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 ReviewsBoccaccio '70
Buttoned down Catholicism and the resulting itch to unbutton everything: 60s Italy is the setting for Boccaccio ’70, with four of the country’s m... Read more »| 27 May 2009 -
FestivalsCannes 2009: The Highs, The Lows and The Gore
We came, we saw, and gore and horror conquered. Gail Tolley brings you the most talked about films from this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
New ReleasesSummer Scars
If you go down to the woods today, be sure to watch out for nasty surprises. Julian Richards’ semi-autobiographical award-winning horror tale has been ... Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
New ReleasesTormented
Many of E4’s ‘Skins’ cast are to be found in Jon Wright’s budget Brit flick classroom horror Tormented in which Darren Mullet, a fat ... Read more »| 15 May 2009 -
New Releases
Fermat's Room
Spain’s answer to the Saw franchise sees its victims forced to use their brains rather than their bodies to survive the game. In Fermat’s Room, f... Read more »| 14 May 2009 -
New Releases
Awaydays
When Paul Carty (Nicky Bell) meets Elvis (Liam Boyle) each sees in the other the chance for escape. For Carty, Elvis is his passport into the violent camarad... Read more »| 12 May 2009
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Interviews
Jamie J Johnson on Sounds Like Teen Spirit
If you’re expecting Sounds Like Teen Spirit to be anything about the 90s grunge scene you’ll be sorely disappointed. It couldn’t be furthe... Read more »| 08 May 2009 -
FestivalsEIFF 2009 Programme Launch
The Edinburgh International Film Festival programme was announced this morning, revealing a varied and exciting list of events and films with an emphasis on ... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
New Releases
Star 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 Releases
Blue 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 -
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