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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InterviewsA Hard Day's Night
Sam Taylor-Wood discusses why making a biopic of a young John Lennon was no easy feat. Read more »| 15 Dec 2009 -
New ReleasesWhere the Wild Things Are
The first fifteen minutes of Spike Jonze's new film are possibly the most convincing representation of a child's world ever committed to celluloid, v... Read more »| 11 Dec 2009 -
New Releases
The Red Shoes
All the best fairytales have a dark sub-theme and this certainly proves to be the case with the re-release of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1... Read more »| 11 Dec 2009 -
New Releases
The First Day of The Rest of Your Life
Rémi Bezançon's second feature is a variegated portrait of the Duval family, each of whom we follow for one day, spanning 12 chaotic years of t... Read more »| 07 Dec 2009 -
New Releases
Unmade Beds
Unmade Beds is a beautiful and sensitive account of a handful of 20-somethings living in a squat in East London. We follow wide-eyed Axl (Fernando T... Read more »| 07 Dec 2009 -
New ReleasesThe Girlfriend Experience
The Girlfriend Experience is a fragmented, detached, yet revealing exploration of contemporary consumerist society. We follow high class escort, Che... Read more »| 02 Dec 2009
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New ReleasesCracks
Jordan Scott’s directorial debut is a suggestive beast. The title of the film itself, adapted from a Sheila Kohler novel of the same name, is a coy all... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
New Releases
The Merry Gentleman
If every good festive film requires a dollop of misery to counter the sparkles, The Merry Gentleman certainly fits the bill. When Kate (Kelly MacDonald), a y... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
New Releases
Me and Orson Welles
Me and Orson Welles begins with actor Richard (Zac Effron) seeking out the great Orson Welles for work. Seeing in his Haribo-boy face the perfect fo... Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
Interviews
Jim Jarmusch: A Trip down the Rabbit Hole
In an exclusive interview with The Skinny, cult filmmaker Jim Jarmusch discusses his mysterious new film The Limits of Control, his latest musical project Bad Rabbit, and why exploring our consciousness is an 'inalienable right' Read more »| 01 Dec 2009 -
New Releases
The Box
If a stranger left a box at your door, offering you a million dollars to push a button that results in the death of someone you don’t know, wou... Read more »| 30 Nov 2009 -
Film Events
December Film Events
If you happen to find yourself near the Highland village of Cromarty you might want to check out their compact film festival which runs from the 4 – 6 ... Read more »| 30 Nov 2009 -
New Releases
Law Abiding Citizen
Since 9/11, Hollywood has been resistant to give us the kind of evil geniuses who dominated genre cinema throughout the nineties, no doubt because Am... Read more »| 27 Nov 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
Inglourious Basterds
Tarantino’s superb genre pastiche is the cinematic equivalent of Woody Guthrie’s guitar case: a defiant, aggressive and life-affirming two-finger... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009 -
New Releases
Bunny and the Bull
Bunny and the Bull is the authorial debut of Paul King, best known for directing The Mighty Boosh and Darkplace - inevitable but deceptive touchstone... Read more »| 25 Nov 2009