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 ReleasesThe Thing
As an inferior prequel to a superior remake, it's dumbfounding as to why the title remains the same on this insulting inclusion to the canon. Helmed by first... Read more »| 30 Nov 2011 -
InterviewsA Year in the Dark: The Films of 2011
The Skinny’s film writers look back over a year of dreary messiah wizards, scrapping robots and a never ending convoy of Avenger warm-up movies to pick 2011’s ten keepers. Daily Telegraph readers be warned: there’s not a stuttering monarch in sight Read more »| 30 Nov 2011 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Interrupters
The western was America's great film genre, but the world has moved on. Over recent decades the country has inverted itself and the frontier lives in the inn... Read more »| 28 Nov 2011 -
Interviews
Superstar in Waiting: Paul Kelly on Lawrence of Belgravia
The music world is a cruel place and talented artists often slip through the pop chart cracks. Paul Kelly has made a film about one such artist: Lawrence, former frontman of Felt and Denim. The Skinny spoke with Kelly ahead of the Scottish premiere Read more »| 28 Nov 2011 -
Film Events
December Film Highlights
The best of Scotland's December film happenings Read more »| 28 Nov 2011 -
New Releases
Take Shelter
After years of phoning-in his tiresome wild-eyed loon shtick, Michael Shannon finally delivers a performance of genuine depth and power at the centre of Jeff... Read more »| 25 Nov 2011
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Dvd Reviews
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Billed as 'Werner Herzog presents...', Happy People is the German director's 90 minute cut, with his own commentary and new music, of a four hour Russian doc... Read more »| 22 Nov 2011 -
Dvd ReviewsSarah Millican - Chatterbox DVD
By the time Sarah Millican addresses the topic of hamster squeezing in the early stages of Chatterbox, her ability to add spark to stories about family relat... Read more »| 22 Nov 2011 -
Film Events
The All Night Bad Movie Experience
The Cameo brings you films so bad, they’re good Read more »| 22 Nov 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Poetry
Superficially, Poetry is a miserable tale of rape, suicide, and the onset of Alzheimer’s, yet its most important keyword is its title. While the plot c... Read more »| 21 Nov 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Arriving in a flurry of hype and high expectations, this quirky Finnish horror-comedy has everything going for it. An archaeological dig unleashes the creatu... Read more »| 21 Nov 2011 -
New Releases
The Deep Blue Sea
The Deep Blue Sea is the first narrative feature Terence Davies has directed in over a decade, and the material is a perfect match for this great filmmaker. ... Read more »| 21 Nov 2011 -
New Releases50/50
Defying the odds is the very embodiment of 50/50, not just by surpassing its arbitrator title, but by creating the rarest of stories – a delightfully r... Read more »| 21 Nov 2011 -
New Releases
Moneyball
Based on a true story, Moneyball follows the familiar sports movie formula – a team of underdogs trying to compete in the big league. Brad Pitt is typi... Read more »| 21 Nov 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
This sequel netted Brazil's biggest-ever box office return with its portrayal of corrupt police and even more corrupt politicians in Rio de Janeiro. A sunken... Read more »| 18 Nov 2011