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.
-
CineskinnyJohnny 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 -
CineskinnyEncounters 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 -
Cineskinny
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 -
CineskinnyStarry Starry Night
Tonight’s opening gala is worth getting a little starry-eyed about. Gail Tolley reports. Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
New ReleasesRoman 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 ReleasesThe 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 -
Cineskinny
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 Reviews
The 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 -
New Releases
Doubt
"The dragon is hungry." Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) thus describes Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep), principal of St Nicholas School in the Bronx. Fo... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
Dvd Reviews
Appaloosa
A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do, and Ed Harris has returned to the director’s chair after eight years, to take Clint Eastwood’... Read more »| 29 Jan 2009 -
Opinion
The Skinny Guide to Oscar Party Season
Love it or loathe it, Oscar season is here; you can try to avoid the pics of weeping starlets and triumphantly returning has-beens...or you can throw in the towel and host your own Oscar party, with our how-to guide. Read more »| 27 Jan 2009