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Jamie Dunn
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The world's least buff film buff • film critic • arts journo • Film editor at The Skinny • co-host of The CineSkinny podcast • trying to be more upbeat
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A fresh episode of @thecineskinny.bsky.social out now: Peter and @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social talk through PILLION, WAKE UP DEAD MAN + various Poirot-adjacent whodunnits.

Oh, and Tubi. Surprising amount of Tubi chat.

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Pillion, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and What Makes a Good Whodunnit?
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November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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ON FALLING and THE OUTRUN deservedly split the big categories at the @baftascotland.bsky.social awards in Glasgow – @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social with the details of some of the night's main awards...

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BAFTA Scotland 2025: The Winners - The Skinny
The Outrun and On Falling shared the spoils at this year’s BAFTA Scotland awards, while Trainspotting and Star Wars star Ewan McGregor was honoured for his Outstanding Contribution to Film & Televisio...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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The first films for @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social have been revealed – there's a Swedish cinema focus, and the retrospective theme is 'Truth to Power' (Strangelove! Brockovich! Battle of Algiers!)

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Glasgow Film Festival reveals first films for 2026 - The Skinny
GFF 2026's retrospective strand will feature films where characters fight back against the machine of power, while the Country Focus next year will be on Sweden.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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The long-running and much-loved French Film Festival UK has an exceptional lineup this year. Over 60 films screen at over 40 different locations across the UK – @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social suggests five films to seek out
French Film Festivak UK 2025: Top Five Picks – The Skinny
The long-running and much-loved French Film Festival UK has an exceptional lineup this year. Over 60 films screen at over 40 different locations across the UK. We suggest five films to seek out.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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A Julia Ducournau season at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social

@takeoneaction.bsky.social's Dundee leg at @dcadundee.bsky.social

a Ryan Gilbey Q&A at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social

info on all those + a bunch of other good stuff, via @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social 👇
The Best Scottish Film Events in November 2025 – The Skinny
This month's highlights include Noirvember double bills at Filmhouse, Melodrama practically everywhere and possibly too many film festivals.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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David Mackenzie is back with the sharp and twisty Relay – we catch up with Scotland's most prolific filmmaker to discuss his success in the States, his channelling of 70s paranoid thrillers, and why he tries to avoid repeating himself

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David Mackenzie on New York crime thriller Relay: The Skinny
We catch up with Scotland's most prolific filmmaker to discuss his success in the States, and his channelling of 70s paranoid thrillers in Relay.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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URCHIN follows Frank Dillane as a young man on the streets of London with no safety net – we caught up with Frank to talk through the film, and working with director and fellow actor Harris Dickinson

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Frank Dillane on his starring role in Urchin - The Skinny
Fear the Walking Dead star Frank Dillane gives a wonderful performance in Urchin, the debut film from Babygirl actor Harris Dickinson.
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October 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Glasgow Youth Film Festival returns to @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social this month with a programme that's fierce, fun and a little subversive – our preview, by @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

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Young Team: Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025 preview - The Skinny
GFT's young film programming team have come up with an electric lineup of films for this year's Glasgow Youth Film Festival.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Tomorrow night, Sophie Dupuis brings Solo, her glittering drama about a young drag queen in Montreal, to
@filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social. Sophie will also be sticking around for a Q&A with me after the film. Doors at 5.30pm. Tickets here www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/solo-qa/
Solo
This film contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy. Simon (Glory Gore), a dazzling star of Montreal's drag scene, finds his world turned upside ...
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September 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Beach walks, wild swimming, fantastic films directed by women – welcome to Sea Change, the Tiree film festival returning next week

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Making Waves: Sea Change 2025 preview - The Skinny
Beach walks, wild swimming, fantastic films directed by women – welcome to Sea Change, the Tiree film festival returning this September
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September 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Abdolreza Kahani picks up the top prize at this year's #EdFilmFest for his new film Mortician – @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social recaps this year's competition winners...

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Edinburgh Film Festival: Abdolreza Kahani wins top prize - The Skinny
Canada-based Iranian filmmaker Abdolreza Kahani takes home the £50,000 Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence for Mortician, a tragicomic drama he shot on his iPhone.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Be sure to check out this revival of Silent Scream at EIFF. Embarrassed to say the film was new to me, but it blew me away when I watched it for this interview. I'm amazed we don't shout about it more in Scotland. It's screening in honour of the late, great Paddy Higson
August 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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He sold his DS and his Wii at 14 to buy his first camera; at 25, he's won the Best Director prize at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – we talk to Out of Love director Nathan Ambrosioni

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Nathan Ambrosioni on KVIFF award-winner Out of Love: The Skinny
We meet the talented young French filmmaker Nathan Ambrosioni, winner of Crystal Globe for Best Director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
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August 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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ICYMI, #TakeMeSomewhere returns to Glasgow this October; here's an early look at the programme for the theatre and performance fest, via @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

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Take Me Somewhere: 2025 programme announced - The Skinny
Take Me Somewhere returns to Glasgow this October with an eclectic programme exploring subjects such as care, communal feasting and desire.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Ahead of EIFF kicking off in a couple of weeks, here are some of the films I'm looking forward to www.theskinny.co.uk/film/film-ev...
July 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Call My Agent's Camille Cottin is superb in OUT OF LOVE, a nuanced family drama from wise-beyond-his-years director Nathan Ambrosioni

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Out of Love: a fine-grained family drama - The Skinny
Call My Agent's Camille Cottin is superb in this nuanced French drama about a middle-aged woman suddenly charged with the care of her niece and nephew.
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July 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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The Edinburgh Film Festival programme is here – 18 world premieres, a bag of retrospectives, some new venues, and a bumper programme, as @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social explains

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Edinburgh Film Festival reveals 2025 programme - The Skinny
EIFF is back with new venues, 007 and Budd Boetticher retrospectives, new films from Andrew Kotting, and Charlie Shakleton and on-stage talks from Andrea Arnold and Ben Wheatley.
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July 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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If @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social‬'s opening weekend of cinema deep cuts and big screen belters left you wanting more, read @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social‬'s interview with the people rebuilding Edinburgh's arthouse theatre
Open the Doors: Filmhouse returns - The Skinny
We're so back! After a heroic rescue effort, Filmhouse is very close to opening its doors again. Ahead of its 'soft launch' at the end of June, we chat to Andrew Simpson and Rod White, the directors…
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June 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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There's been widespread outcry in Glasgow's art scene after the police were called to an Art Workers for Palestine Scotland protest at the CCA – story via @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

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'A profound rift': anger grows over CCA's handling of Palestine protests - The Skinny
Art Workers for Palestine Scotland (AWFPS) have made a statement after the CCA's closure due to AWFPS's pro-Palestine protests, while Scotland's arts community react to the centre's handling of the si...
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June 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Filmhouse reopens with a programme of films released during their closure and some special screenings, with tickets at half price or less 📽️

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Filmhouse announces opening programme - The Skinny
Filmhouse reopens with a programme of films released during their closure and some special screenings, with tickets at half price.
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June 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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"Instead of the roadblock, my insecurity became the vehicle to drive the book"

Film critic @ryangilbey.bsky.social‬ on his new essay/memoir IT USED TO BE WITCHES, which is out today via @faberbooks.bsky.social‬

www.theskinny.co.uk/books/featur... [Interview: @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social‬]
Ryan Gilbey on his new queer cinema book It Used to Be Witches – The Skinny
Film critic Ryan Gilbey talks to us about It Used to Be Witches, his playful new study of queer cinema history blending personal memoir, critical analysis and insightful new interviews with an…
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June 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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The 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival features 82 exhibitions across 45 venues – @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social takes a first look at the programme

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Edinburgh Art Festival reveals its 2025 programme - The Skinny
The UK’s largest annual festival of visual art returns with a programme featuring performance by Linder and Lewis Walker, film work by CJ Mahony and Lewis Hetherington, festival Jupiter Rising, plus i...
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May 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Best Scottish Film Events in June:
There's a bunch of great film festivals this month (inc SAFAR Film Fest), @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social celebrates two great filmmakers named Michael, and Cameo brings David Lynch's legendary TV show Twin Peaks to the big screen www.theskinny.co.uk/film/film-ev...
May 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Our film podcast is back w/ its usual mix of reviews, retrospective, and its host derailing the convo by bringing up farmyard Final Destination scenarios.

on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, our website and elsewhere
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May 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Ben Wheatley's new film BULK gets its world premiere at this year's #edfilmfest – details here, via @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

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Ben Wheatley's BULK to world premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival - The Skinny
Ben Wheatley's new film BULK will open Edinburgh International Film Festival's Midnight Madness strand this year.
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May 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM