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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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 -
New ReleasesHamnet
Hamnet is a gorgeous film about catharsis through art, but its tension, discomfort and lack of rhythm make for an alienating watch Read more »| 05 Jan 2026 -
New ReleasesPeter Hujar’s Day
Ira Sachs takes us back to 1974 for a conversation between celebrated New York photographer Peter Hujar and his friend, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz. The resulting film is an exercise in listening that's intensely intimate Read more »| 02 Jan 2026
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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 -
OpinionThe Skinny's Films of 2025
The Skinny's film writers have put their heads together to choose their ten best films of the year. From a deeply sexy vampire flick to a low-energy heist movie via tales of trauma, reunion and resistance, 2025 was a great time to be a movie fan Read more »| 08 Dec 2025 -
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