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 ReleasesOf Gods and Men
A group of monks find the limits of their faith being put to the test in Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvois' perceptive and subtly powerful new film. T... Read more »| 26 Nov 2010 -
Dvd Reviews
Playtime & Les Vacances de M. Hulot
Jacques Tati's character Monsieur Hulot was France's answer to Charlot (their fond nickname for Charlie Chaplin) in the 1950s. If you've seen The Illusionist... Read more »| 25 Nov 2010 -
New ReleasesMonsters
Gareth Edwards' low-budget post-apocalyptic thriller, Monsters, hits UK cinemas after nine long months on the road at festivals from South By Southwest ... Read more »| 25 Nov 2010 -
Dvd ReviewsLittle Big Soldier
You know where you are with Jackie Chan. He's the lovable king of action comedy who can turn any situation into a whirlwind of martial arts slapstick. You mi... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010 -
InterviewsGareth Edwards: British Cinema's Renaissance Man
After a long slog on the festival circuit, Gareth Edwards' Monsters finally goes on general release. The Skinny talks to the talented young director about his genre-blending romance/monster movie, which has been wittily dubbed 'Brief Encounters of the Third Kind' Read more »| 24 Nov 2010 -
New Releases
Easier with Practice
Davy Mitchell (Geraghty) is an aspiring writer embarking, with sleazy brother Sean (O’Neill) in tow, on a self-financed “book tour”... Read more »| 23 Nov 2010
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Dvd Reviews
Leaving
Unfulfilled playing the part of a bourgeois housewife to her husband Samuel (Yvan Attal) and two children, Suzanne Vidal (Kristin Scott Thomas) decides to re... Read more »| 22 Nov 2010 -
Dvd Reviews
Splice
Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) are two genetic scientists in the employ of a medical research company. They create strange creatures th... Read more »| 19 Nov 2010 -
Dvd Reviews
Erasing David
Legitimate concerns about privacy and misuse of personal information have no place in director David Bond's bonkers documentary, which firmly sides itself wi... Read more »| 19 Nov 2010 -
New Releases
Whatever Works
The depth of Woody Allen's fall from box office grace was revealed by the cinema poster for Whatever Works, which buried his name in the fine print. ... Read more »| 15 Nov 2010 -
New Releases
Machete
It‘s refreshing to have Danny Trejo acting the title role of Robert Rodriguez’s latest Mexploitation offering. Looking like he has lived ... Read more »| 14 Nov 2010 -
Cineskinny
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
A rare chance to see Strange Powers, a documentary following the creative and personal life of Magnetic Fields singer/songwriter Stephin Merritt Read more »| 11 Nov 2010 -
Film Events
The Cameo's All Night Horror Madness
For a generation of twenty-somethings, slack parenting and older brothers and sisters led to us watching horror films at a far younger age than we should hav... Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
New Releases
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Palme d'Or winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is a unique and mesmerising piece of filmmaking, but it won't be to... Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
New Releases
The Kids Are All Right
A fitting queer comedy-drama with its heart in the right place. Read more »| 04 Nov 2010