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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InterviewsOf 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 ReleasesSolstice
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 EventsThings 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 -
Dvd Reviews
Chemical Wedding
If Wayne and Garth got the budget to make a film, they'd probably make Chemical Wedding. It's dire beyond belief, but... cripplingly, cringingly funny in pa... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Burn to Shine
The mandate for Burn to Shine is simple: find a house that is due to be demolished; recruit a number of local bands to play there; film the demolition of the... Read more »| 01 Oct 2008
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Dvd Reviews
The Oxford Murders
Fresh faced Elijah Wood and craggy chops John Hurt come head-to-head in this murder mystery set against Oxford's academic world. Wood plays Martin, a keen-ey... Read more »| 29 Sep 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Days of Darkness
This is by and for the gore-hungry and genre-savvy demographic so dedicated to these straight to video zombie movies, but is unlikely to satisfy the more sea... Read more »| 29 Sep 2008 -
Festivals
Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival
The 2nd annual Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival proves it's got more than just a tongue twisting title. Read more »| 25 Sep 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Smart People
University professor and widower Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) ekes out a self-centred existence, blind to his children's problems and students' questio... Read more »| 24 Sep 2008 -
New Releases
Taken
Tramping its size 10s in the footsteps of James Bond and Jason Bourne is this highly entertaining – if highly unoriginal – thriller starring Liam... Read more »| 18 Sep 2008 -
Dvd ReviewsWestworld
A consequence-free environment with a disposable android population, Westworld is the theme park of the future where the most illicit and amoral of wild-west... Read more »| 17 Sep 2008 -
New Releases
Faintheart
Brought to us by the unlikely combination of MySpace and Film4, Faintheart is a moderately entertaining British comedy. Eddie Marsan plays the loveable Richa... Read more »| 16 Sep 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
Logan's Run
In this post-apocalyptic society, every aspect of life is cared for by the computer that controls the hermetically sealed cities. There is no work, just play... Read more »| 15 Sep 2008 -
Dvd Reviews
XXY
The tense confusion of something unspoken is thick from the opening credits of XXY. Lack of understanding is at the heart of every single frame of the film:... Read more »| 11 Sep 2008