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 ReleasesTreeless Mountain
Brooklyn-based So Yong Kim draws on her own memories growing up in Korea for her second feature film Treeless Mountain. Young sisters Jin and Bin are left wi... Read more »| 11 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesMugabe and the White African
Mugabe and the White African delivers an emotive insight into the effects of Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe’s land acquisition policy. The docum... Read more »| 08 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesIt's Complicated
The middle-aged demographic is notably underserved in mainstream romantic comedy, but on the occasion that it is, it would be nice to see an alternat... Read more »| 08 Jan 2010 -
Dvd ReviewsWarhol
Invaluable for students of sixties counter-culture, this intimate and controversial collection of documentaries by David Bailey has his titular pop artist pr... Read more »| 08 Jan 2010 -
Interviews
Doomed Youth
Gerardo Naranjo talks about his stylish new Mexican drama I'm Going to Explode. Read more »| 08 Jan 2010 -
Dvd Reviews
The Queen of Spades
Based on a short story by Aleksandr Pushkin and championed by Martin Scorsese (who provides an enthusiastic introduction to this DVD), this obscure 1949 fant... Read more »| 08 Jan 2010
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New Releases
The Road
John Hillcoat found some of the most disaster-ravaged locations in the world to film his version of Cormac McCarthy’s celebrated novel, The Road. The u... Read more »| 05 Jan 2010 -
Dvd Reviews
The Secret People
Most of what you need to know about Dickinson’s spy story can be found in the title: despite the pulpy connotations, it’s actually an exi... Read more »| 01 Jan 2010 -
Dvd Reviews
Afghan Star
Havana Marking’s film documents the journey of four young hopefuls in the final stages of a reality singing show. But forget The X-Factor: this is abou... Read more »| 29 Dec 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
District 9
With a formal approach in keeping with the Youtube era of digital filmmaking, Neill Blompkamp’s debut is an exciting and provocative rush, its success ... Read more »| 29 Dec 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
The Beast Stalker
Opening with a thrilling police chase which results in an impressive slow motion pile-up, director Dante (The Twins Effect) Lam’s latest is a stylish b... Read more »| 28 Dec 2009 -
Film Events
January Film Events
As we ring in the new year, it’s always good to reflect on the past. What better way to do that than with a selection of film classics? January is al... Read more »| 28 Dec 2009 -
New Releases
Sherlock Holmes
Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes is an overblown mess which is almost saved by the charisma of its stars. As the great detective and his loyal sidekick Watson, ... Read more »| 22 Dec 2009 -
New Releases
Nowhere Boy
Sam Taylor-Wood establishes herself as a capable director with Nowhere Boy, her debut feature charting the domestic turmoil that plagues a teenage Jo... Read more »| 21 Dec 2009 -
New Releases
Avatar
Having declared himself "The king of the world", James Cameron has now become a creator of worlds. His astonishing epic Avatar takes place on Pandora... Read more »| 16 Dec 2009