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 ReleasesDANCE:FILM 11: A Good Man
A blast of triumphant anger Read more »| 14 Nov 2011 -
Dvd ReviewsMilton Jones: The Lion Whisperer DVD
Milton Jones has produced that rarest of beasts: a U-certificate comedy DVD. Not that it’s a kid’s show as such; stoned students and families dig... Read more »| 10 Nov 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Alan Carr: Spexy Beast DVD & BluRay
Alan Carr emerges onstage at Manchester's MEN Arena in a kimono Hugh Hefner would be proud of. The Playboy look, unsurprisingly, doesn't last long and is soo... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
Dvd ReviewsPage One: Inside the New York Times
Page One opens inside the New York Times' mammoth printing press. Alongside it, the stately monolith of its Manhattan headquarters is a statue to t... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
OpinionThree Things I've Learned From The Walking Dead
Fred Fletch pays tribute to the US zombie thriller, and offers his survival advice for a surprisingly mundane zombie apocalypse Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Film Events
Crash: Some Damn Fine Pre-Coital Moves
Steph ponders on the reasons why actors in 90s films have sex with their on-screen companions, and whether learning your seduction techniques from the movies is a good idea, or not Read more »| 08 Nov 2011
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Film Events
Good Rep – November
Five eye-catching repertory screenings happening in November Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
New Releases
Wuthering 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 Reviews
Russell 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 -
InterviewsThe 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 -
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 Events
November Film Highlights
The highlights from November's cinema calendar Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
New Releases
The 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