Film
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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New ReleasesSundance 2026: Extra Geography
Molly Manners’ feature debut follows the painfully relatable unravelling of a ride-or-die friendship when that delicate microcosm opens up to others Read more »| 05 Feb 2026 -
New ReleasesSundance 2026: The Incomer
From Edinburgh to Park City, writer-director Louis Paxton brings a piece of Orkney folklore to Sundance with his oddball feature debut, which won the NEXT Innovator Award at the Sundance Film Festival Read more »| 04 Feb 2026 -
NewsHippFest reveals its 2026 programme
HippFest, Scotland's unmissable film festival pairing silent cinema with live music, returns for its 16th edition with its biggest lineup yet. Expect soaring melodrama, epic sci-fi, death-defying stunt work, rib-tickling slapstick and Roaring 20s chic Read more »| 04 Feb 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: February 2026
Look out for celebrations for Valentine's Day (and Galentine’s Day), a tribute to the foreboding cinema of Béla Tarr and so many great screenings at Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 03 Feb 2026 -
Opinion11 unmissable films at Glasgow Film Festival 2026
New films from indie cinema legends, exciting festival hits and intriguing documentaries – here are our picks from this year's GFF lineup Read more »| 29 Jan 2026 -
New ReleasesIs This Thing On?
The stand-up origin story of Liverpudlian comic John Bishop provides the unlikely inspiration for Bradley Cooper's pleasingly low-key drama Is This Thing On? Read more »| 26 Jan 2026
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New ReleasesThe Voice of Hind Rajab
Kaouther Ben Hania uses the real audio recording of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by Israeli military forces, to dramatise her failed rescue. The resulting hybrid film – nominated for an Oscar – is powerful and devastating Read more »| 22 Jan 2026 -
New ReleasesThe History of Sound
Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor star as young men whose mutual love for music turns into romance in the latest period film from South African director Oliver Hermanus Read more »| 19 Jan 2026 -
New ReleasesNo Other Choice
Director Park Chan-wook returns with a Machiavellian teardown of capitalism and masculinity that saves its gory best for last Read more »| 16 Jan 2026 -
InterviewsBen Wheatley on micro-budget sci-fi BULK
Ben Wheatley went from big-budget Hollywood behemoth Meg 2: The Trench to his new film BULK, a micro-budget wonder that he's taking on tour across the UK. This protean filmmaker discusses the freedom he finds in making sci-fi on a shoestring Read more »| 07 Jan 2026 -
NewsEverybody To Kenmure Street to open Glasgow Film Festival 2026
Felipe Bustos Sierra's documentary on Glaswegians' successful stand against a Home Office deportation van will kick off this year's Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 07 Jan 2026 -
New ReleasesScotland on Screen: A Year in Scottish Film
From the grind of poverty to the perfection of porridge via samurai and swearing, this was 2025 in Scottish film Read more »| 06 Jan 2026 -
Film EventsScottish Film Events: January 2026
Filmhouse and GFT celebrate the French New Wave in a big way, the Goethe Institute presents Fokus, the first film festival of 2026, and Ben Wheatley takes his new experimental feature BULK on tour Read more »| 06 Jan 2026 -
OpinionDear Screen Place: What happened to all the Glasgow films?
In recent years, there have been plenty of films shot in Glasgow, from comic book movies to zombie apocalypses to sci-fi dystopias. But what happened to all the films *set* in Glasgow telling local stories? Read more »| 05 Jan 2026 -
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