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 ReleasesStar Trek
Following an explosive opening sequence, Star Trek sees director Abrams and writers Orci and Kurtzman neatly introduce a prequel plotline that takes us back ... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
New Releases
Cheri
The latest from Stephen Frears certainly isn’t timid in referencing his past work Dangerous Liaisons, from a photograph taken straight from the film to... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
New ReleasesBlue Eyelids
Mid-way through Contreras' beautifully photographed, Mexican drama Blue Eyelids the two protagonists, both awkward and accustomed to their individual lives o... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
Interviews
Michelle Yeoh: The Big Adventurer
A truly international star, Michelle Yeoh has gone from fight scenes with Jackie Chan to love scenes with James Bond. She’s worked with Oscar winners Danny Boyle and Ang Lee, and turned The Skinny’s Michael Gillespie into the gibbering, giggling schoolboy he was when he first fell in love with her. He spoke to the sensational star about her career and her new film, Far North. Read more »| 03 May 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
Common Threads
When the AIDS epidemic first hit America, the conservative Reagan administration hid their heads in the sand and did their very best to ignore it. Inspired ... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
Interviews
Emily Watson on the Insanity of Synecdoche, New York
One of Britain’s most distinguished actresses, Emily Watson returns to our cinemas this month in Charlie Kaufman’s baffling directorial debut Synecdoche, New York. Gail Tolley spoke to her for an exclusive interview with The Skinny. Read more »| 28 Apr 2009
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Film Events
May Film Events
There’s plenty to see at cinemas across Scotland this month. The Filmhouse in Edinburgh continues its festival run with the Tibet Film Festival from 8-... Read more »| 28 Apr 2009 -
New Releases
Is Anybody There?
Following Intermission and Boy A, director John Crowley shows his diversity with his latest venture, Is Anybody There? Dark humour permeates this tale of Edw... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
Dvd ReviewsHow To Be
Currently turning teenage girls to jelly in the Twilight franchise, Robert Pattinson gives a decent stab (or should that be stake?) at another kind of existe... Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
New ReleasesObserve and Report
Seth Rogen’s rising star falls flat on its arse in his messy and distinctly ugly new comedy. Ronnie Barnhardt (Rogen) is a boorish mall security guard ... Read more »| 23 Apr 2009 -
New Releases
State of Play
Political thriller State of Play opens with an ignominious bit of PR; journalist Cal McAffrey drives to work in a battered Saab estate, doing nothing to enco... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
The Celluloid Closet
With films like Milk and Brokeback Mountain achieving Oscar wins and mainstream success, it’s easy to forget that in the dark days of Hollywood gone by... Read more »| 22 Apr 2009 -
Opinion
Happy Birthday GFT!
If you tend to prefer your cinemas with a little charm and magic, without overt corporate sponsorship and pesky multiplex convenience, you may also like to k... Read more »| 21 Apr 2009 -
New ReleasesOutlander
Simultaneously the best and worst film about Vikings hunting space monsters you’re ever likely to see, Outlander focuses on Kainan (a miscast Jim Cavie... Read more »| 20 Apr 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
Laurence Olivier presents Harold Pinter's The Collection
Pinter’s 1961 play (here made for TV by The World Is Not Enough and Enigma director Apted in 1976) focuses on two dysfunctional couples linked by suspi... Read more »| 20 Apr 2009