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The news on new releases, soundtracks, special screenings and UK film festivals from The Skinny. Find info on new films, and watch freshly released trailers. We bring you the latest news in all things film.
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Festivals
Agnès Varda to be celebrated at Edinburgh Film Festival
Agnès Varda's moving final film Varda by Agnès will screen at Edinburgh International Film Festival alongside a free programme of some of her most-loved films Read more »| 24 May 2019 -
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Edinburgh Film Festival 2019: Scottish films and talent
Edinburgh Film Festival announces the lineup of Scottish talent included this year’s programme, including a sequel to Braveheart and a TV show based on work by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Read more »| 20 May 2019 -
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Robert Pattinson playing Batman would be a waste of his talents
Robert Pattinson looks likely to be the latest cinematic cape crusader in Matt Reeves' upcoming comic book movie The Batman, which means the indie film world might be about to lose its most interesting actor Read more »| 17 May 2019 -
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Margaret Tait to be celebrated with ten new films from Scottish filmmakers
The Orcadian filmmaker and poet Margaret Tait will be commemorated with ten new commissions, including films by Luke Fowler, Sarah Wood, Morag McKinnon and Mark Cousins Read more »| 08 May 2019 -
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Edinburgh Film Festival to close with Lowry biopic Mrs Lowry & Son
The world premiere of a biopic of LS Lowry, with Timothy Spall as the iconic British painter, will bring this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival to a close Read more »| 07 May 2019 -
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The CineSkinny on Tour: The line-up
This month The Skinny takes a programme of excellent short film on a tour of two of our favourite venues Read more »| 03 May 2019
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Charlotte Prodger’s Venice Biennale work to tour Scotland
Charlotte Prodger’s new Scotland + Venice Biennale work will tour Scotland at the same time as it premieres at the 58th International Art Exhibition Read more »| 01 May 2019 -
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Boyz in the Wood to open Edinburgh Film Festival 2019
The 73rd edition of the long-running festival will kick off with Scottish comedy Boyz in the Wood, the debut film from Ninian Doff, with a cast featuring Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickie, James Cosmo and Alice Lowe Read more »| 01 May 2019 -
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Edinburgh Film Festival's free outdoor screenings return
The three-day mini-festival of outdoor screenings in Edinburgh will include some old faves like When Harry Met Sally and modern classics like Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse Read more »| 25 Apr 2019 -
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Young film critics – EIFF needs you!
Edinburgh International Film Festival is looking for emerging film writers to be part of its annual Student Critics Programme Read more »| 24 Apr 2019 -
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Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival: 2019 Preview
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival is back in Hawick, with work by Phil Collins, Esther Urlus, Deborah S Phillips and Stephen Broomer among the lineup, as well as the annual film walk which is this year dedicated to Margaret Tait Read more »| 22 Apr 2019 -
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GFT plan free screenings to celebrate 80th anniversary
Glasgow Film Theatre celebrates "80 Years of Cinema" with a weekend of free screenings that include Mulholland Drive in 4K, Olivia Wilde's debut Booksmart and family fave The Wizard of Oz in 4K Read more »| 12 Apr 2019 -
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Beats: Watch the trailer for the Scottish rave movie
Rave to the grave with the first trailer for Brian Welsh's euphoric coming-of-age film Beats, based on Kieran Hurley's celebrated Fringe show of the same name Read more »| 05 Apr 2019 -
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Joaquin Phoenix isn't laughing in the first Joker trailer
Batman's great nemesis gets his own origin story in Joker, with Joaquin Phoenix playing the tortured criminal with the rictus grin Read more »| 03 Apr 2019 -
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Watch trailer for Bill Murray zombie movie The Dead Don't Die
Jim Jarmusch’s zombie movie The Dead Don’t Die looks like a riot, with a knockout cast that includes Bill Murray, Adam Driver and Chloë Sevigny as deadpan cops and Tilda Swinton as a Scottish mortician who's also handy with a samurai sword Read more »| 01 Apr 2019