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Mommy (Xavier Dolan) Xavier Dolan's fifth feature, Mommy, could be viewed as a companion piece to his debut I Killed My Mother, with a comparison betwe... Read more »

In the month that sees the start of spring (20 Mar if you’re interested in these things), Food News wouldn’t really be complete without a spot of... Read more »

CHEMIKAL SOLUTION: At time of going to press, the minds behind Glasgow recording institution Chem19 have just announced 'Engineering & Production in Prac... Read more »

45 Years (Andrew Haigh) 45 Years is a ghost story, but the spectre haunting Geoff and Kate (expertly played by Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling),... Read more »

Top Ten Events Scotland 25 Jul-1 Aug: Save Sighthill Stone Circle, Making News + Broadcast BBQ!       &nb... Read more »

Evolution Dir: Lucile Hadzihalilovic Ever since writer/director Lucile Hadzihalilovic teased that she was working on an original feature over a decade ag... Read more »

Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard) “I hate characters,” a woman states in Goodbye to Language, and it’s clear she is speaking on behalf... Read more »

GIRLHOOD (CÉLINE SCIAMMA) The inaccurate English retitling of Céline Sciamma’s Bande de filles has led some to draw comparisons with Boy... Read more »

I Am Belfast Dir. Mark Cousins Mark Cousins is arguably one of the best film essayists of our time, and the kind of thoughtful, gentle and poetic auteur ... Read more »

FINAL FESTIVAL: It didn’t quite fit in this issue, but we would still like to recommend Kaleidoscope Festival on the weekend 30 Sep-2 Oct at Kinkell Fa... Read more »

The (Rare) Female Protagonist The Brave: Pixar’s latest, set in an olden-days Scotch-land where the men are big and drunk and the wummin ken their pla... Read more »

1. Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)Few films this year can match The Tree of Life's sense of soaring ambition, and fewer still can match the breathtaking artis... Read more »

Cloud Atlas (The Wachowskis & Tom Tykwer) — 22 Feb Based on the incredibly complex novel by David Mitchell (not that one), Cloud Atlas consists of ... Read more »

1. The Raid (Gareth Evans) Vice-like expectation is nuanced only by punishing adrenalin in Gareth Evans’s Indonesian actioner The Raid. Rookie cop Ram... Read more »

Last year, The Skinny teamed up with Innis & Gunn to launch a competition to find the best micro-budget short film (a short film produced for less than &... Read more »

Following the success of last year’s Skinny Short Film Competition, we’re once again on the hunt for the most exciting new voices in short film-m... Read more »

About the short film competition The Skinny teamed up with Innis & Gunn to launch a film competition to find the best micro-budget short film (a short f... Read more »

The Hyundai Mercury Prize Albums of the Year shortlist, as selected by a judging panel including Ella Eyre, Marcus Mumford, Jamie Cullum, MistaJam and Jessie... Read more »

After a brilliant response to this year’s competition, with over 100 emerging filmmakers from across the UK submitting work, Ferguson's striking and st... Read more »

Cine team’s films of the festival Jamie Dunn – Après mai (Olivier Assayas): It’s Dazed and Confused meets Ted. Josh Slater-Willaims ... Read more »

CineSkinny team’s personal picks of GFF14 Jamie Dunn – I’ve went for a tie between two bold cinematic visions made in Scotland: Under the ... Read more »

Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller) Mad Max: Fury Road feels like a miracle; similar to “the green place” MacGuffin that Charlize Theron’... Read more »

Princess Cyd (Stephen Cone) It's hard to imagine we'll see many more perfectly matched performances this year than the two delivered by Rebecca Spence and... Read more »

1. Moonlight Dir. Barry Jenkins At a Q&A session following one of Moonlight’s public screenings at this year’s London Film Festival, dire... Read more »

ART Scotland Art editor Adam Benmakhlouf selects his 2015 highlight Phyllida Barlow's exhibition at the Fruitmarket was an excellent play of the monumental... Read more »

Each week The Skinny team hand-pick a selection of the best events from the North's cultural calendar to provide you with this 'ere top ten guide to the most... Read more »

As Christmas nears, thoughts turn to dinner parties, interminable nights out and Christmas pudding-related injuries. Well, your thoughts might turn to those ... Read more »

Jackie Kay named new Scots Makar Spring has sprung, and, in terms of news, it’s pretty obvious what the focus for April will be: Scotland’s new ... Read more »

What comes to your mind we you think 'British Cinema'? Do you picture a dour room with characters indulging in bittersweet conversations while drinking tea (... Read more »

1. Before Midnight (Richard Linklater) The standout line of 2013 comes in the extended third act of its standout film, Richard Linklater’s second unex... Read more »