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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CineskinnyGFF 2012: 85A Presents Jan Svankmajer
The Glue Factory becomes a surreal playground as 85A collective take over the venue to bring to life the nutty images of legendary Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer Read more »| 22 Feb 2012 -
CineskinnyInto The Abyss
Werner Herzog's latest enquiry into human nature takes him to Texas, where he explores the fallout from a decade-old murder. Into the Abyss is built around i... Read more »| 22 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Chinese Take-Away
Chinese Take-Away might well boast the oddest opening of the festival: on a serenely beautiful lake, an attempted proposal is interrupted by a cow falling fr... Read more »| 21 Feb 2012 -
CineskinnyGFF 2012: Comic book writer Mark Millar in interview
We meet with the prolific Glaswegian comic book writer and GFF ambassador, Mark Millar, to discuss his future projects Read more »| 21 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Moments of Being – Anne-Marie Copestake in interview
The GFF is hosting the world premiere, and only screening, of Anne-Marie Copestake's specially commissioned film. We meet with the director to discuss her inspirations Read more »| 21 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest brings the story behind the titular rap group, featuring Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad,... Read more »| 21 Feb 2012
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GFF 2012: Michael
Avoid basements – that’s what cinema has taught us. It is the room of the house reserved for horror, and that’s its function in Michael, Ma... Read more »| 20 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Hunky Dory interview: Marc Evans and Jon Finn
The CineSkinny speaks to Marc Evans and Jon Finn, respectively director and producer of Hunky Dory, one of GFF’s delights Read more »| 20 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy
Rob Heydon’s adaptation of The Undefeated, one of three novellas in Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, clearly has affection for the source mate... Read more »| 19 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Finisterrae
Crossing the Line, the new strand at this year's festival, brings experimental and avant-garde films to the Glasgow, exploring the crossover between cinema a... Read more »| 19 Feb 2012 -
CineskinnyGFF 2012: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
TBEMH opens with a series of subversions. Half-a-dozen grey-haired archetypes (including Penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith) stick two fingers up t... Read more »| 18 Feb 2012 -
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GFF: Glasgow on Celluloid
The CineSkinny examines how Glasgow, an increasingly popular shooting location, has been portrayed in cinema over the years Read more »| 18 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: In Darkness
Poland’s foreign language Oscar hopeful is the true story of Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz), sewer worker and moonlighting burglar, who hid Jews in... Read more »| 18 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: The Mexican Suitcase
In the mid-nineties, three suitcases were unearthed in a closet in Mexico, containing negatives long-assumed lost: snaps taken during the Spanish Civil War b... Read more »| 18 Feb 2012 -
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GFF 2012: Weimarvellous Preview
A weekend of cabaret, Weimer-era Germany style. Read more »| 17 Feb 2012