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 ReviewsBrother
“You Japanese are so inscrutable”. It is a relief when a character says this in Brother for Beat Takeshi always has me reaching for the thesaurus... Read more »| 29 Sep 2010 -
New Releases
Buried
From the first minute of Buried to the last, we are stuck inside a wooden coffin alongside Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds), an American truck driver being held f... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Dvd Reviews
South of the Border
Leading with footage of Fox News and its right-wing cohorts acting foolish, South of the Border seems to aim for populist agitprop a la Michael Moore. But Mo... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
Interviews
Mother Knows Best: Bong Joon-ho on Mother
The Korean director Bong Joon-ho talks about his highly-anticiapted new film, Mother Read more »| 10 Sep 2010 -
InterviewsThe Dead of Winter
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and a stand out work at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Winter’s Bone is one of the most inspiring examples of recent American cinema. Director Debra Granik discusses the film Read more »| 06 Sep 2010 -
New Releases
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
Following the commercial and critical success of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Werner Herzog returns with the equally long-titled but far... Read more »| 04 Sep 2010
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New Releases
The Runaways
Based on a novel by Cherie Currie, former front-woman of the radical teen rock band The Runaways, this biopic of the same name follows the predictable route ... Read more »| 03 Sep 2010 -
Dvd ReviewsBreathless
Godard's first and most accessible film is many things: a studied homage to his beloved Hollywood gangster films; a pioneering piece of guerilla film-making;... Read more »| 01 Sep 2010 -
New Releases
Certified Copy
Acclaimed Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami makes his first film outside his home country with Certified Copy; a tale of a relationship that takes on... Read more »| 31 Aug 2010 -
Film Events
September Film Events
For budding filmmakers or those simply interested in exploring the future of cinema and the moving image, head to the GFT in Glasgow on 28 September for Film... Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
News
Electric Dreams: David Barras on a new low-budget Edinburgh film
Nicola Balkind finds out about Electric Man, a low-budget film being made in Scotland's capital, described as The Maltese Falcon meets Clerks Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
New ReleasesMother
Mother is a thriller, but it's also a comedy, a mystery, a satire and an emotionally resonant drama. Such a blend of seemingly disparate styles and tones is ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
New Releases
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret in Their Eyes was the surprise winner of the Best Foreign Language Film at the last Academy Awards, but underneath the glossy surface, Juan Jos&ea... Read more »| 02 Aug 2010 -
Interviews
An Interview with SoulBoy's Martin Compston
Scottish actor Martin Compston grabs his dancing shoes for SoulBoy, a coming of age story set in the world of 70s Northern Soul Read more »| 30 Jul 2010 -
Film Events
August Film Events: 2010
Whilst the many festivals taking place in Edinburgh this month might not be focused on film there are still a variety of events which will appeal to cinephil... Read more »| 27 Jul 2010