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 ReleasesGood
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 -
NewsArmando 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 -
New ReleasesReligulous
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 ReleasesLa 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 ReleasesThe 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
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Dvd ReviewsDorian 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 ReviewsSplinter
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 -
New ReleasesThe 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 ReviewsMy 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 -
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