InterviewsCinema Resuscitation: Bertrand Tavernier on Death Watch
Death Watch, a lyrical science fiction film made in Glasgow in the late 70s, died on its initial release. Ahead of its resurrection by film distributors Park Circus, The Skinny spoke to the film's charming director, Bertrand Tavernier. Read more »| 28 May 2012 -
New Releases
The Turin Horse
Apocalyptic and deeply challenging, Béla Tarr’s swan-song as a director is a fitting end to his enigmatic career. Read more »| 28 May 2012 -
New Releases
The Angels' Share
Veteran realist director Ken Loach's new film is a bit of a botched caper. Read more »| 24 May 2012
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Film Events
Mark Millar: Here Comes Kapow! 19-20 May
Comic book writer, film-maker, magazine publisher and festival curator Mark Millar is to the comic book world what Rupert Murdoch is to the media (only less evil). We speak to the Glaswegian ahead of Kapow!, the annual comic convention he helped create Read more »| 14 May 2012 -
CineskinnyThe Raid
Unlikely pairings can be perfect. Indonesian film The Raid centres around a police bust in a large tower block filled with criminals, guns, and machetes; unl... Read more »| 10 May 2012 -
Cineskinny
West Meets East: Director Gareth Evans on The Raid
He's the man behind the most exciting martial arts movie to come out of Asia in years. His name is Gareth Evans... and he's Welsh. We spoke to the talented director after his blistering new film The Raid closed GFF 2012's FrightFest in style Read more »| 09 May 2012 -
New Releases
Café De Flore
After a brief sojourn into British period drama with The Young Victoria, Quebecois Jean-Marc Vallée returns home for Café De Flore, and in the ... Read more »| 08 May 2012 -
Cineskinny
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Through a haze of marijuana smoke we’re introduced to Jason Segel’s Jeff, a 30-year-old galumph who makes the actor’s earlier man-child cha... Read more »| 08 May 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Black Pond
Watching dream sequences is often like listening to someone telling you about their dream: nonsensical, dull and pointless. Black Pond, a low budget feature ... Read more »| 08 May 2012 -
New Releases
Crime or Punishment?!?
Take heed of the title’s interrobang: Crime or Punishment?!? is a bewildering creation. In a similar vein to circular, multi-strand narratives like Go ... Read more »| 07 May 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsGhost in the Shell: Solid State Society
A cyber-enhanced anti-terrorist group tracking down a network of lunatics in futuristic Japan sounds appealing, but this second animated sequel to the TV ser... Read more »| 04 May 2012 -
Opinion
Summer Preview: Blockbusters v Art-house
We preview a summer of films, pitting the art-house against the event movie using a scientifically proven top trumps system that rates director kudos, fan anticipation, funniness, sexiness and that quintessential summer movie ingredient, explodiness Read more »| 03 May 2012