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 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 ReleasesGenova
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 Reviews4:30
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 ReleasesTwo 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
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New Releases
The Age of Stupid
Pete Postlethwaite plays 'the archivist', alone in 2055 after humankind's decimation by global warming. The cinema screen becomes his VDU, as he drags and dr... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009 -
Film Events
Watch This Space
Twenty-three years after its publication, will the film version of Watchmen do its source material justice? Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
My Name Is Bruce
Best known as Evil Dead's chainsaw wielding, ass-kicking human cartoon Ash, legendary c-lister Bruce Campbell is for many the god of genre cinema. Gleefully... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
Interviews
One Girl and Her Dog
Kelly Reichardt is establishing herself as the creator of beautiful, meditative indie gems. Gail Tolley meets her to discuss her new film Wendy and Lucy. Read more »| 27 Feb 2009 -
New Releases
Bronson
A prison warden looks straight at Charlie Bronson, and calmly informs him “you’re ridiculous”. In truth, Bronson ought to be just another c... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
Cineskinny
Am I Black Enough For You?
Billy Paul is most widely known as the singer of “Me and Mrs. Jones”, a song that sat atop the U.S. charts for three weeks in 1972 and went on to win a Gramm... Read more »| 20 Feb 2009 -
Cineskinny
An All-Fright Night
Becky Bartlett gets horror-fied at FrightFest. Read more »| 20 Feb 2009 -
Cineskinny
A Not-So-Old Story: Interview with John Crowley
Becky Bartlett talks to director John Crowley about his film Is Anybody There? showing at Glasgow Film Festival, a poignant drama that explores society’s attitude to the elderly. Read more »| 18 Feb 2009 -
Cineskinny
Glasgow Film Festival: Independent State
Stephen Mitchell looks at the American indie presence at GFF this year. Read more »| 18 Feb 2009