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 ReleasesJohn Carter
Let me tell you a story about a man with the initials JC. True of heart, he came from the heavens and used his superhuman powers to unite a humble people, gi... Read more »| 09 Mar 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Saragossa Manuscript
In the midst of a battle in the Napoleonic Wars two opposing soldiers find and begin to read a manuscript together. It purports to be an account by a Walloon... Read more »| 08 Mar 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsWeekend
There are moments in life when you suddenly connect with someone and it changes your whole world. But even today it's rare to see that in a film about two me... Read more »| 06 Mar 2012 -
Opinion
Trailer Trash #4: The Amazing Spider-Man
Batman's done it, Superman's done it, heck the Hulk's done it twice. Hollywood loves a reboot. We look at the trailer for the latest franchise to rip it up and start again Read more »| 05 Mar 2012 -
Cineskinny
GFF 2012: Death of a Superhero
A refreshingly unsentimental account of a teenager dealing with terminal cancer, Death of a Superhero sees Donald (Thomas Brodie-Sangster, in an excellent tu... Read more »| 02 Mar 2012 -
New Releases
Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The cinema release of Spielberg's Tintin was met with predictable howls of outrage from certain quarters - mostly middle-aged, male Guardian writers - for wh... Read more »| 02 Mar 2012
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Dvd Reviews
The Sniper
"Experts can coexist." The final, summarising line of dialogue in the The Sniper suggests the dead hand of China's Communist Party at work in this story of r... Read more »| 01 Mar 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Special Forces
To watch Special Forces is to go to war with your own incredulity. Individual tolerances for cliché are rigorously tested as an elite team of French s... Read more »| 01 Mar 2012 -
Interviews
Reflections in a Golden Eye: An Interview with Christopher Doyle
Legendary cinematographer Christopher Doyle tells us about his creative partnership with Wong Kar Wai, being inspired by the spaces in Hong Kong and the beauty of Maggie Cheung, and how he now longer sees the world through human eyes Read more »| 01 Mar 2012 -
Film EventsFilm Event Highlights – March 2012
Write Shoot Cut's inaugural Short Film Networking Night sees the light of day on 12 Mar at the Banshee Labyrinth Cinema, deep in the bowels of Edinburgh's mo... Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
Festivals
For Your Consideration...
With the award season pantomime over for another year, we consider the merit of film awards Read more »| 29 Feb 2012 -
Film Events
All Night Horror Madness 4!
All Night Horror Madness is back, and this time, it’s pissed Read more »| 28 Feb 2012 -
Cineskinny
GFF 2012: Herzog at the Festival
Werner Herzog's films have become a staple of GFF's programme. We examine why the man who once ate his own shoe continues to excite festival-goers everywhere. Read more »| 27 Feb 2012 -
Cineskinny
GFF 2012: Livid
Bustillo and Maury’s follow-up to their delightfully twisted Inside sticks to a similar recipe of awkward laughs and chills, but with less inspired res... Read more »| 24 Feb 2012 -
Cineskinny
GFF 2012: Bel Ami
Bel Ami, based on a Guy de Maupassant novel, marks the feature debut of directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod. The quality of the sets, costumes and ca... Read more »| 24 Feb 2012