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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CineskinnyWest 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 ReleasesCafé 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 Reviews
Ghost 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
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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 -
Dvd Reviews
Lucky Luke
Though he’s been gun-slinging since the forties, comic-strip cowboy Lucky Luke’s golden age came under the auspices of Asterix creator René... Read more »| 03 May 2012 -
InterviewsMovie Løve: Director Mia Hansen-Løve in interview
May sees the release of Goodbye First Love, the third film from Mia Hansen-Løve. The Skinny sat down with the talented director to discuss how she caught the filmmaking bug and her era-spanning narratives Read more »| 02 May 2012 -
New Releases
Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai
After revitalising the samurai picture with the thrilling 13 Assassins, Takashi Miike's new movie Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai is a change of pace, and a di... Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
InterviewsNorthern Lights: A Nation on Film
Scotland’s first ever mass participation film project, Northern Lights, is looking for vignettes about Scottish people's day-to-day lives. The Skinny spoke to filmmaker Nick Higgins, the driving force behind the venture, to find out more Read more »| 01 May 2012 -
New ReleasesGoodbye First Love
Mia Hansen-Løve's Goodbye First Love covers the well-worn ground of teenage romance, but it does so with a sensitivity and honesty that makes the subj... Read more »| 30 Apr 2012 -
Film Events
Film Event Highlights – May 2012
Highlights of film events happening in May across Scotland Read more »| 30 Apr 2012 -
New Releases
American Pie: Reunion
All hail the class of 99, the birth of the MILF and the induction of pie fornication into pop culture. It has been 13 years since the first slice of American... Read more »| 30 Apr 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Twice Around the Daffodils
Produced, written and directed by the team behind the Carry On series and set in a tuberculosis ward, Twice Around the Daffodils (1962) presents an awkward m... Read more »| 24 Apr 2012