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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FestivalsEIFF 2011: The Long (Shorts) Weekend
There may be no closing Gala this year, but the 65th Edinburgh International Film Festival is still sure to go out with a bang as it hosts the Nokia Shorts Weekender, Scotland's largest celebration of short films Read more »| 10 Jun 2011 -
Dvd ReviewsHowl
Allen Ginsberg was the fiery voice of a whole generation of disaffected American intellectuals and never more so than in his first published work, the poem H... Read more »| 10 Jun 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Armadillo
Armadillo’s approach to the war in Afghanistan is nominally non-political, but the film was nonetheless the subject of much debate in Denmark d... Read more »| 07 Jun 2011 -
New Releases
Kaboom
Kaboom opens with a naked Smith (Thomas Dekker) floating down a brightly lit corridor, looking a bit confused. So he should be. He is the centre of the colle... Read more »| 07 Jun 2011 -
Film EventsDonor Unknown
Donor Unknown: Adventures in the sperm trade. A young woman born through artificial insemination tracks down her donor dad, and along the way discovers dozen of siblings Read more »| 07 Jun 2011 -
Festivals
EIFF 2011: Stranger Than Fiction
Documentaries make up a third of the features showing at this year's EIFF. The Skinny preview this strong doc line-up, which includes Project Nim, the new film from Man on Wire's James Marsh, and Hell and Back Again, the startling war documentary that will close the festival's new Conflict | Reportage strand Read more »| 03 Jun 2011
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Festivals
EIFF 2011: Critical Massive
One of many new introductions to EIFF, Project: New Cinephilia intends to be an "energetic gathering of film lovers engaging in conversations on how to write about cinema" Read more »| 02 Jun 2011 -
FestivalsChanging Man: James Mullighan Interview
The Times They Are a-Changin' at The Edinburgh International Film Festival. Festival director James Mullighan tells The Skinny why change is necessary and why EIFF will no longer be a cog in the film distribution sausage machine Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
127 Hours
It is unlikely that anyone watching 127 Hours will be unfamiliar with the story of Aron Ralston, a hiker who became trapped in a canyon in Utah when ... Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
Film Events
June Film Highlights
On 14 June the CCA in Glasgow, in association with the Glasgow Science Festival, is showing George A. Romero's classic zombie flick, Night of the Living Dead... Read more »| 31 May 2011 -
New Releases
Senna
In The Warrior and Far North, Asif Kapadia displayed his strength as a visual storyteller, and those same instincts are at work in Senna, the director's firs... Read more »| 30 May 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
L'Age D'Or
“Surreal” is a much over used adjective but L'Age D'Or is the real deal. Made in 1930 by the Surrealist dream team of Salvador Dali and Luis Bunu... Read more »| 24 May 2011 -
New Releases
Heartbeats (Les amours imaginares)
The ridiculously talented 22 year-old actor-director Xavier Dolan follows up his 2009 festival hit I Killed My Mother with Heartbeats (Les Amours I... Read more »| 20 May 2011 -
New Releases
Win Win
Win Win is a character-driven film that is blessed with real characters; people we can understand, be interested in, and care about. That has been th... Read more »| 16 May 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Red Hill
Fresh-faced cop Shane Cooper (Kwanten) has transfered to the Outback town of Red Hill (pop. 120) to find peace and quiet for his pregnant wife. And in this b... Read more »| 16 May 2011