CineSkinny
The CineSkinny, launched in 2009, is Glasgow Film Festival’s official publication. Throughout the annual festival, The CineSkinny provides coverage of Glasgow Film Festival in print – copies can be found in GFF venues during the festival, filled with in-depth features, reviews and recognisable by their bespoke illustrated covers. The CineSkinny also reports on Glasgow Film Festival happenings online, with interactive, daily coverage on The Skinny’s website.
The CineSkinny is brought to you by the Glasgow School of Art School of Simulation and Visualisation.
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Thoroughbreds
Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy and the late Anton Yelchin shine in Cory Finley's sharp dark comedy debut Read more »| 15 Feb 2018 -
Festivals
The Unfilmables: how to score a film that doesn't actually exist
The Unfilmables is a curious audiovisual polyptych in which live scores have been created for a pair of films that don't actually exist. Mica Levi and electronic supergroup Wrangler are the composers putting their imaginations to the test Read more »| 15 Feb 2018 -
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Heads Up: Daily guide to the best films at GFF 2018
Struggling to get your Glasgow Film Festival schedule straight? This daily guide to the festival – which picks out the best films screening each day of GFF – should help Read more »| 14 Feb 2018 -
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Meet Daniela Vega, the trans star of A Fantastic Woman
Gloria director Sebastián Lelio returns with A Fantastic Woman, the story of a young trans woman under suspicion from authorities and her older partner's family after tragedy strikes. We speak to its Chilean star, Daniela Vega, about her first lead role Read more »| 13 Feb 2018 -
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Robin Campillo on knockout AIDS drama 120 BPM
Robin Campillo channels his own memories of being part of AIDS activism collective ACT UP in the early 90s for this deeply authentic story following the lives of the men involved in the movement Read more »| 13 Feb 2018 -
Festivals
Deborah Haywood on Pin Cushion, her dark modern fairytale
In her bruising coming-of-age film Pin Cushion, first time filmmaker Deborah Haywood explores teen angst and dark thoughts using a dreamy fairytale aesthetic Read more »| 13 Feb 2018
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Festivals
Ten events and classics not to miss at Glasgow Film Festival
From Groundhog Day on a loop to a Dawn of the Dead treasure hunt, these are the best special events at this year's Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
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Lynne Ramsay discusses her brutal Joaquin Phoenix thriller
Lynne Ramsay is back with crime thriller You Were Never Really Here. The Scottish director tells us about channeling Sam Fuller B-movies, collaborating with Jonny Greenwood and getting a performance from Joaquin Phoenix that's both brutal and tender Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
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Columbus
Columbus, featuring terrific performances by Haley Lu Richardson, John Cho and Parker Posey, is a subtle, deeply humanist first feature from director Kogonada Read more »| 13 Oct 2017 -
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Wonderstruck
Todd Haynes follows up his exquisitely melancholic romance Carol with innocent young adult adventure yarn, Wonderstruck. Based on the book by Brian Selznick... Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
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The Other Side of Hope
Aki Kaurismäki is back with a bittersweet drama about the unlikely bond between a Syrian refugee and a Helsinki gambler Read more »| 17 May 2017 -
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A Quiet Passion
Terence Davies' Emily Dickinson biopic begins as a wry social satire before becoming a Dreyer-esque death crawl Read more »| 03 Apr 2017 -
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Transpecos
This impressive debut from director Greg Kwedar is a taut and atmospheric thriller about the drug trade set amid the American-Mexican borderlands Read more »| 21 Mar 2017 -
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Kuso
Steven “Flying Lotus” Ellison delivers a cavalcade of filthy sketches, each sicker than the last, but the cumulative effect of all the hilarious, shit-stained antics is cathartic – moving even Read more »| 08 Mar 2017 -
Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival 2017: Best of the Fest
Our film team take a look back at this year's Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 06 Mar 2017