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The Skinny magazine film guide. We bring you the latest new releases, UK film festivals, previews, reviews, exclusive interviews with film directors and actors, opinion pieces and film features.
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OpinionScotland on Screen: 2025 in review
We survey some of our favourite Scottish film festivals and programmers to hear their cinema highlights of 2025 and get a taste of what they're cooking up for Scottish cinemas in 2026 Read more »| 16 Dec 2025 -
New ReleasesSentimental Value
Joachim Trier’s latest is a moving exploration of fractured families and the growing pains that tear us apart long after adolescence Read more »| 15 Dec 2025 -
Opinion18 Underrated and Overlooked Films from 2025
These are the films of 2025 that flew under the radar, didn't receive the critical love they deserved, failed to find a substantial audience in cinemas or were simply buried on a streaming site Read more »| 12 Dec 2025 -
InterviewsMeet FilmHub Scotland's New Producers
Every year, FilmHub Scotland selects four Scotland-based film programmers to be their New Producers, a scheme that teams early-career film producers with established film organisations for training and mentoring. We meet this year's cohort Read more »| 12 Dec 2025 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Films of 2025: Our Writers' Top 10s
You've seen The Skinny's top ten films of 2025 list, now check out the individual top ten ballots from our crackerjack team of film writers Read more »| 11 Dec 2025 -
NewsJames McAvoy's California Schemin' to close Glasgow Film Festival
James McAvoy will close the 2026 Glasgow Film Festival with California Schemin’, his directorial debut that tells the stranger-than-fiction tale of two Dundee lads who hoodwinked the music industry into believing they were Californian hip-hop stars Read more »| 09 Dec 2025
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New ReleasesPreparation for the Next Life
Bing Liu's drama is most commendable when rooted in the textured aesthetics of its cinematography and sound design, but less so in its lightly-sketched script Read more »| 08 Dec 2025 -
New ReleasesLurker
Théodore Pellerin plays an obsessive fan who finagles his way into a pop star's entourage in this smart cautionary thriller that avoids moral absolutes Read more »| 08 Dec 2025 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: December 2025
Lots of Christmas movies screen this month – but they aren't all cosy. Plus, Charlie Shackleton is on tour with his ingenious Zodiac Killer Project and Louise Weard presents part two of her DIY epic Castration Movie Read more »| 02 Dec 2025 -
New ReleasesIt Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi’s brilliant, Palme-d’Or-winning drama It Was Just An Accident expertly probes the moral and psychological implications of revenge Read more »| 01 Dec 2025 -
New ReleasesCover-Up
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus deliver a portrait of legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh that's incomplete but powerful in the way it exposes the rotten heart of US journalism Read more »| 01 Dec 2025 -
InterviewsFeels on Wheels: Harry Lighton on Pillion
Pillion dives into the sub-dom relationship between a meek traffic warden (Harry Melling) and a hunky biker (Alexander Skarsgård). Writer-director Harry Lighton tells us more about his funny, horny, tender and thoughtful debut feature Read more »| 24 Nov 2025 -
New ReleasesBlue Moon
Richard Linklater pulls another all-nighter in this anti-biopic of Broadway songwriter Lorenz Hart set over one momentous evening Read more »| 24 Nov 2025 -
NewsBAFTA Scotland 2025: The Winners
The Outrun and On Falling shared the spoils at this year’s BAFTA Scotland awards, while Trainspotting and Star Wars star Ewan McGregor was honoured for his Outstanding Contribution to Film & Television Read more »| 17 Nov 2025 -
New ReleasesThe Ice Tower
Buoyed by a fantastic central performance from newcomer Clara Pacini, the latest from Lucile Hadžihalilović bears both the best of this French filmmaker's work and its recurring problems Read more »| 17 Nov 2025