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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Dvd ReviewsThe Tunnel
Made in 2001, The Tunnel's long-delayed release in Britain – and its origins as a television movie – is no indication of its quality. Inspired by... Read more »| 18 Apr 2011 -
New ReleasesRed Riding Hood
The critical reception from the US may be scary enough to keep filmgoers out of the big, dark multiplex this month as Red Riding Hood hits our screens. This ... Read more »| 15 Apr 2011 -
New Releases
Your Highness
It’s a shame that boys will be boys, because it’s the relentless stream of smutty schoolboy jokes that threaten to spoil what’s actually a ... Read more »| 12 Apr 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Blood Simple
In this re-make of the Coen brothers' tourniquet-tight thriller about what happens to best laid plans, sweaty Texas is swapped for the scorched deserts of an... Read more »| 11 Apr 2011 -
New ReleasesLittle White Lies
Guillaume Canet’s follow-up to Tell No One is a change of pace, from intense thriller to ensemble comedy-drama, but it's no less compelling. Starring F... Read more »| 11 Apr 2011 -
Interviews
Kelly Reichardt: Redefining The Western
Wendy and Lucy director Kelly Reichardt talks to The Skinny about her new film Meek's Cutoff Read more »| 07 Apr 2011
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New ReleasesMeek's Cutoff
In the stark, arid landscape of the Oregon Trail, a small group of people wander aimlessly towards an uncertain destination. Kelly Reichardt's remarkable Mee... Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
New Releases
Cold Fish
For a film in which giggling killers mock the size of a severed penis, Cold Fish is surprisingly restrained – at first. Passive family-man Shamoto (Mit... Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
Film Events
All Night Horror Madness 2
Ever since Jesus rolled back that rock all those years ago and scared the shit out of some Romans, people have loved a sequel. And what better way to celebra... Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
Interviews
Aaron Katz: Mumblecore Comes In From The Cold
Aaron Katz, the talented director behind mumblecore hits Dance Party USA and Quiet City, discusses his new film Cold Weather Read more »| 06 Apr 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
The Be All and End All
As if adolescence isn’t difficult enough, The Be All and End All does a commendable job in giving perspective to teenage trials within the much broader... Read more »| 05 Apr 2011 -
Film Events
Film Events in April
The Cameo in Edinburgh continues its Werner Herzog season with Even Dwarfs Started Small (6 April), featuring a cast entirely made up of dwarves. It is follo... Read more »| 01 Apr 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Somewhere
With its insider depiction of Hollywood life Somewhere will do little to change the minds of those critics who have seen director Sofia Coppola as a movie br... Read more »| 01 Apr 2011 -
CineskinnyOranges and Sunshine
Diplomatic dilemma and political blame-dodging; children being removed from their mothers, dispatched for ‘better lives’ in the colonies only to ... Read more »| 31 Mar 2011 -
New Releases
Killing Bono
For many there’ll be no more tantalising film title this year than this one based on Neil McCormick’s autobiographical tale of his rivalry with h... Read more »| 31 Mar 2011