Jamie Dunn

Glasgow

Film Editor, and Online Journalist at The Skinny

The world’s least buff film buff

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Remake of The Toxic Avenger comes to EIFF

2 weeks ago | theskinny.co.uk | Jamie Dunn

We’ll say this for EIFF: it’s got catholic tastes. The first four films announced for the festival offer something for pretty much everyone. There’s the opening film Sorry, Baby, an offbeat drama about a young woman working through trauma. Midnight Madness, the festival's late-night genre film strand, will open with BULK, the mysterious new film from Ben Wheatley.
Open the Doors: Filmhouse returns

2 weeks ago | theskinny.co.uk | Jamie Dunn

There’s been a hole at the heart of Edinburgh’s film community since 6 October 2022. That was the day Filmhouse, the city’s beloved arthouse theatre, closed its doors owing to the financial collapse of its parent company, The Centre for the Moving Image.
Filmhouse announces opening programme

2 weeks ago | theskinny.co.uk | Jamie Dunn

In just over two weeks, Filmhouse will open its doors to the public for the first time in over two years, and they’re kicking off with a programme of films they didn’t get to screen during that closure. For the first week, standard tickets are half price (£6 rather than £12), with discounts also applied to all their concession tickets.
John Maclean on Scottish western Tornado

2 weeks ago | theskinny.co.uk | Jamie Dunn

The opening text of Tornado informs us that its events take place sometime in 1790s Britain. But don’t be braced for bonnets and corsets: this is not your typical Georgian-era costume drama. It’s the second feature from Scottish director and Beta Band alumnus John Maclean, and like his knockout debut, Slow West, from 2015, it’s a fat-free, earthy example of a genre rarely made on these shores: a Western, albeit one with much influence from the East.
Edinburgh International Book Festival announced 2025 programme

2 weeks ago | theskinny.co.uk | Jamie Dunn

The world feels pretty broken right now, from the ongoing genocides abroad and deepening inequalities at home, to the attempt by our government to strip away basic human rights while ignoring the nightmare of our climate emergency. The UK’s largest literary celebration, Edinburgh International Book Festival, this year aims to explore some of these crises under its theme of ‘Repair’.
Filmhouse announces date for its reopening

3 weeks ago | theskinny.co.uk | Jamie Dunn

It’s been two years and eight months since an audience has crossed the threshold of Edinburgh’s Filmhouse. But in just over three weeks, on 27 June, the much-loved cinema will make a comeback following a £2 million refurbishment. The reason for Filmhouse’s closure is well-documented. But in brief, the cinema closed in October 2022 when its parent company, the Centre for the Moving Image, went into administration.
It Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey

3 weeks ago | theskinny.co.uk | Jamie Dunn

Book title: It Used to Be Witches Author: Ryan Gilbey How does one tell a story of queer cinema? For Ryan Gilbey, the answer is to take inspiration from the subject itself and write a book that’s as subversive and quicksilver as the queer films he adores.
Ryan Gilbey on his new queer cinema book It Used to Be Witches – The Skinny

3 weeks ago | theskinny.co.uk | Jamie Dunn

Ryan Gilbey is feeling like a poacher turned gamekeeper. He’s fresh from filing an interview this morning for The Guardian, where he’ll often be found writing some of the most insightful interviews in British film journalism. This afternoon, however, he’s on the other side of the Zoom link to discuss It Used to Be Witches, his dazzling new book on queer cinema, and he seems a little bit at sea. “I always have my pre-interview rituals,” Gilbey tells me from his flat in North London.
Edinburgh Art Festival reveals its 2025 programme

1 month ago | theskinny.co.uk | Jamie Dunn

Edinburgh Art Festival has revealed its busy programme for its 2025 edition, which takes place 7 to 24 August and will feature 82 exhibitions spread across 45 galleries and venues. And one of these venues is the festival’s new EAF Pavilion, which will be in the vast Outer Spaces exhibition space on Leith Street. The festival describes the EAF Pavilion as “a shared hub” and it will be a hive of activity, hosting many of the festival's new commissions, exhibitions and discussions.
Scottish Film Events: June 2025

1 month ago | theskinny.co.uk | Jamie Dunn

There’s a bunch of film festivals heading your way in June. First up, Refugee Festival Scotland (13-22 Jun). The multi-arts festival has over 150 events planned across the country, many of them cinema-related. Take the opening night screening at CCA, Glasgow, Within the Fragments of Gurbet, a documentary in which filmmaker Bircan Birol brings together fellow migrants and refugees living in Glasgow to map their own version of their new home.