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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Film EventsGood Rep – November
Five eye-catching repertory screenings happening in November Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
New ReleasesWuthering Heights
There have been many screen versions of Wuthering Heights but we've never seen one quite like this. Andrea Arnold has brought her bold, uncompromising vision... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Dvd ReviewsRussell Kane: Smokescreens & Castles DVD
DVD can be the kiss of death for stand-up comedy, but Russell Kane's Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show Smokescreens and Castles makes the transfer sea... Read more »| 07 Nov 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Greg McHugh: Tank Commander
Fresh from his bone dry turn as Howard in Fresh Meat, we speak to Greg McHugh about Gary: Tank Commander, his more up-tempo comic creation about a permatan squaddie with a great line in YouTube dance numbers, ahead of its series two DVD release Read more »| 04 Nov 2011 -
New Releases
Taking Off
Between the bittersweet brilliance of A Blonde in Love and the Oscar glory of Cuckoo's Nest, Milos Forman made this riotous 1971 oddity about America’s... Read more »| 03 Nov 2011 -
Interviews
The Grand Master: Terence Davies in interview
The UK film industry has committed some heinous acts — Revolver, Rancid Aluminium, Richard Curtis — but perhaps its worst crime is failing to support Terence Davies, its great visionary. We spoke to the Liverpudlian about his latest feature Read more »| 02 Nov 2011
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New Releases
Jack Goes Boating
Philip Seymour Hoffman makes a solid debut behind the camera with this adaptation of Robert Glaudini’s play, a suitably thespian-friendly piece for one... Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
Film EventsNovember Film Highlights
The highlights from November's cinema calendar Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
New ReleasesThe Help
Subtlety can be oft-neglected when portraying the civil rights era cinematically and this latest Hollywood adaptation (based on Kathryn Stockett's bestseller... Read more »| 28 Oct 2011 -
Interviews
The Up-and-Comer: Andrew Haigh interview
We spoke to Andrew Haigh about his second feature film Weekend, the year's finest romance, ahead of its premiere at the London Film Festival Read more »| 28 Oct 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
The Conversation
With the News of the World phone tapping scandal fresh in our minds comes the timely re-release of Francis Ford Coppola's study of surveillance, The Con... Read more »| 27 Oct 2011 -
New Releases
Weekend
Weekend is your atypical (in Movieland) boy meets boy love story. On an impromptu Friday night cruising a cheesy nightclub in unglamorous Nottingham, Russell... Read more »| 25 Oct 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Loosely based on the true story of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, who confessed to over 600 murders, John McNaughton's controversial magnum opus is as far fr... Read more »| 24 Oct 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
In the Realm of the Senses
A film based on the exploits of a woman who carried her lover's severed penis around in her handbag really ought to be more entertaining than this. Director... Read more »| 24 Oct 2011 -
New Releases
The Yellow Sea
Here director Hong-jin Na looks beyond Hollywood’s horizon of expectation and makes the outsider cliché contemporary with a story initially livi... Read more »| 21 Oct 2011