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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CineskinnyThe 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 ReleasesLet 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 -
CineskinnyGlasgow 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 -
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Johnny Mad Dog
From shooting a young boy for his basket of fruit to the gang rape of a woman caught in the middle of battle, Jean–Stephane Sauvaire’s bleak inte... Read more »| 17 Feb 2009 -
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Encounters at the End of the World
For over a year, Encounters at the End of the World has travelled the festival route, and its many awards have culminated in a much deserved Oscar nomination... Read more »| 17 Feb 2009 -
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Mr 73
“God’s a son of a bitch. Someday I’ll kill him.” When a hero utters these words within the first minute of a film you know things wil... Read more »| 16 Feb 2009
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CineskinnyStarry Starry Night
Tonight’s opening gala is worth getting a little starry-eyed about. Gail Tolley reports. Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
New Releases
Roman Holiday
Swooping orchestral music and white titles on black and white scenery signal the fact you’re in for a Sunday afternoon classic. Audrey Hepburn is Ann,... Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
New Releases
The Class
Laurent Cantet’s docudrama set in a tough Parisian Junior High, pits co-writer Francois Bégaudeau as Mr. Marin, a young teacher desperate to mak... Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
Festivals
Cutting some rug on the cutting room floor
Not content with projecting moving images onto every single flat surface in Glasgow, this year the festival promises to infiltrate the underbelly of the town, with events taking place in the Sub Club and The Arches. Read more »| 11 Feb 2009 -
New Releases
Che: Parts One and Two
In the four decades since his death, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara has remained an icon of popular culture while our knowledge of the man has become as t... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
New Releases
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Woody Allen’s latest, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, is ostensibly the tale of two young American women spending a summer in Barcelona. Vicky, played by Reb... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
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Glasgow Film Festival 2009: Celebrating Cinema City
Gail Tolley looks at the highlights of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival. Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
Gomorrah
Gomorrah is being released in the US under the banner “Martin Scorsese presents”, and while that director’s ouvre may explore the culture o... Read more »| 03 Feb 2009 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Times of Harvey Milk
Oscar hopes are high for Gus Van Sant’s Milk, an excellent biopic of the first openly gay elected official in American history. Van Sant credits this O... Read more »| 02 Feb 2009