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We love short films at The Skinny, so we’re super excited to see Glasgow Short Film Festival back next month, running 22 to 26 March. We still have to ... Read more »

Glasgow International Comedy Festival It feels like everyone could do with a laugh right now. No, not one of those cry-laughs you have when your energy... Read more »

Glasgow Short Film Festival ended on Sunday (26 Mar), and we’re pleased to report it’s back to its lively self. After two online editions (2020 a... Read more »

Film festivals can sometimes feel airdropped into their surroundings. No such charge could be laid at the feet of Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival. Sin... Read more »

To Hawick this month as Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival returns for its 13th edition! As ever, it’s a beautifully curated lineup of experimental... Read more »

Few films can boast the urgency of How to Blow Up a Pipeline. It’s based on Andreas Malm’s political manifesto of the same name from last year, b... Read more »

We knew James Price was a formidable writer-director thanks to short films like Boys Night, his bittersweet drama in which a young teen escorts his drunk dad... Read more »

Artistry and community go hand in hand at the thirteenth edition of Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival. This annual showcase of experimental film and art... Read more »

The Folk Film Gathering (12-29 Jun) is back in Edinburgh with a sharply curated lineup celebrating community, place and people. Running through the programme... Read more »

On 21 July, cinema fans have a choice to make because it’s Barbie v Oppenheimer! Will you be in Greta Gerwig or Christopher Nolan's corner as they vie ... Read more »

There’s a distinctly bittersweet flavour to Silent Roar, the soulful and gently comic debut feature from Johnny Barrington, which is due to have its wo... Read more »

It looked a bit touch and go there for a while but Edinburgh International Film Festival will return this month (18-23 Aug) for its 76th edition. Pick up a c... Read more »

It feels like just yesterday – and in other ways, like aeons – since the V&A Dundee opened their doors. This weekend marks the... Read more »

The Hebridean island of Tiree has become the unlikely home to Scotland’s only annual film festival dedicated to female filmmaking. Titled Sea Change, t... Read more »

This time last year, The Skinny, along with pretty much every other right-minded arts publication, was declaring Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun as the film ... Read more »

We’re entering the third month of a miserable winter, so the annual Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme has come along just in time to lift us... Read more »

Scotland’s biggest film star Sean Connery was a long-time supporter of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and a regular attendee. The Oscar-win... Read more »

La Chimera Dir. Alice Rohrwacher In an Alice Rohrwacher film, myth and fable sit side by side with biting social commentary, and that is certainly the... Read more »

Three film festivals – two old favourites, one mint fresh – should keep Scottish film fans occupied throughout May.  Over the month’s... Read more »

This year’s Glasgow Film Festival, its 20th edition, was a typically stellar affair filled with sharp programming and wholesome vibes. It also had a sp... Read more »

Edinburgh International Film Festival has revealed its closing film for 2024. The curtain will come down on the festival on 21 August with the world premiere... Read more »

For the next few weeks, Summerhall will be one of the most exciting places on the planet, as every nook and cranny of the beloved Edinburgh venue is filled w... Read more »

Today, the 20 artists competing for The SAY (Scottish Album of the Year) Award has been cut down to ten, with the official shortlist revealed. Nine of the ac... Read more »

The situation at Edinburgh arts hub Summerhall continues to be bleak. As many will be aware, Summerhall Management Ltd, the company that operates Summerhall,... Read more »

The year comes to an end with two key indie arts venues in Glasgow shut for the winter – OFFLINE is off because it still doesn’t have proper heat... Read more »

In Mexico City, sometime in the early 50s, an American expat in a crumpled linen suit cruises seedy bars looking for another shot of tequila and someone to t... Read more »

As we enter the darkest, coldest months of the year, we can look forward to a bit of light at the end of the tunnel with Glasgow Film Festival 2025 (26 Feb-9... Read more »

Last April, Glasgow Film Theatre began its monthly Queer Cinema Sundays and it’s quickly become one of Scotland’s essential cinema seasons. Its a... Read more »

The Scottish arts scene is deep in crisis, of that there is no doubt. After 14 years of austerity and still feeling the effects of the COVID pandemic, some v... Read more »

Scanning this year’s GFF lineup, it’s notably lighter on the big-name arthouse auteurs that usually pepper the festival's programme. There are a ... Read more »