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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CineskinnyGFF 2010: Pachamama
A father and son tread the old trade route through the Bolivian Andes, bartering salt from the Uyuni flats near their home for regional produce - the corn, q... Read more »| 18 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010: Bringing Up Baby
Filmmakers, critics and cineastes alike can’t give anything but love to this baby, but that wasn’t always the case. Released in 1938, it bombed a... Read more »| 18 Feb 2010 -
CineskinnyGFF 2010: Things That Go Bump in the Night
Parisian electro duo Zombie Zombie talk about their love for the great horror filmmaker John Carpenter. Read more »| 18 Feb 2010 -
New ReleasesThe Headless Woman
In Lucrecia Martel's The Headless Woman, all it takes is a bump on the head to throw the central character's whole world out of sync. Verónica... Read more »| 15 Feb 2010 -
Opinion
Mark Kermode: It's Only A Movie
Amidst speculation that he is to succeed Jonathan Ross for Film 2010, outspoken film critic Dr Mark Kermode is on usual self-deprecating form tonight, regali... Read more »| 12 Feb 2010 -
New Releases
The Wolfman
Limping into cinemas after a notoriously protracted and problematic shoot, The Wolfman seems to be defeated almost before it has begun. Having lost o... Read more »| 11 Feb 2010
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New Releases
A Single Man
Tom Ford’s directorial debut attempts to create an emotional portrait of grief through the use of sensual images, textures and colours. Colin F... Read more »| 08 Feb 2010 -
CineskinnyGFF10 In Focus: Mark Cousins
The Edinburgh-based filmmaker and critic talks about his documentary The First Movie which involved going to Iraq and giving cameras to children to record aspects of their lives Read more »| 08 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010: The Scottish Connection
This year’s Glasgow Film Festival showcases the best Scottish talent alongside renowned international artists. We delve into the programme to highlight the most exciting events in film, music and art and celebrate the local connection Read more »| 05 Feb 2010 -
New Releases
Food, Inc.
Think twice about buying that hotdog or fizzy drink before sitting down to watch Food, Inc.: you’re not likely to finish them. Robert Kenner&rs... Read more »| 05 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010 In Focus: Kevin Macdonald
Ahead of his appearance at the Festival we talk to the Glasgow-born film director about his Scottish links and shooting his upcoming film, The Eagle of the Ninth. Read more »| 04 Feb 2010 -
OpinionA Little Joie-de-Vivre
In Micmacs a group of Parisian eccentrics plot revenge on two arms manufacturers in a style that harks back to the silent age of cinema – welcome to Jean-Pierre Jeunet country. Read more »| 04 Feb 2010 -
Dvd Reviews
The Stranger (Agantuk)
From 1991, Satyajit Ray directed this, his final film, from inside an oxygen tent. It doesn’t show. Based on one of his own short stories, it may not b... Read more »| 02 Feb 2010 -
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GFF 2010: The Young Guns
Glasgow Youth Film Festival crams 25 film premieres, events and workshops into just one week, all aimed at young audiences (and of course the young at heart). We pick our favourites from this year’s programme. Read more »| 02 Feb 2010 -
Dvd Reviews
Crazy Horse, Paris with Dita Von Teese
Featuring Dita Von Teese's routines and the cabaret set-pieces from the famous French night-club the Crazy Horse, this DVD presents burlesque as a mixture of... Read more »| 02 Feb 2010