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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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Film EventsMarch Film Events: 2010
The GFT has outdone itself this month with not one, but two horror double bills – in one weekend! Fans of the video nasties can treat themselves to the... Read more »| 03 Mar 2010 -
New Releases1234
If you, like indie-popper Stevie (a gawky Ian Bonar), remember the first time you heard Tigermilk; harbour ambitions of touring the land; or just fin... Read more »| 01 Mar 2010 -
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GFF 2010: The Girl on the Train
It’s an interesting story, and one based on a true event: a woman, Jeanne, presents herself as the victim of an anti-Semitic hate crime, sparking natio... Read more »| 28 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010: Handsome Harry
What is the measure of a man? Answers to that question can range from the archly philosophical to the outright vulgar; while James Toback, Oliver Sto... Read more »| 26 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010: Bergfest
With just four actors, one isolated location and a subtext laden with unspoken resentment, Florian Eichinger’s intense, theatrical chamber piece impres... Read more »| 26 Feb 2010 -
CineskinnyGFF 2010: Fright Night
A weekend of horrors are in store at FrightFest Read more »| 25 Feb 2010
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CineskinnyGFF 2010: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Oh, what a joy it is that Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage have found each other! Their Bad Lieutenant runs along broadly similar lines to Abel Ferrara's film ... Read more »| 25 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
You know what to expect from this film. A terrifying insect, standing 100 ft tall, wrecks havoc on Japan’s capital city: the results of genetic... Read more »| 24 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010: Striking a Chord
1234 takes inspiration from Giles Borg's musical background, but you don't have to be an indie connoisseur to appreciate the story at its heart. Read more »| 24 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010: Family Ties
We talk to French filmmaker Nathan Miller about his critically acclaimed feature I’m Glad My Mother is Alive. Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010: City of Life and Death
Not since Elem Klimov's Come and See (1985) has a film captured the atrocities of war in such a vivid, powerful fashion. City of Life and Death docum... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
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Capitalism: A Love Story
Capitalism: A Love Story is a Michael Moore film, and by now we know exactly what to expect from this frustrating filmmaker. His take on the financia... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010: I Killed My Mother
As writer, director, producer and star of I Killed My Mother, 20-year-old Xavier Dolan has taken most of the inspiration for his first feature from his own l... Read more »| 23 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010: With One Voice
When erstwhile French rocker Jean-Yves Labat de Rossi decided to bring together musicians from Israel and Palestine, both Jews and Muslims, to form t... Read more »| 22 Feb 2010 -
New ReleasesGentlemen Prefer Blondes
This month sees the cinematic re-release of the 1953 hit Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, telling the story of Lorelei (Marilyn Monroe) and Dorothy (Jane Russell), ... Read more »| 22 Feb 2010