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 ReviewsColossus: The Forbin Project
Joseph Sargent’s 1970 computer-gone-amok thriller bears all the hallmarks of vintage seventies sci-fi. Cold War paranoia, white polyes... Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
Dvd ReviewsThe Andrzej Wajda War Trilogy
Bringing together three seminal early works from Andrzej Wajda, father figure of Polish cinema, this loosely connected ‘War Trilogy’ chronicles t... Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
Dvd ReviewsTick Tock Lullaby
There’s a scene in Will and Grace where Jack says the "great unspoken gay secret" is that most gay movies are dreadful. Sadly, Tick Tock Lullaby does... Read more »| 16 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
Bigga Than Ben: A Russians's Guide to Ripping Off London
As part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival Read more »| 13 Jun 2008 -
Festivals
Film Festival Fever Hits the Capital
1.21 Gigawatts! Read more »| 12 Jun 2008 -
New Releases
The Incredible Hulk
Not a sequel, no no. Not a remake either. Not even what’s recently been coined a reimagining. They're calling The Incredible Hulk a reboot. After Ang L... Read more »| 11 Jun 2008
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Festivals
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
A film for misanthropes everywhere Read more »| 10 Jun 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Head On
There’s an aching sadness about Head On that you can’t fully fathom until the very end. Over the space of 24 hours, director Ana Kokkinos paints... Read more »| 09 Jun 2008 -
New Releases
Priceless
Priceless is an interesting proposition: a light romantic comedy with a dark character drama lurking under the surface. Jean (Elmaleh) is a down-on-his-luck ... Read more »| 06 Jun 2008 -
New Releases
Gone Baby Gone
With a release postponed from last year because of a need for sensitivity due to its similarities with the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, this exceptiona... Read more »| 05 Jun 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Hopscotch
A frothy caper that’s high on laughs Read more »| 04 Jun 2008 -
Dvd ReviewsChrysalis
A future-shock slice of film noir, Chrysalis is set in a very grey Paris in 2020 and centres on a no-nonsense cop (Dupontel) hot on the heels of the human ... Read more »| 30 May 2008 -
New Releases
Mongol
Put aside those Borat jokes for just one minute and prepare to be blown away by a film revolving around Kazakhstan’s second most famous son. Based on f... Read more »| 30 May 2008 -
New Releases
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
And so here we are - the greatest action hero in the history of cinema returns after a 19 year absence. Most of the elements that made the first three advent... Read more »| 27 May 2008 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Festival director Hannah McGill tells The Skinny why moving this year's festival to June is a good idea, and takes us through some of her personal picks Read more »| 23 May 2008