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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Film EventsNovember Film Events 2009
It’s the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, and to commemorate this event the Filmhouse in Edinburgh is showing a mini-season, The Fall o... Read more »| 20 Oct 2009 -
Dvd ReviewsIp Man
Grandmaster Ip Man trained Bruce Lee. Frankly, he could have done nothing else and died a proud and happy man. But he also survived the Japanese invasion of ... Read more »| 14 Oct 2009 -
Interviews
Agnes Varda on The Beaches of Agnes
The Beaches of Agnes is an inspiring journey through the life of an often overlooked director: Agnes Varda. Read more »| 12 Oct 2009 -
New ReleasesPontypool
Pontypool may be disguised as a zombie film, but it in fact offers a whole new take on the concept. More in keeping with the plague-ridden undead in 28 Days... Read more »| 09 Oct 2009 -
New Releases
Pandorum
When Corporal Bower (Ben Foster) wakes from hypersleep aboard the Elysium things are not looking good: the lights are out, the reactor is about to shut down,... Read more »| 08 Oct 2009 -
Interviews
Lords of The Wing
Michael Gillespie talks to the makers of the visually breath-taking documentary The Crimson Wing Read more »| 05 Oct 2009
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New Releases
Up
Up is the latest venture from animation house Pixar, destined to delight children and adults alike with its old-fashioned tale of a 78 year old who decides t... Read more »| 02 Oct 2009 -
Film Events
October Film Events 2009
October means only one thing to horror fans: Halloween. This year, the Cameo in Edinburgh and the GFT in Glasgow are screening a zombie double bill on 25 and... Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
The Dancing Outlaw: Dominic Murphy and Edward Hogg on White Lightnin'
Stylish and intense, White Lightnin' is a recreation of the life of an unlikely cult figure: Appalachian dancer Jesco White. The Skinny spoke to director Dominic Murphy and actor Edward Hogg about the making of the film and meeting the man himself. Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
New Releases
Crying with Laughter
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New ReleasesThe Beaches of Agnes
A delightful and idiosyncratic autobiographical documentary from one of cinema’s greatest directors: Agnes Varda. The Beaches of Agnes combines clips f... Read more »| 25 Sep 2009 -
Film EventsRage by Sally Potter
Ah, critics do love a ‘trend’ or better still a new ‘movement’. The latest buzz phrase to get us critics hopping about and casually d... Read more »| 24 Sep 2009 -
Interviews
Shane Meadows: Filming in the Fast Lane
After wowing critics with This is England and Somers Town, Shane Meadows could have easily headed to Hollywood to make his fortune. Instead he decided to return to a more stripped down style of filmmaking. The Skinny sat down with the acclaimed filmmaker as well as actor Paddy Considine and producer Mark Herbert to discuss their latest project, the faux rockumentary Le Donk and Scorz-Ayz-Ee. Read more »| 23 Sep 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
Goddess
At one point in Goddess, Roy (Biswas), the patriarch of the family at the centre of Ray’s period drama, complains that his son Umaprasad (Chatterjee) i... Read more »| 22 Sep 2009 -
New Releases
Fish Tank
Mia, played by the mesmerizing Katie Jarvis, is a typical teenager: caught in a state of acute rage and chronic vulnerability. She has dreams, realizable des... Read more »| 14 Sep 2009