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A film podcast from the team behind The Skinny magazine, looking at the wide world of The Movies.

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01:03:09

Hoard, Hit Man, The Idea of You, and Streaming Films...

The Cineskinny ·

2024/05/16

This time on The Cineskinny, we go running in the fields of streaming cinema. Anahit reviews Hit Man (good!), Jamie joins her for The Idea of You (bad! and weird!), then the whole gang discusses the good, bad and ugly of the streaming revolution. How many of Netflix's top ten films are actually elaborate pranks on this podcast? More than you'd think!We also discuss the inventive, intriguing and v freaky British debut Hoard ahead of its release in cinemas. It's a fun one this week – come for the

52:19

La Chimera, Shallow Grave and the meteoric rise of...

The Cineskinny ·

2024/05/02

On the latest episode of The CineSkinny we go raking around in Etruscan tombs with a very sexy Josh O'Connor and his band of rapscallion grave robbers in La Chimera. We then head to 90s Edinburgh to revisit Danny Boyle's Shallow Grave. Does it still feel fresh 30 years later? Was renting in Edinburgh a nightmare back in 1994 too? Can Ewan McGregor actually act? Tune in to find out.We end the show by celebrating Film Twitter man of the moment Josh O'Connor. Not only is he brilliant as a melancholy

01:06:53

Challengers, The Sweet East, Civil War, and a perfect...

The Cineskinny ·

2024/04/18

It's been sunny in Edinburgh for the first time in weeks. We recorded two hours later than usual. Challengers is a very hot film.One or more of these may explain the slightly feral nature of this week's podcast, in which we review freewheeling US 'satire' The Sweet East and Luca Guadagnino's latest, as well as playing the film nerd equivalent of Fantasy Football in honour of the Glasgow Film Festival's 50th anniversary (fans of Kurosawa, Panahi and Rex the Dinosaur, we will programme your cinema,

59:55

Disco Boy, Evil Does Not Exist and Lynne Ramsay

The Cineskinny ·

2024/04/04

This week we dive into the hallucinogenic world of Disco Boy, which stars European arthouse cinema's current It boy Franz Rogowski as an undocumented Belarusian immigrant who joins the French Foreign Legion.We also take a look at Evil Does Not Exist, the latest from Ryusuke Hamaguchi. This Japanese filmmaker has amassed a cult following but he's still to convince some of our hosts on the pod. Will Evil Does Not Exist change their minds? And with Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher getting a 25th-anniversary

01:15:56

The Cineskinny Guide to Studio Ghibli

The Cineskinny ·

2024/03/21

In honour of Hayao Miyazaki bagging his second Oscar, Peter, Ellie and Jamie take a speedrun through the Ghibli back catalogue.Come with us and we'll meet some magical woodland creatures, smash the fash, do a whole load of flying and catch up with some hot boys along the way. We also look ahead to Glasgow Short Film Festival and HippFest which begin... oh crikey... now. Go to them! Listen to this episode on the way! TIMESTAMPS: Jamie's GSFF and Hippfest previews (1:15) Studio Ghibli pt 1: The

47:36

GFF 2024 Roundup: Love Lies Bleeding, The Beast,...

The Cineskinny ·

2024/03/10

With the 20th edition of Glasgow Film Festival nearing its close, we sat down with two of our favourite critics, Carmen Paddock and Rory Doherty, to discuss this year's proceedingsWe also review GFF's blistering opener Love Lies Bleeding, share our Viggo Mortensen stories and review the mind-bending new film from Bertrand Bonello, The Beast. Plus Rory and Carmen pick out some of their GFF highlights. Glasgow Film Festival runs 28 Feb-10 March, get full details at

22:19

GFF 2024: Viggo Mortensen and Solly McLeod on The...

The Cineskinny ·

2024/03/07

Another missive from the Glasgow Film Festival. On this one, we chat with the mighty Viggo Mortensen. Yes, Aragorn himself!The Lord of the Rings and A History of Violence star was in town for the UK premiere of The Dead Don't Hurt, a sinewy western that Mortensen wrote, directed, composed the music for and starred in. Set in the 1860s in a small Nevada outpost, The Dead Don't Hurt is both a beautiful homage to the great westerns of the past and a subversion of this most macho of film genres. It

22:08

GFF 2024: Rose Glass on Love Lies Bleeding

The Cineskinny ·

2024/02/29

We're back at Glasgow Film Festival for some special episodes made on the ground at the festival. First up, we have a chat with Saint Maud director Rose Glass, whose blistering second feature, Love Lies Bleeding, opened the festival. Love Lies Bleeding is a wonderfully lurid neo-noir thriller starring Kristen Stewart as Lou, the owner of a grimy gym in Nowheresville New Mexico, who begins a passionate romance with Jackie, an itinerant wannabe bodybuilder who walks into Lou's gym one day, played by

59:12

Glasgow Film Festival 2024: The Vourdalak, Jericho...

The Cineskinny ·

2024/02/15

The gang's all back, and this week we're talking all things Glasgow Film Festival. We've got vampires! Gunfights! Drag queens! Orthodox monks doing kung-fu! Other stuff!Ellie, Jamie, Anahit and Peter also have a chat about upstart film competition 'The Oscars', aka 'The Academy Awards'. See, they haven't even settled on a title yet, amateurs. Peter has a coughing fit, Anahit is jet-lagged and buzzed on Red Bull so won't stop playing with the sound effects, Ellie talks us through the finer points of

55:35

The Zone of Interest, American Fiction, and...

The Cineskinny ·

2024/02/01

This week, we take a long hard look at Jonathan Glazer's excellent new film The Zone of Interest, then have a chat about some of the more unsettling films we've watched. In the middle, we talk through literary/race/politics satire American Fiction, and up top there's a bit of The News to shout out Glasgow Film Festival and Manipulate Festival. TIMESTAMPS: Manipulate, GFF and the Cineskinny Film Club (1:45) The Zone of Interest review (10:25) American Fiction review (25:45) Unsettling Cinema: Henry

59:52

Poor Things, All of Us Strangers and Weird Film...

The Cineskinny ·

2024/01/18

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, Dogtooth etc) returns with the hugely anticipated Poor Things, adapted from Alasdair Gray's brilliant riff on Frankenstein. Are we angry he didn't set it in Glasgow? Did its sexual politics shock us? Do we rate Willem Dafoe's Scottish accent? Listen to find out. Also on the show, we review Andrew Haigh's devastating All of Us Strangers, and given that Lanthimos and Haigh have made bold adaptations that differ significantly from the books, we pick our

24:56

The Cineskinny Awards 2023: Knitwear, Needle Drops...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/12/20

It's our now-annual end of term wrap-up, as The Cineskinny gang discuss some of our favourite bits from the past twelve months. We're talking Music! Crochet! Kids! Chaos! Sexiness! All the classics... Follow the team on Twitter @ptrsmpsn @anahitrooz @jamiedunnesq @lew_rob_, get us on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok @thecineskinny, email us at cineskinny@theskinny.co.uk; recorded at EHFM, Summerhall – ehfm.live Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool)

55:35

The Films of 2023: All The Beauty and the Bloodshed,...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/12/07

It's the end of the year, sort of, so we're running through ten of 2023's best films. Peter, Jamie, Anahit and Ellie race through a list of challenging, exciting, engaging hits from the past year – with a pleasing number of narcissistic wrong 'uns for us to judge and mock. The Skinny's Top Ten films, upon which this whole pod is based: https://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/opinion/the-skinnys-films-of-2023 The Cineskinny Film Club tickets: https://theskinny.co.uk/tickets Follow the team on

53:33

Saltburn, Tish and our favourite horny freaks in cinema

The Cineskinny ·

2023/11/16

On this week's episode, we take a trip back to the halcyon days of 2006 for Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn where Barry Keoghan brings chaos to a family of aristocrats. We also take a look at Tish from Edinburgh-based filmmaker Paul Sng, which acts as a tender portrait of unsung Tyneside photographer Tish Murtha. And inspired by Barry Keoghan's very horny and freaky performance in Saltburn, the team chose their favourite little horny freaks in cinema. TIMESTAMPS: Saltburn review (3:45) Tish review

44:17

How To Have Sex, Anatomy of A Fall, and Holiday Fun...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/11/02

On this week's episode, we discuss two great new films – Molly Manning Walker's energetic and unsettling How To Have Sex, and Justine Triet's topsy-turvy courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall. In honour of How To Have Sex's unflinching portrayal of a neon-soaked jaunt to Malia, Anahit, Peter and Jamie discuss some of their favourite on-screen holidays – a lot of Italy, a lot of poor decision-making, all the classics. TIMESTAMPS: How To Have Sex review (2:45) Anatomy of a Fall review (18:00) Holidays on

01:00:28

Killers of the Flower Moon, I Know Where I’m Going!...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/10/19

This week we dive into one of the most anticipated films of the year with our review of Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese's epic crime drama depicting the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma. And with the BFI launching their humongous Powell & Pressburger retrospective this week, we review their brilliant 40s romantic comedy I Know Where I'm Going! and recommend other Powell & Pressburger films to look out for in the season. TIMESTAMPS What

43:25

BlackBerry, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, and Business on...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/10/05

Jamie, Peter and Ellie revisit the bleeps and bloops of Blackberry, Matt Johnson's top-notch retelling of Research In Motion's rise and fall. Also this week, the gang enter the steam of the sauna for Estonian doc Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, then take an icy dunk in the waters of what Peter has dubbed 'big-brain business boys'. Your Patrick Batemans, your Ray Krocs, your fella from Aliens, etc etc. TIMESTAMPS BlackBerry review (1:30) Smoke Sauna Sisterhood review (17:20) Business on Screen, ft Aliens,

45:07

A Cat Called Dom, Rotting In The Sun, and Live Music...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/09/21

Things get a bit meta on this week's Cineskinny. Ellie and Peter discuss Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson's inventive and exciting documentary A Cat Called Dom, then we chat about Sebastián Silva's bacchanalian meta drama Rotting In The Sun. We share our favourite gigs on film, Peter loses it about halfway through but gets it back again, [add a third here explaining the chat section thanks x]. It's The Cineskinny, a good film podcast. TIMESTAMPS: A Cat Called Dom review (3:45) Rotting In The Sun

51:55

Past Lives, A Life on the Farm + Anahit’s missive...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/09/07

On this week's podcast, Jamie, Ellie and Peter escape the heatwave with two films of varying quality – Celine Song's much-hyped Past Lives, and outsider artist doc A Life on the Farm. We then get into a chat about films about films, cos we're cool like that, and Anahit saves the day by dialling in from Venice Film Festival. Molto bene, and so on and so forth. TIMESTAMPS: Past Lives review (01:55) We hear from Carmen Thompson of We Are Parable about new filmmaker programme Momentum (14:45) A Life on

44:15

Passages, Scrapper and great love triangles on screen

The Cineskinny ·

2023/08/17

EIFF kicks off this week and we've two more films from the programme to preview: Passages and Scrapper. And in honour of the blistering love triangle at the heart of Passages, we discuss our favourite love triangles on screen, which means we get talking about two hilarious and very sexy screwball comedies from 1940 starring Cary Grant: My Favourite Wife and The Philadelphia Story. TIMESTAMPS: Scrapper review (5:05) Passages review (17:25) Our favourite love triangles on screen: My Favourite Wife

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