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 ReleasesBlindness
"It feels like I'm swimming in milk." The White Sickness begins with a young professional struck blind while behind the wheel. An abrupt affliction of unkn... Read more »| 14 Nov 2008 -
InterviewsDirector Olly Blackburn talks Donkey Punch
Michael Gillespie talks to up-and-coming writer-director Olly Blackburn about his debut feature, Donkey Punch, released on DVD November 10. Read more »| 10 Nov 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Kung Fu Panda
Jack Black in a funny movie? No it’s not School Of Rock 2. Kung Fu Panda is about Po, a portly panda who works in a noodle shop with dreams of becoming... Read more »| 10 Nov 2008 -
Dvd ReviewsSordid Lives
Alfred Hitchcock once said that the problem with so many movies was that they were essentially “filmed plays”. Sordid Lives is one such beast, no... Read more »| 10 Nov 2008 -
New Releases
Boystown
For most, Spanish cinema is Pedro Almodóvar, and while this sprightly comedy has clearly been drinking his gazpacho, it’s thankfully unspiked. T... Read more »| 10 Nov 2008 -
New Releases
Quarantine
After the success of the little-seen but highly regarded Spanish horror [REC], it was only a matter of time before Hollywood brought out the remake. Jennifer... Read more »| 07 Nov 2008
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New ReleasesQuantum of Solace
Gavin Sturgeon gives his verdict on the latest edition to the Bond franchise. Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Shine A Light
Legendary director Martin Scorsese has picked the Rolling Stones for his next music documentary after the success of 2005’s Dylan documentary, No Direc... Read more »| 03 Nov 2008 -
News
November Film News
Jonathan Melville takes a look at some of the films screening away from the multiplexes this month. Read more »| 31 Oct 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Silent Running
While an eco-friendly sci-fi film starring a handful of robots trying to preserve the remnants of the Earth’s plant population may sound familiar to vi... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
New Releases
Hunger
The idea that war is messy and destructive is nothing new. But in Hunger, Steve McQueen’s film on the IRA prisoner Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender), t... Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Interviews
Of Time and the City
Gail Tolley talks to the British director Terence Davies about his latest film, a documentary based on his experiences growing up in post-war Liverpool. Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
New Releases
Solstice
Hinging on the desperate idea that the summer solstice is the most phantom-friendly day of the year (it says so in Fortean Times), this latest DTV release fr... Read more »| 21 Oct 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Best known to British audiences for her Comedy Central sitcom and “f***ing Matt Damon (youtube it)”, Sarah Silverman specialises in the kind of s... Read more »| 20 Oct 2008 -
Film Events
Things That Make You Go Boom!
When selecting your slice of Tennessee Williams cinematic majesty this Glasgay!, do Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, indulge in The Glass Menagerie, and drink in Stree... Read more »| 10 Oct 2008