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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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54:44

EIFF 2023 Preview: Fremont, Afire, Variety and Femme

The Cineskinny ·

2023/08/03

It looked unlikely for a moment there, but we're delighted to see Edinburgh International Film Festival, one of the world's longest-running film festivals, return for its 76th year. We dig into four films from the programme, including Afire, the latest film from German master Christian Petzold, and Bette Gordon's feminist classic Variety, from 1983. TIMESTAMPS: EIFF is back – are we excited? (1:30) Closing film Fremont (8:10) Femme (15:55) Variety (25:35) Afire (38:21) More EIFF picks, Showing Up,

38:26

Barbie and Oppenheimer, aka Barbenheimer, aka...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/07/25

This week, Peter, Jamie and Anahit (plus a remote assist from Lewis!) discuss the tale of one of the most pervasive and powerful forces even unleashed on the world, plus some film by that Inception lad about a sad scientist in a funky hat. Yes, it's Barbie and Oppenheimer, together at last – recorded in a real hurry to really give it that 'sugar rush, existential crash' vibe. Vive le cinema, and power to the striking writers and actors! TIMESTAMPS: Barbenheimer as a cultural moment

59:51

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Mission...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/07/06

Two much-loved film franchises with ageing action stars charge into cinemas this week. Tom Cruise is back as super-spy Ethan Hunt to battle an omniscient AI in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 and Harrison Ford is Indiana Jones, who's on the hunt for the Dial of Destiny with the help from Phoebe Waller-Bridge. We also take a look back on the best films of the year so far with the help of some members of the Skinny film team, namely Rory Doherty, Louis Cammell, Ross McIndoe, Carmen Paddock

59:14

Asteroid City, The Super 8 Years, and Ye Olde Guide...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/06/22

This time, Wes Anderson rolls into Asteroid City with every actor you've ever heard of, Annie Ernaux narrates some of her archive video to mixed results, and we have a Solstice-inspired chat about Folk Horror. Elsewhere, Anahit talks about aesthetic hospitals and Jamie shares his beef with a particular cinema chain who shall remain nameless. Classic Cineskinny, 10/10. TIMESTAMPS What We've Been Watching: Death Race 2000, Black Mirror, The Gallows Pole (2:50) Asteroid City review (16:20) The Super 8

55:37

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Chevalier +...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/06/08

We dive into the Spider-Verse with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The question is, can this sequel live up to the brilliance of the previous film? We also take a look a the glossy Chevalier, a sweeping costume drama based on the early life of French composer Joseph Bologne (aka Chevalier de Saint George), who was the first European composer of African descent. And off the back of Chevalier, we discuss some of our favourite period drama. TIMESTAMPS What we've been watching: Dungeons & Dragons;

41:17

Workin’ The Land: Full Time, Local Hero at 40, Our...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/05/18

This week, we discuss the hyper-stressful work drama Full Time, the ubiquitous Local Hero, and a collection of films about, ahem, smart-mouth city folk going to the countryside. Also, Anahit finds Zorro in Corstorphine, Jamie plays 'Defamation Bingo', Lewis recommends a YouTube banger, and Peter gets interrupted by a motorbike. Twice. Recorded at EHFM, Summerhall: https://ehfm.live TIMESTAMPS: What We've Been Watching (Winter Boy, Defunctland, Mark of Zorro) (01:00) Full Time review (05:40) Local

48:33

Return to Seoul, Final Destination, Giant Ants and...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/05/04

Peter, Jamie and Lewis decamp to a meeting room for an old school pod full of fun times, serious film discussion, and a weird hissing that mostly goes away. We discuss the excellent Return to Seoul, namecheck some of our favourite pop cinema franchises, talk a lot about a giant half-man half-ant, and get the lowdown from Jamie on Alchemy Film Festival in Hawick. TIMESTAMPS Alchemy Film Festival (01:00) Return to Seoul review (11:05) Pop cinema – Pirates of the Caribbean, Final Destination, The

48:00

Polite Society, Sick of Myself, Renfield + ’Draculads...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/04/20

Polite Society is a martial arts comedy family drama. Sick of Myself is about two massive narcissists. Renfield is 'the worst film Jamie's reviewed on the podcast'. All this energy, and more, in a neat 48 minutes. Get ready for a high-octane, sweary and chaotic speedrun through the cinema, answering such questions as 'which one is Nosferatu?' and '*how* much for a non-working toy camcorder from the late 90s?!?' TIMESTAMPS Polite Society, Nida Manzoor's banger of a debut (1:00) Sick of Myself, aka

30:42

Carol Morley talks Muriel Box, Jane Campion and...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/04/13

In a genius bit of Bank Holiday scheduling, we're delving into the recent past for Jamie's chat with the excellent director Carol Morley. We discuss Carol's career, her new film Typist Artist Pirate King and the role of Jane Campion in getting it off the ground, and Carol's work in spotlighting the great Muriel Box. Apologies for the audio on the intro, we were not in a bin – we were in a meeting room, and we want that on the record. If you like The Cineskinny, tell your pals! Leave us a five-star

42:47

John Wick 4, Leonor Will Never Die, and the Wild...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/03/30

This week, the gang discuss the latest work by everyone's favourite staid purveyor of kicking people's heads in, John Wick. We also discuss the surreal and spooky Filipino action-comedy-drama Leonor Will Never Die, and talk about a few more films making exciting innovations in the field of Fightin' At The Movies. In case you hadn't guessed, Anahit was away this week, and it turns out Peter had a bit of a cold. Expect mid-energy and vibrancy! Also a surprising amount about horses! And

39:09

BFFs & female friendship on screen, Hello Dankness...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/03/16

Anahit's written a book! BFFs is about the radical potential of female friendship, so your best podcast pals are here for a pals' chat about a pal's book (except for Jamie, who is waylaid on another project we'll tell you about later...) Elsewhere, we take a big ol' honk on Hello Dankness, the latest from mash-up nouveau-agitprop legends Soda_Jerk, ahead of its Glasgow Short Film Festival screening, and Anahit fills us in on the lovely Rye Lane. Thanks to the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival for

34:16

GFF 2023: Sanctuary and War Pony (w/ Iana Murray and...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/03/10

Glasgow Film Festival is nearing its close, so we've asked two of our favourite critics, Iana Murray and Rory Doherty, to join us to share their favourite films of the festival. We also review Sanctuary, a kinky chamber piece starring Christopher Abbott as a hotel heir who’s become reliant on regular bouts of humiliation, and Margaret Qualley as the dominatrix who clearly relishes making her client feel like a worm. We also react to this year's Surprise Movie, which turned out to be War Pony, the

23:32

GFF 2023: Matt Johnson on telling the rise and fall...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/03/08

In hilarious fashion, BlackBerry chronicles the rise and sharp decline of the world’s first smartphone. We down with writer-director and star Matt Johnson while he was attending the UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival to discuss the film. ----more---- Jay Baruchel plays the naive inventor of the BlackBerry, Mike Lazaridis; Only Sunny in Philadelphia’s Glenn Howerton is fantastic at Jim Balsillie, the shark-like businessman who helps Mike sell BlackBerry to the world; and Johnson himself plays Doug

18:01

GFF 2023: Daniel Goldhaber and Daniel Garber on How...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/03/06

We've broken away from our usual recording schedule to visit the Glasgow Film Festival, which is currently in full swing. One of the most exciting films to emerge from the programme this year has been How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Daniel Goldhaber’s ticking time bomb thriller following an idealistic group of young people drawn from all across America who gather in Texas for a bout of sabotage on a key oil pipeline. While they were in Glasgow for the UK premiere of the film, we spoke to Goldhaber and

56:50

Glasgow Film Festival 2023: How To Blow Up A...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/03/01

GFF is back, so The Cineskinny team take a large dive into the 2023 programme. We’re blowing up pipelines, we’re taking breezy trips to Madrid, we’re Liking Movies – here we Glas-go again, etc etc Glasgow Film Festival runs 1-12 March, get full details and tickets at glasgowfilm.org TIMESTAMPS: How To Blow Up A Pipeline review (4:10) I Like Movies review (15:05) Ramona review (26:00) Skin Deep review (35:05) Additional GFF picks - more films, good bars, tasty falafel (44:45) If you like The

42:39

Broker, Best in Show, Popstar: Never Stop Never...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/02/16

The Cineskinny returns with news of Hirokazu Kore-eda's new film Broker, a chat about the weird and wolf-filled world of mockumentaries, and a whole bunch of fun movie chat... TIMESTAMPS: What We've Been Watching - 2:25 Broker review - 7:45 Mockumentaries (Culloden, Popstar, This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show) - 18:35 What We're Looking Forward To - 36:30 Thanks to Hippodrome Silent Film Festival for sponsoring The Cineskinny! hippfest.co.uk for all the details * * * Leave us a five-star review, tell

01:01:45

Blue Jean, Saint Omer, and the Dread Spectre of...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/02/02

Back once again, the team review Alice Diop's award-winning Saint Omer and Georgia Oakley's Section 28 drama Blue Jean, before ripping into Margaret Thatcher for a good 20 minutes via a discussion of noted 'normal country' Great Britain. We're talking hauntology, male dance troupes, light-to-mid gangsterism, Bill Nighy shouting into the distance, and films that can make even the saddest amongst you smile. A fun time all round... TIMESTAMPS: What We've Been Watching [The Last of Us, All Quiet on the

01:06:23

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Tár, and AI in film

The Cineskinny ·

2023/01/19

We kick off 2023 with a pair of excellent new releases – the *incredible* Nan Goldin documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and Tár, starring the excellent Cate Blanchett. The gang also take a dive into Artificial Intelligence in cinema with some help from a Mr. ChatGPT, Jamie and Anahit talk about the new official 'Best Film of All Time', and Peter has some fun with puns. TIMESTAMPS: What We've Been Watching (Jeanne Dielman, Summer of Soul) - 0:30 All the Beauty... review - 11:40 Tár review -

37:09

Cool Kids, Hot Guys, Great Knitwear: The Cineskinny...

The Cineskinny ·

2023/01/05

After our *proper* 2022 round-up, the gang takes a slightly more chaotic look back on the past year. We've got Barry Keoghan chat! We talk about The Northman! We put together a whole '2022 in film fashion' retrospective! The 'fits! The knits! etc etc Big festive fun from the whole gang – we were all a bit ill and woozy when we recorded this one, and you can tell... Read more about The Skinny's Films of 2022 at theskinny.co.uk/film/opinion/films-of-the-year-2022 Leave us a five-star review, tell your

57:58

Films of 2022: from Licorice Pizza to Aftersun via...

The Cineskinny ·

2022/12/15

It's that time of year again. Anahit, Jamie, Lewis and Peter are rounding out 2022 by running through The Skinny's top ten films of the year, which include a few titles we didn't get to review on the pod, like Licorice Pizza, Happening and Nope. TIMESTAMPS: Licorice Pizza - 2:46 The Worst Person in The World - 11:20 Happening - 14:04 Hit The Road - 20:52 The Banshees of Inisherin - 24:36 Nope - 29:40 Memoria - 40:16 Everything Everywhere All at Once - 43:25 Decision to Leave - 47:23 Aftersun -

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