Glasgow Youth Film Festival returns to @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social this month with a programme that's fierce, fun and a little subversive – our preview, by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/uk... #GYFF25

Tomorrow night, Sophie Dupuis brings Solo, her glittering drama about a young drag queen in Montreal, to @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social. Sophie will also be sticking around for a Q&A with me after the film. Doors at 5.30pm. Tickets here www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/solo-qa/

Beach walks, wild swimming, fantastic films directed by women – welcome to Sea Change, the Tiree film festival returning next week www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/uk... [by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social]

Abdolreza Kahani picks up the top prize at this year's #EdFilmFest for his new film Mortician – @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social recaps this year's competition winners... www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ir...

Be sure to check out this revival of Silent Scream at EIFF. Embarrassed to say the film was new to me, but it blew me away when I watched it for this interview. I'm amazed we don't shout about it more in Scotland. It's screening in honour of the late, great Paddy Higson

He sold his DS and his Wii at 14 to buy his first camera; at 25, he's won the Best Director prize at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – we talk to Out of Love director Nathan Ambrosioni www.theskinny.co.uk/film/intervi... #kviff @JamieDunnEsq.bsky.social

ICYMI, #TakeMeSomewhere returns to Glasgow this October; here's an early look at the programme for the theatre and performance fest, via @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social www.theskinny.co.uk/theatre/show...

Ahead of EIFF kicking off in a couple of weeks, here are some of the films I'm looking forward to www.theskinny.co.uk/film/film-ev...

Call My Agent's Camille Cottin is superb in OUT OF LOVE, a nuanced family drama from wise-beyond-his-years director Nathan Ambrosioni www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-rel... [review by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social]

The Edinburgh Film Festival programme is here – 18 world premieres, a bag of retrospectives, some new venues, and a bumper programme, as @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social explains www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/uk...

If @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social‬'s opening weekend of cinema deep cuts and big screen belters left you wanting more, read @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social‬'s interview with the people rebuilding Edinburgh's arthouse theatre

There's been widespread outcry in Glasgow's art scene after the police were called to an Art Workers for Palestine Scotland protest at the CCA – story via @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social www.theskinny.co.uk/art/news/cca...

Filmhouse reopens with a programme of films released during their closure and some special screenings, with tickets at half price or less 📽️ www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/fi... [✍️: @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social]

"Instead of the roadblock, my insecurity became the vehicle to drive the book" Film critic @ryangilbey.bsky.social‬ on his new essay/memoir IT USED TO BE WITCHES, which is out today via @faberbooks.bsky.social‬ www.theskinny.co.uk/books/featur... [Interview: @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social‬]

The 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival features 82 exhibitions across 45 venues – @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social takes a first look at the programme www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/ed... #edartfest

Best Scottish Film Events in June: There's a bunch of great film festivals this month (inc SAFAR Film Fest), @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social celebrates two great filmmakers named Michael, and Cameo brings David Lynch's legendary TV show Twin Peaks to the big screen www.theskinny.co.uk/film/film-ev...

Our film podcast is back w/ its usual mix of reviews, retrospective, and its host derailing the convo by bringing up farmyard Final Destination scenarios. on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, our website and elsewhere thecineskinny.podbean.com/e/magic-farm... @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social @conic.film

Ben Wheatley's new film BULK gets its world premiere at this year's #edfilmfest – details here, via @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/ed...

This August, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 will kick off with Sorry, Baby, the offbeat comedy-drama from director Eva Victor 📽️ www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ed... [Article by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social ]

Summerhall Arts shared the details of their 2025 #EdFringe season today – here's the highlights, via @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social... www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/ed...

What's going on with the UK film release calendar in June? I know the summer is always a dead time for arthouse and indie cinema, but it seems particularly barren this year. Anyone any intel?

Get ready for a trio of great film festivals this Spring – Alchemy, Folk Film Gathering and Falastin Film Festival; here's a look at what's in store www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/uk... @scotstorycentre.bsky.social @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

*not another one?* Yes, Edinburgh's getting a new festival – ​​Edinburgh International Mural Festival will launch this summer as part of @hiddendoorarts.bsky.social www.theskinny.co.uk/art/features... by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

Few have better captured Scotland’s landscapes than Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari in her trippy folk western Harvest – the first trailer's out now buff.ly/mpxxx6t by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

Restless taps into a familiar nightmare scenario: being sent around the bend by annoying neighbours. @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social chats to director Jed Hart and star Lyndsey Marshal buff.ly/RiKZIa6 @metisfilms.bsky.social

Ahead of his star role in queer drama Sebastian, @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social chats to Ruaridh Mollica

I attempted to be funny in this month's Film Event Column. Crickets. Anyway, lots of good stuff happening this month, including the return of the CCA and more Chantal Akerman and Derek Jarman at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social www.theskinny.co.uk/film/film-ev...

Rosco McClelland picked up the top prize at this year's #Glasgow Comedy Festival this weekend – details via @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

Glasgow's getting a new film festival, with MUBI bringing their MUBI FEST to town this November www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/mu... by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

Hidden Door's 2025 programme is *large* – Bikini Body, Mermaid Chunky, Moor Mother, Katy J Pearson, Witch Fever, Tinderbox Orchestra, and 30+ visual artists, poets and performers buff.ly/Xqjszel @hiddendoorarts.bsky.social @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

As this year's @glasgowshort.bsky.social wraps up, @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social reports on this year's award winners... www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/gl...

As his debut film BOYS GO TO JUPITER made its UK debut at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social we caught up with Julian Glander to talk animation, Roger Rabbit, the gig economy, and movie musicals buff.ly/uqsaF6h by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

"The fact you don't have money is not just problematic because you're not getting the basics, it’s also excluding you from society" Laura Carreira (@lauracarreira.bsky.social) on ON FALLING, her debut feature about the tolls of the gig economy https://buff.ly/3ELUf5X [✍️: @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social]

Scottish cinemas begin their tributes to the late, great David Lynch, the Japan Touring Programme returns and there are a few unique ways to experience Brady Corbet's Oscar-nominated epic The Brutalist this month

See space truckers, seedy motels and techno-thrillers – Ahead of @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social, @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social, picks out some highlights from the programme

Scotland's silent film festival – HippFest – is back with another crackerjack lineup of classics and recently uncovered gems that will be accompanied by some brilliantly talented musicians Read @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social's round-up! https://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/uk-festivals/film/hippfest-…

"I just wanted people to have a nice night out." I chat with director Brady Corbet about his epic third feature The Brutalist and the importance of seeing films on the big screen with an audience www.theskinny.co.uk/film/intervi...

GSFF @glasgowshort.bsky.social have a cracker of an opening film for 2025... The festival kicks off with the world premiere of THE DISCO, Alex Hetherington's doc on Simon Eilbeck, founder of legendary queer club night Hot Mess www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/uk... by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

HippFest's 2025 programme went live today. Here's my roundup of the silent-era gems coming to this year's festival, which runs 19-23 March at the Bo'ness Hippodrome: www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/uk...

It's just over three weeks till @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social kicks off so it's time again for my GFF Top Ten Picks. These are some of the relatively under-the-radar titles from the programme that I think look really promising, from On Falling to Boys Go to Jupiter www.theskinny.co.uk/film/film-ev...

Has Brady Corbet always pronounced his last name Cor-bey? I'm sure I've only heard people say it that way in the last few months

Scottish cinema pals! I'm looking for any David Lynch tributes happening in Scottish cinemas over the next month. If any of you know of any, could you point me in the right direction?

1/23/80: Bertrand Tavernier's Death Watch, w/Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Max von Sydow Prescient, daring film More: @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social / @theskinnymag.bsky.social: www.theskinny.co.uk/film/intervi... @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRdW...

Psyched to be taking part in @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social's Queer Cinema Sundays this weekend. @thecineskinny.bsky.social team and I will present Xavier Dolan's Matthias & Maxime. Afterwards, we're gonna chat about the film and recent queer cinema. Come along! www.glasgowfilm.org/movie/matthi...

Today @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social revealed its 2025 programme. Expect Hollywood glamour (Jessica Lange, James McAvoy), a Mai Zetterling retrospective and some of the year's most anticipated Scottish films (On Falling, John Maclean's Slow West follow-up). Dig in: www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/gl...

Can someone explain to me why Boomers seem to love AI so much? They can barely email, yet they want to hand over all of life, art, culture to a computer. Very confusing

Good news from Summerhall – the venue's HMRC woes are over, and Summerhall Arts are making plans for the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe... https://www.theskinny.co.uk/art/news/summerhall-to-host-edinburgh-fringe-programme-2025 by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

If you enjoyed @theskinnymag.bsky.social's Top Ten Films of 2024, you should dig into our film writers' personal top tens, which are available over at The Skinny's site now www.theskinny.co.uk/film/opinion...

A whole load of Scottish film festival and cinema news dropped today, so I've rounded it up for @theskinnymag.bsky.social Features @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social 2025 news, @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social news and EIFF news. Dig in www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/gf...

If you prefer your top ten films of the year lists in audio form, you can listen to a rundown of our films of the year poll on @thecineskinny.bsky.social podcast open.spotify.com/episode/2UWW...