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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Cineskinny
Norwegian Wood
Vietnamese Director Tran Anh Hung has created a piece of cinematic beauty in Norwegian Wood, an adaptation of the modern literary classic by Haruki Murakami.... Read more »| 11 Mar 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Route Irish
In Route Irish, an ambush on the road of the same name, connecting Baghdad airport with the Green Zone, puts a licensed mercenary in a body-bag and leav... Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
Opinion
Starter for eleven: Aidan Gillen
Aidan Gillen was attending the Glasgow Film Festival to introduce Treacle Jr., a new independent film that reunites him with The Low Down director Jamie Thraves. We caught up with the former star of The Wire to quiz him on that great show, giving him a shot at winning that elusive haggis supper Read more »| 04 Mar 2011 -
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Archipelago
Archipelago can’t help but stand out as a depiction of wealthy toffs. In a repeat of the central motif of director Joanna Hogg’s debut film Unrel... Read more »| 03 Mar 2011 -
Film Events
Film Events in March
The Filmhouse in Edinburgh are running a 'Come and See' season throughout the year, in which a film is chosen once a month simply because it deserves to be s... Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Cineskinny
The Life Aquatic with Richard Ayoade
Richard Ayoade – aka Moss from The IT Crowd, aka Thornton Reed/Dean Learner from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace – will make his film directorial debut this month with Submarine, one of the most refreshing and unique British films in recent memory. We talk to the director and his two leads, Craig Roberts and Yasmin Paige Read more »| 01 Mar 2011
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GFF 2011: One Thousand Pictures
One Thousand Pictures charts the journey of the train carrying Robert F Kennedy's body from New York to Washington following his assassination in 196... Read more »| 28 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: The Good, The Bad and the Morricone
As David Scott, Duglas T Stewart and friends pay homage to the music of Ennio Morricone, The CineSkinny discusses the composer's legacy and continuing popularity. Words: Chris Buckle Read more »| 26 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Contemporary Days
Long before Ikea broke down and flat-packed modernism for the masses, Robin and Lucienne Day were hard at work designing the foundations of what now seems co... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Submarino
Using a novice cast and crew from the Danish film scene, Submarino harks back to the earlier film-making of director Thomas Vinterberg, a key figure of the D... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Holes Where The Heart Is
Winner of the inaugural Margaret Tait Award 2010, Torsten Lauschmann invites Jac Mantle to his studio for an insight into his forthcoming screening at Glasgow Film Festival 2011. Words: Jac Mantle Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Cineskinny
Wake Wood
Recently resurrected British studio Hammer's latest film is a new addition to the folk horror genre, in which a couple move to rural (fictional) Irish town W... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Dave Gibbons
Before his special appearance at GFF, acclaimed comic book artist and writer Dave Gibbons meets the CineSkinny to discuss his extensive career, the Watchmen adaptation, and Mark Millar. Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Griff the Invisible
From an unfinished synopsis, it feels natural to compare Griff the Invisible to fellow self-styled superhero Kick-Ass (plus there's also a slither of&nb... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Easy A
When Olive (Emma Stone) tells her best friend a white lie about losing her virginity (her “V-card”) she finds that her “terminological inex... Read more »| 23 Feb 2011