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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CineskinnyGFF 2011: Contemporary Days
Long before Ikea broke down and flat-packed modernism for the masses, Robin and Lucienne Day were hard at work designing the foundations of what now seems co... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
CineskinnyGFF 2011: Submarino
Using a novice cast and crew from the Danish film scene, Submarino harks back to the earlier film-making of director Thomas Vinterberg, a key figure of the D... Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
CineskinnyGFF 2011: Holes Where The Heart Is
Winner of the inaugural Margaret Tait Award 2010, Torsten Lauschmann invites Jac Mantle to his studio for an insight into his forthcoming screening at Glasgow Film Festival 2011. Words: Jac Mantle Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
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Wake Wood
Recently resurrected British studio Hammer's latest film is a new addition to the folk horror genre, in which a couple move to rural (fictional) Irish town W... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Dave Gibbons
Before his special appearance at GFF, acclaimed comic book artist and writer Dave Gibbons meets the CineSkinny to discuss his extensive career, the Watchmen adaptation, and Mark Millar. Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Griff the Invisible
From an unfinished synopsis, it feels natural to compare Griff the Invisible to fellow self-styled superhero Kick-Ass (plus there's also a slither of&nb... Read more »| 24 Feb 2011
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Dvd Reviews
Easy A
When Olive (Emma Stone) tells her best friend a white lie about losing her virginity (her “V-card”) she finds that her “terminological inex... Read more »| 23 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Y'all get scared now, y'hear?
The Glasgow Film Festival has gremlins in its midst as legendary prog-rockers Goblin come to town Read more »| 23 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Quite(ly) Interesting
For comic book fans, he needs no introduction, but for everyone else, we profile acclaimed Glaswegian graphic novelist Frank Quitely prior to his special workshop at GFF. Words: Thom Atkinson Read more »| 23 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Creation of a Legend
The Brit pop scene owes a lot to Creation Records and its eccentric founder Alan McGee. Danny O'Connor's documentary reminds us of the company's importance. Words: Chris Buckle Read more »| 23 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Deconstructing Dad
Documentaries can become personal in the making for any filmmaker, but the achievement of Stan Warnow in Deconstructing Dad is particular... Read more »| 23 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Harry Shearer
Harry Shearer, the man of a thousand Simpsons voices, brings wit and a keen journalist’s instinct to documentary on the US government's shambolic handling of Hurricane Katrina Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: No Singing, No Dancing
India's film industry is more than just the all-singing, all-dancing Bollywood extravaganzas, and the GFF is proud to bring a selection of the country's independent movies to the Scottish public. Words: James Kloda Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Streep's Ahead
This year's festival retrospective is dedicated to the queen of method, Meryl Streep. We take a look at her glory years. Read more »| 20 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Pink Saris
Sampat Pal Devi is the residing matriarch of Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. A formidable force, her no-holds-barred attitude to Indian traditionalism is... Read more »| 20 Feb 2011