The lineup of films out in February is insane. Sirat, The Secret Agent, Wuthering Heights, If I Had Legs.., Twinless, The President’s Cake, The Testament Of Ann Lee, The Moment and more. Why do UK distributors do this all the time? Droughts followed by the award season flood? Must drive cinemas nuts

The @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social programme was revealed this morning. Tonnes to dig into, from big-name auteurs (Jarmusch, Van Sant) to famous faces (Dafoe, Jolie, Charli xcx!!!) via some amazing homegrown talent. Here are some highlights www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/gl...

The Glasgow International Comedy Festival returns this March – the programme is a mix of big names, local legends, and some of our favourite #edfringe shows from 2025 www.theskinny.co.uk/comedy/guide...

From the grind of poverty to the perfection of porridge via samurai and swearing, read film editor @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social's write-up of Scottish film in 2025

It's freezing out, so get to the cinema. Here are my Scotland film event highlights for January: • Filmhouse and GFT celebrate the French New Wave • The Goethe Institute presents Fokus • Ben Wheatley takes BULK on tour • new film night DV8 Film Club and more... www.theskinny.co.uk/film/film-ev...

We recap another year in Scottish film – reflections from fine folk at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social @glasgowshort.bsky.social @takeoneaction.bsky.social and more... www.theskinny.co.uk/film/opinion... [by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social]

As is now tradition, I asked a bunch of the programmers and film exhibitors putting work on in Scotland for their highlights of the year, their favourite films of 2025 and their hopes for 2026. Thank you for all your thoughtful answers. Everyone else, have a read www.theskinny.co.uk/film/opinion...

It's always kind of worrying when you look up a film festival and there's more information about the person who curated it than the actual films themselves. We get a lot of this in the visual arts scene already. Can these narcissists please stay out of the film world?

A fresh episode of @thecineskinny.bsky.social out now: Peter and @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social talk through PILLION, WAKE UP DEAD MAN + various Poirot-adjacent whodunnits. Oh, and Tubi. Surprising amount of Tubi chat. SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/6kJV... APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

ON FALLING and THE OUTRUN deservedly split the big categories at the @baftascotland.bsky.social awards in Glasgow – @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social with the details of some of the night's main awards... www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ba...

The first films for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social have been revealed – there's a Swedish cinema focus, and the retrospective theme is 'Truth to Power' (Strangelove! Brockovich! Battle of Algiers!) www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/gl... @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

The long-running and much-loved French Film Festival UK has an exceptional lineup this year. Over 60 films screen at over 40 different locations across the UK – @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social suggests five films to seek out

A Julia Ducournau season at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social @takeoneaction.bsky.social's Dundee leg at @dcadundee.bsky.social a Ryan Gilbey Q&A at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social info on all those + a bunch of other good stuff, via @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social 👇

David Mackenzie is back with the sharp and twisty Relay – we catch up with Scotland's most prolific filmmaker to discuss his success in the States, his channelling of 70s paranoid thrillers, and why he tries to avoid repeating himself www.theskinny.co.uk/film/intervi... by @JamieDunnEsq.bsky.social

URCHIN follows Frank Dillane as a young man on the streets of London with no safety net – we caught up with Frank to talk through the film, and working with director and fellow actor Harris Dickinson www.theskinny.co.uk/film/intervi... @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

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