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 ReleasesPrecious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Lee Daniels’ hard-hitting depiction of the life of a Harlem teenager will, without doubt, make a big splash at the Oscars this year. It’s... Read more »| 25 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesA Prophet
French director Jacques Audiard beats Scorsese at his own game in this remarkably assured and confidently crafted prison drama. A Prophet begins with Muslim ... Read more »| 18 Jan 2010 -
New ReleasesThe Sea Wall
The Sea Wall stars Isabelle Huppert as a French widow who, accompanied by her two children Joseph (Gaspard Ulliel) and Suzanne (Astrid Berges-Frisbey), leave... Read more »| 11 Jan 2010 -
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 Releases
Mugabe 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
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Dvd Reviews
Warhol
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 -
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