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 ReleasesColombiana
Writer/producer Luc Besson returns to familiar super-assassin territory with Colombiana, and it may be time he left the genre well alone. After witnessing th... Read more »| 09 Sep 2011 -
New ReleasesTrollHunter
André Øvredal’s charming mockumentary following curmudgeonly troll dispatcher Hans (Jespersen) features a great deal of wit, but perhaps ... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
Dvd ReviewsHeavenly Creatures
When did it all start to go so right? Well, for Kate Winslet and director Peter Jackson it was in 1994 with this film based on a crime that shocked 1... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Julia's Eyes
The rich visual influence of producer Guillermo del Toro is unmistakable in – and unfortunately the best thing about – this witless farce that de... Read more »| 04 Sep 2011 -
New Releases
The Hedgehog
Mona Achache’s film, The Hedgehog (Le Hérisson), might have easily descended into a cloying tale of the miseries of Paris’ bourgeoisie. El... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Festivals
Something for the Weekend: Interview with Karl Golden
The Skinny caught up with Pelican Blood director Karl Golden to discuss his new film Weekender, a love letter to the early 90s rave scene Read more »| 01 Sep 2011
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OpinionHero Worship: Brian De Palma
"I came for the naked school girls, I stayed for De Palma's baroque brilliance." Film editor Jamie Dunn gives us an insight into his adoration of Brian de Palma Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Film Events
September Film Highlights
The DCA in Dundee is showing a wide range of classic movies this month, all worth seeing on the big screen, including three films from Ealing Studios. The Br... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Long considered one of the best of the Ealing Comedies, Kind Hearts & Coronets is in many ways atypical of the studio's output. Instead of the us... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011 -
New ReleasesWeekender
Opening with heavy beats and neon colours, Weekender is a nostalgic look at Manchester's rave culture in the early 90s. One drug-fuelled night, friends Matt ... Read more »| 30 Aug 2011 -
Dvd Reviews
13 Assassins
There is an extraordinary scene near the beginning of 13 Assassins. Samurai Shinzaemon has been asked to kill Lord Naritsugu whose extreme cruelty is threate... Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Interviews
Cinema Odyssey: An Interview with Mark Cousins
The Story of Film: An Odyssey tells the history of the moving image, from the simple thrill of the Lumière Brothers to the hi-tech digital age. We speak to its director, Mark Cousins, about this epic journey Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Interviews
Bureaucratic Fairytales: An Interview with André Øvredal
We hunt down director André Øvredal at this year's Edinburgh Film Festival to discuss his new mockumentary TrollHunter, a tale of mythical monsters and mid-level employee paperwork Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
New Releases
The Skin I Live In
After going through the motions with a couple of features that failed to match the sharp wit of his best work, Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In is... Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
Film Events
Lock Up Your Daughters Lose It At The Movies
Helen Wright explains why Lock Up Your Daughters' upcoming screening of Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho is perfectly in keeping with their new monthly queer movie night at the GFT Read more »| 19 Aug 2011