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 ReleasesThe American
The American is low on incident but rich in mood. Watching Corbijn’s follow-up to Control (2006) is like flicking through a portfolio of the former mus... Read more »| 04 Nov 2010 -
Dvd ReviewsA Town Called Panic
Based on a Belgian television series, A Town Called Panic is a deranged stop motion film by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, creators of the instant... Read more »| 02 Nov 2010 -
InterviewsMike Leigh: Bard of Bleakness
Much loved miserablist Mike Leigh discusses his latest film, Another Year, and his forty year filmmaking career Read more »| 02 Nov 2010 -
OpinionReel Talk: Paul or Pauline
Our new Film Editor introduces himself Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
FestivalsEIFF 2011 open for business
Submissions for EIFF 2011 are now open Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
Film EventsNovember Film Events 2010
The Filmhouse is hosting an Introduction to European Cinema, a season of films screening in collaboration with the Film Studies course at the University of E... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010
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New ReleasesAnother Year
For four decades Mike Leigh has been exploring, with a mischievous relish, the lives and loves of the inhabitants of London’s urban sprawl. His latest ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
New ReleasesLet Me In
Matt Reeves' Let Me In may be a pointless exercise, but as pointless exercises go, it's not a bad effort. This English-language remake of the cult Swedish ho... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
New ReleasesMammoth
Lukas Moodysson's approach to filmmaking was becoming increasingly experimental, so it is a surprise to see how conventional Mammoth is. His follow-up to the... Read more »| 27 Oct 2010 -
Dvd ReviewsGet Him to the Greek
Russell Brand's turn as reclusive rock star Aldous Snow does little to stretch the comedian. The character, first seen in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, ... Read more »| 26 Oct 2010 -
Dvd ReviewsFrozen
Chipper college kids Joe (Shawn Ashmore), Dan (Kevin Zegers) and Parker (Emma Bell) head for the ski slopes. They grease a chair-lift dude to let them on one... Read more »| 25 Oct 2010 -
New ReleasesThe Hunter
Having just been released from prison Ali Alavi (Rafi Pitts) attempts to settle into family life by taking a job as a night watchman and spending time with h... Read more »| 23 Oct 2010 -
New ReleasesPeeping Tom: 50th Anniversary
Fifty years after its notorious debut, Peeping Tom returns to cinemas in all its creepy and lucid Technicolor glory for audiences' voyeuristic pleasure. It&r... Read more »| 22 Oct 2010 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Secret Of Kells
The polished work of Pixar and its peers has left a large void for alternatives, and The Secret of Kells, basing both visuals and storyline on the famous Cel... Read more »| 22 Oct 2010 -
New ReleasesThe Collector
A small time burglar gets more than he bargained for when he breaks into a house and discovers a bloodthirsty lunatic already preying on the defenceless fami... Read more »| 21 Oct 2010