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 Releases
Bronson
A prison warden looks straight at Charlie Bronson, and calmly informs him “you’re ridiculous”. In truth, Bronson ought to be just another c... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
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Am I Black Enough For You?
Billy Paul is most widely known as the singer of “Me and Mrs. Jones”, a song that sat atop the U.S. charts for three weeks in 1972 and went on to win a Gramm... Read more »| 20 Feb 2009 -
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An All-Fright Night
Becky Bartlett gets horror-fied at FrightFest. Read more »| 20 Feb 2009 -
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A Not-So-Old Story: Interview with John Crowley
Becky Bartlett talks to director John Crowley about his film Is Anybody There? showing at Glasgow Film Festival, a poignant drama that explores society’s attitude to the elderly. Read more »| 18 Feb 2009 -
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Glasgow Film Festival: Independent State
Stephen Mitchell looks at the American indie presence at GFF this year. Read more »| 18 Feb 2009 -
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The Class
If there‘s one scene that captures most succinctly the challenge of educating and engaging a modern, multicultural group of children in The Class, it&r... Read more »| 18 Feb 2009
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New Releases
Let the Right One In
If I’d known Let the Right One In was a vampire film, I wouldn’t have bothered seeing it, which would have been very much my loss. In fact, it de... Read more »| 18 Feb 2009 -
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Glasgow Youth Film Festival
Don’t be deterred by the title - the Glasgow Youth Film Festival caters for all ages. Becky Bartlett finds out more. Read more »| 17 Feb 2009 -
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Johnny Mad Dog
From shooting a young boy for his basket of fruit to the gang rape of a woman caught in the middle of battle, Jean–Stephane Sauvaire’s bleak inte... Read more »| 17 Feb 2009 -
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Encounters at the End of the World
For over a year, Encounters at the End of the World has travelled the festival route, and its many awards have culminated in a much deserved Oscar nomination... Read more »| 17 Feb 2009 -
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Mr 73
“God’s a son of a bitch. Someday I’ll kill him.” When a hero utters these words within the first minute of a film you know things wil... Read more »| 16 Feb 2009 -
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Starry Starry Night
Tonight’s opening gala is worth getting a little starry-eyed about. Gail Tolley reports. Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
New Releases
Roman Holiday
Swooping orchestral music and white titles on black and white scenery signal the fact you’re in for a Sunday afternoon classic. Audrey Hepburn is Ann,... Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
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The Class
Laurent Cantet’s docudrama set in a tough Parisian Junior High, pits co-writer Francois Bégaudeau as Mr. Marin, a young teacher desperate to mak... Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
Festivals
Cutting some rug on the cutting room floor
Not content with projecting moving images onto every single flat surface in Glasgow, this year the festival promises to infiltrate the underbelly of the town, with events taking place in the Sub Club and The Arches. Read more »| 11 Feb 2009