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 ReleasesThis Must Be the Place
The most satisfying thing about This Must Be the Place is that it proves that, even after three decades of remarkable performances, Sean Penn still has the c... Read more »| 04 Apr 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsLa Grande Illusion
Perhaps the most striking thing about Jean Renoir's Le Grande Illusion - released in a restored version to mark its 75th anniversary - is its faith in a comm... Read more »| 04 Apr 2012 -
Dvd ReviewsA Midnight Clear
Although perhaps not the cult classic that the accompanying publicity would like us to believe it is, A Midnight Clear is a worthwhile watch, not least for t... Read more »| 04 Apr 2012 -
OpinionTrailer Trash #5: Cosmopolis
Can R–Pattz cut it in David Cronenberg's new film Cosmopolis? The film's teaser trailer suggests a resounding yes Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
Film Events
Good Rep – April
Five eye-catching repertory screenings happening in April Read more »| 03 Apr 2012 -
New ReleasesLe Havre
Le Havre is Aki Kaurismäki's first film made in France since 1992's La vie de bohème, and it acts as a kind of loose sequel to that picture,... Read more »| 03 Apr 2012
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Opinion
Reel Talk: Comic Marvels
Two marvellous comedies are released in April: Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre (6 Apr) and Whit Stillman’s Damsels in Distress (27 Apr). Film... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Cineskinny
GFF 2012: Bonsái
Chilean directing talent Cristián Jiménez's second feature film is one for the bookish. Bonsai's protagonist Julio (Diego Noguera) is more of a... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Encounters
This new collection from the BFI presents four classic short films of gay cinema, rescued from obscurity, cleaned up and given some love. The 1960s and 70s w... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Mother and Child
Mother and Child steps into the lives of middle-aged Karen (Annette Bening), once a teen mother, her estranged, solitary, and fiercely independent daughter E... Read more »| 02 Apr 2012 -
News
Edinburgh International Science Festival: Future Human – the movies
What does it mean to be human, past, present and future? The sci-fi films in the Future Human strand of Edinburgh International Science Festival attempt to answer this question Read more »| 30 Mar 2012 -
Cineskinny
GFF 2012: This Is Not a Film
In 2009, Iranian director Jafar Panahi was arrested for supporting anti-Ahmadinejad protests; in 2010, he was arrested a second time, sentenced to six years ... Read more »| 29 Mar 2012 -
Film Events
April Film Highlights
Highlights of film happenings across Scotland Read more »| 28 Mar 2012 -
Cineskinny
GFF 2012: Babycall
Noomi Rapace (Millennium Trilogy) turns in another ferociously intense performance as Anna, a traumatised mother relocated with her young son to escape an ab... Read more »| 27 Mar 2012 -
Dvd Reviews
Crows Zero
Suzuran Senior High School for Boys is notorious as 'the toughest in the nation', an educational establishment where the droog-like pupils indulge in perpetu... Read more »| 26 Mar 2012