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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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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 -
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 -
NewsGlasgow Film Festival reveals 2026 programme
GFF is back with a bumper 22nd edition. Highlights include new films from Jim Jarmusch, Mark Jenkin and Gus Van Sant as well as a very strong lineup of homegrown cinema, from doc Everyone to Kenmure Street to James McAvoy's California Schemin’ Read more »| 21 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
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Interviews
Kaouther Ben Hania on The Voice of Hind Rajab
The murder of five-year-old Hind Rajab by IDF soldiers shook filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania to her core. She tells us why she felt it was her responsibility to tell Hind's story as a devastating piece of cinema Read more »| 13 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 -
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 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