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 ReviewsThe Wackness
One of the busiest men in showbiz – he appeared in 11 films in 2008/2009, according to imdb.com - Sir Ben Kingsley is usually a sign of quality in even... Read more »| 05 Dec 2008 -
New ReleasesThe Man from London
In an interview with Tilda Swinton in the Guardian in 2007 she talks about seeing Bela Tarr’s The Man from London for the first time. In particular she... Read more »| 05 Dec 2008 -
Opinion
Oh My Gort! Another 50s Remake?
With the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still hurtling towards our cinema screens Becky Bartlett investigates the trend of the 1950s remake. Read more »| 05 Dec 2008 -
New ReleasesPatti Smith: Dream of Life
Shot in a mixture of crisp colour, grainy sepia and monochrome over ten years, director Steven Sebring does not attempt to inform viewers of a timeline in Pa... Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
New Releases
Summer
Robert Carlyle gives a career-best performance in a deeply affecting take on two men’s friendship. Through flashbacks presented by narrator Shaun,... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
New ReleasesJulia
Reaching the half way point of Erick Zonca’s new film, you wouldn’t be blamed for not wanting to continue much further. Enduring almost an hour ... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008
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New Releases
Cass
Cass Read more »| 25 Nov 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Man On Wire
Man On Wire Read more »| 25 Nov 2008 -
Film EventsNew Video Art Night: As We Speak
Dziga Vertov, one of the true pioneers of experimental cinema (he made Man With A Movie Camera, after all), was once quoted as saying that the analysis of n... Read more »| 25 Nov 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
Itty Bitty Titty Committee Read more »| 23 Nov 2008 -
New Releases
The Love Guru
The Love Guru Read more »| 20 Nov 2008 -
New Releases
Waltz with Bashir
Baghdad, Kabul, Grozny, Beirut – names which evoke, more than anything, the war stricken images of televised news. Such associations make creating a d... Read more »| 17 Nov 2008 -
New Releases
Conversations with My Gardener
There’s a sense of déjà vu in this pleasant, yet predictable French drama. Our central character, a painter from Paris, returns to the vi... Read more »| 15 Nov 2008 -
New Releases
Choke
Clark Gregg's strangled adaptation of lit cult favourite Chuck Palahniuk's novel of masculine malaise really wants to be an edgy, twisted little indie satire... Read more »| 14 Nov 2008 -
New Releases
Blindness
"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