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 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 -
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 EventsWatch 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
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InterviewsOne 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 -
Cineskinny
The Class
If there‘s one scene that captures most succinctly the challenge of educating and engaging a modern, multicultural group of children in The Class, it&r... Read more »| 18 Feb 2009 -
New Releases
Let the Right One In
If I’d known Let the Right One In was a vampire film, I wouldn’t have bothered seeing it, which would have been very much my loss. In fact, it de... Read more »| 18 Feb 2009 -
Cineskinny
Glasgow Youth Film Festival
Don’t be deterred by the title - the Glasgow Youth Film Festival caters for all ages. Becky Bartlett finds out more. Read more »| 17 Feb 2009