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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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FestivalsEdinburgh 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 -
FilmThe 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 -
FestivalsCharlotte 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 -
FestivalsBoyz 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 -
FestivalsEdinburgh 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 -
NewsYoung 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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FestivalsAlchemy 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 -
NewsGFT 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 -
NewsBeats: 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 -
NewsJoaquin 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 -
NewsWatch 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 -
NewsHuge Stanley Kubrick retrospective comes to Glasgow Film Theatre
This spring, the GFT will be crowning the great Stanley Kubrick their latest CineMaster with a season that includes nine of the American director’s features Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
NewsThe first trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is here
The first trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is here Read more »| 20 Mar 2019 -
NewsStranger Things is back with epic season 3 trailer
It may be summertime, but, as usual, something dark and sinister is going on in Hawkins, Indiana. Presumably only Eleven, Mike, Dustin and the gang can stop it Read more »| 20 Mar 2019 -
FilmToy Story 4's trailer promises a franchise remix with even more dread
The latest addition to the Toy Story saga is a redux of the first three films with some added existentialism Read more »| 20 Mar 2019