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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 2011: No Singing, No Dancing
India's film industry is more than just the all-singing, all-dancing Bollywood extravaganzas, and the GFF is proud to bring a selection of the country's independent movies to the Scottish public. Words: James Kloda Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Streep's Ahead
This year's festival retrospective is dedicated to the queen of method, Meryl Streep. We take a look at her glory years. Read more »| 20 Feb 2011 -
CineskinnyGFF 2011: Pink Saris
Sampat Pal Devi is the residing matriarch of Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. A formidable force, her no-holds-barred attitude to Indian traditionalism is... Read more »| 20 Feb 2011 -
New ReleasesWaste Land
Amid the bleak surroundings of Brazil's Jardim Gramacho, the biggest landfill in the world, Lucy Walker's Waste Land finds an inspiring true story. Her docum... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
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Animal Kingdom
Detached, monosyllabic teen Joshua’s (Frecheville) mum has, as he puts it, “gone and OD’d and she’s dead”, so he turns to estra... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
CineskinnyGFF 2011: Road, Movie
As its title suggests, Road, Movie is a self-conscious referent of a spate of earlier films, and the concept of cinema in general. Vishnu (Abhay Deol) i... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011
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GFF 2011: Watch at your Peril
William Castle is the undisputed king of the gimmick movie. Becky Bartlett discusses just some of his shock tactics. Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Apnea
In an arresting opening, newly-crowned European swimming champ Dimitris (Sotiris Pastras) reminisces about lost love Elsa (Youlika Skafida), enveloped in the... Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Celluloid Choreography
The Glasgow Short Film Festival proudly hosts a selection of works by contemporary dancer turned film-maker Miranda Pennell's works Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: A New Dimension
With an ever increasing number of 3D films due for release, Helen Wright discusses its ability to enhance artistic expression Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: The Devil Has The Best Tunes
We talk to Glasgow DJ Alex Smoke about his new score for Faust Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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GFF 2011: Layers of Ozon
With Potiche selected as GFF's opening gala film, we look at the previous works by French director Francois Ozon Read more »| 17 Feb 2011 -
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Glasgow Youth Film Festival: Boy
Nostalgia is pretty low hanging fruit; after all, evoking the past’s warm glow can be as simple as humming the Dogtanian theme-tune or bemoaning the in... Read more »| 12 Feb 2011 -
New Releases
Inside Job
Money? It’s a gas. The carnage of Wall Street gets the focus treatment in Charles Ferguson’s timely documentary about the recent global financial... Read more »| 11 Feb 2011 -
Film Events
Superheroes In Glasgow
'Comic Book Guy' Thom Atkinson gives the lowdown on what's coming up in GFF11's Mark Millar curated 'Superheroes in Glasgow' strand Read more »| 09 Feb 2011