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Lynne Ramsay's incredible, intense Die My Love, plus Alpha & Train Dreams
It's a fresh new config this week, as Peter and Anahit review a trio of new films – the feral, intense Die My Love; the melancholic, Malick-esque Train Dreams; and Alpha, which is also out soon :| We're a lean, mean reviewin' machine, so strap in for talk about The National, us being infatuated with and scared of Jennifer Lawrence, Peter getting Gene Wilder and Billy Wilder mixed up, and lots of chat about a film we didn't much care for. CHAPTERS: What We've Been Watching (1:30) Train Dreams review (8:25) Alpha review (15:00) Die My Love review (27:55) If you like The Cineskinny, tell your pals! Leave us a five-star review! Share the episode on socials! Follow us on Instagram @thecineskinny, email us at [email protected] Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Frankenstein, The Mastermind, and our favourite heist movies
Guillermo del Toro is back, with his long-gestating Frankenstein! Kelly Reichardt is back, with Josh O'Connor-starring art heist drama The Mastermind! The gang is back, and we're in a new office! What a time to be alive on this, The Cineskinny podcast. Oh, and before we forget, listen to our *other* podcast, Music Now – we spoke to Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman about their new score for the Lon Chaney 1925 Phantom of the Opera (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JjZNhEPJ5bPezB2MNPTWH?si=1ac9ad32df1a43d8) TIMESTAMPS: What We've Been Watching: London geography and capsule hotel reviews (4:55) Frankenstein review (17:10) The Mastermind review (32:15) Heists on film – Inception, Charley Varrick, The Wrong Trousers and more (49:20) Recorded at The Skinny office at Outerspaces, outerspaces.org Get us on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram and Letterboxd @thecineskinny, email us at [email protected] Intro and interstitial music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Plainclothes, Good Boy and horrors to watch this Halloween
This week, we take a peek at Plainclothes, a new thriller/romance about a cop whose job involves the entrapment of gay men, which he feels somewhat conflicted about as he himself is secretly gay. We also take a look at Good Boy, an American indie horror about a dog who's trying to save its owner from a supernatural threat. And with Halloween approaching, we recommend the horror films to catch on the big screen and the small screen at home. TIMESTAMPS: What We’ve Been Watching: The Wiz, Transformers: The Movie (1:42) Plainclothes review (11:37) Good Boy review (26:32) Horror film recommendations: Perfect Blue, Night of the Living Dead, Black Phone 2, V/H/S Halloween and more (37:20) Recorded on location at Jamie's flat in Shawlands, Glasgow. Get us on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram and Letterboxd @thecineskinny, email us at [email protected] Intro and interstitial music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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One Battle After Another, Urchin, and a 100th episode recap
100 Episodes of The Cineskinny – luckily for such a milestone, the gang are blessed with two very very good films. Paul Thomas Anderson is back with a bang with the sprawling One Battle After Another, and Harris Dickinson's directorial debut Urchin is an annoyingly good first film that blends surrealism and social realism. Elsewhere, we look back on our favourites from The Time of The Podcast, give a birthday shout-out to some films that deserve your attention, Ellie drops a quality Al Pacino impression and Jamie is foiled once again in his attempts to talk about one particular film. Thanks to all who listen to this podcast, let's raise a glass to da movies... TIMESTAMPS: What We've Been Watching: Watership Down, Heat, Saved! and Election (3:50) One Battle After Another review (13:15) Urchin review (34:00) Our favourites, our recommendations, and the films we've changed our minds on (48:10) Recorded at The Skinny HQ, please forgive the background noise of people constantly wheeling TVs up and down the corridor. Get us on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram and Letterboxd @thecineskinny, email us at [email protected] Intro and interstitial music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Happyend, Power Station, Take One Action, GYFF, LFF and IberoDocs
This week, we’re off to a very near-future Tokyo for Happyend, in which a bunch of clubbing-mad high school teens turn rabblerousers when their headmaster installs a sinister surveillance system in their school, which mirrors the darkening political situation unfolding beyond the school gates. We also take a look at the documentary Power Station, which sees an artist couple try to tackle the fuel poverty crisis in their local community by turning their street into a literal and metaphorical power station. Power Station opens the community-minded Take One Action film festival, which leads us on to discuss some of the other film festivals coming to Scotland over the next wee while, from the Glasgow Youth Film Festival to a touring programme of highlights from the London Film Festival. TIMESTAMPS: What We’ve Been Watching: The Horse Whisperer, The Guns of Navarone, Weapons, Raising Arizona and The Secret Garden (1:05) Happyend review (13:14) Power Station n review (36:54) Smaller film fests: Take One Action, LFF on tour, IberoDocs and GYFF (37:40) Recorded on location in the Codebase meeting room with the lovely chairs. Get us on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram and Letterboxd @thecineskinny, email us at [email protected] Intro and interstitial music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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