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 ReleasesIn the Loop
Armando Iannucci’s political satire In the Loop is brilliant. Why? Well, for a start it’s hilarious (what do you expect from one of the UK’... Read more »| 15 Apr 2009 -
New ReleasesTony Manero
Like Germany, Russia and many former eastern bloc countries, Chile has in the last few years been utilising cinema to explore the turmoil of its twentieth ce... Read more »| 10 Apr 2009 -
Opinion
Building Rome in a Day: The 48 Hour Film Project 2009
Some quarters of common knowledge suggest that Julius Caesar didn’t build Rome in a day and it took God nearly a week to create the Earth. A widely he... Read more »| 08 Apr 2009 -
Dvd ReviewsTransporter 3
After reaping the rewards as the founding father of Cinema du look, Luc Besson established himself as the 21st century Roger Corman, and has produced some of... Read more »| 06 Apr 2009 -
New Releases
Good
Flattery will get you everywhere; it even got the Nazis into power, or at least that’s how it appears in Good. It takes only a few words of praise to... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
News
Armando Iannucci on In the Loop
It looks like British films are on the up and Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop is one film that everyone’s talking about. We catch up with the director, as well as actors Peter Capaldi and Chris Addison, to chat about the film and its impact. Read more »| 01 Apr 2009
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New Releases
Religulous
Religion is the opium of society according to Karl Marx, and Bill Maher feels no differently. Venturing into the religious heartlands of America and beyond, ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
New Releases
La Vie Moderne
La Vie Moderne is a simple, empathetic and illuminating documentary about members of a rural community in the Haut-Garonne region of France. Depardon’... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
New Releases
The Boat That Rocked
The Boat That Rocked is a labour of love; a story of friendship and fraternity set against the backdrop of the swinging sixties, with one of the greatest sou... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
Dvd ReviewsPatti Smith: Dream of Life
Shot over eleven years, this utterly disarming documentary begins impressionistically, broadly sketching the subject’s turbulent but triumphant life in... Read more »| 23 Mar 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
Dorian Blues
Dorian is a smart teenager in high school, doing well in class and with a bright future ahead of him. There's just one complication: he's gay. Dorian Blues ... Read more »| 22 Mar 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
Splinter
Chewing the horror movie nail down to the quick has been the remit of most directors in the genre recently, with very few transcending the clichés and... Read more »| 16 Mar 2009 -
New Releases
Genova
Michael Winterbottom’s latest film begins with a heartbreaking tragedy. Afterwards, university lecturer Joe (Firth) decides to take his two daughters, ... Read more »| 10 Mar 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
4:30
It's early morning. A young Chinese boy climbs through the window of the Korean lodger in his family's apartment and watches him sleep. It's a desperately lo... Read more »| 10 Mar 2009 -
New Releases
Two Lovers
Oy vey! Is Joaquin Phoenix really giving up acting for rapping? Let’s hope not because Two Lovers is his best performance since 2005’s Walk the L... Read more »| 06 Mar 2009