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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Dvd ReviewsThe 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 EventsJanuary 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 -
New ReleasesSherlock Holmes
Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes is an overblown mess which is almost saved by the charisma of its stars. As the great detective and his loyal sidekick Watson, ... Read more »| 22 Dec 2009 -
New Releases
Nowhere Boy
Sam Taylor-Wood establishes herself as a capable director with Nowhere Boy, her debut feature charting the domestic turmoil that plagues a teenage Jo... Read more »| 21 Dec 2009 -
New ReleasesAvatar
Having declared himself "The king of the world", James Cameron has now become a creator of worlds. His astonishing epic Avatar takes place on Pandora... Read more »| 16 Dec 2009 -
Interviews
A 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
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New Releases
Where 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 ReleasesThe 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 Releases
The 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 -
New Releases
Cracks
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