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Take One Action: Films with a youth focus
Crippling student debts, exorbitant rents, record youth unemployment, a pitiless gig economy, a right-wing government voted in by their parents, freedom of m... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Scottish musicians on their soundtracking sidehustles
For a country with such a vibrant music scene, Scottish musicians are responsible for surprisingly few great musical moments in cinema. There are Mark Knopfl... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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12 of the best films at London Film Festival 2019
Red carpet sellers across London are rubbing their hands in delight today as the UK’s glitziest film celebration, the London Film Festival, kicks off p... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival: 2019 preview
Don’t let that title fool you. The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, which returns for its sixth edition, doesn’t just cater to Hispanophiles livi... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Adam Driver on Marriage Story
Adam Driver is basically the man right now. We’re speaking to the 35-year-old actor at the London Film Festival, where he has two films in the programm... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Alejandro Landes on blistering war thriller Monos
Monos, the third feature from Brazil-born Colombian-Ecuadorian director Alejandro Landes, will make your jaw drop. It’s a hallucinatory assault, taking... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Music
Scottish Alternative Music Awards: The 2019 Winners
The tenth edition of the SAMAs took place this weekend at St Luke’s in Glasgow with live performances on the night from Franky’s Evil Party, One ... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Bafta Scotland celebrates excellent year for Scottish film
Scottish cinema is in pretty good health, all told. And we’re not just talking about the big American productions (see the Avengers and Fast & the ... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Cage-a-rama announces 2020 programme
Judging from his eclectic CV, it’s easy to assume Nicolas Cage has never said no to a script. Thanks to this prolific output, Cage-a-rama – Glasg... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Glasgow Film Festival lines up dystopian sci-fi retrospective
It feels like we’re living in a dystopia right now, but if you’re looking for ways to cope through the end of days, Glasgow Film Festival’s... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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2019 in Scottish Film, from Avengers to Beats
For two years on the trot, Scotland has played a part in the biggest blockbusters of the year. In 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, an early action scene ... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Where to get your Christmas movie fix this December
What is it about Christmas films that make them endlessly rewatchable? Most of us need at least three hands to count off the number of times we’ve seen... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Music
Save Leith Walk: Developers lose appeal
It’s been a rough week for any forward-thinking people out there hoping for the UK to be a little fairer, a little more socially-conscious and a little... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Terry Gilliam on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Terry Gilliam has big uncle energy: he is quick to laugh, wears garish shirts and is on the precipice of saying something off colour at any moment. A few hou... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Bombshell
The Big Short has a lot to answer for. The critical and commercial success of that 2015 Adam McKay film – equal parts 2008 financial crisis explainer a... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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A Hidden Life
It’s become banal to point out that Terrence Malick’s visuals have become banal. The balletic camerawork by Mexican cinematographer Emmanuel Lube... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Scottish Film and Streaming Highlights: February 2020
Glasgow Film Festival (26 Feb-8 Mar) isn’t the only film festival kicking off in Scotland this month. IberoDocs (26 Feb-15 Mar) returns for its seventh... Read more »| Updated about 4 years ago -
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How we watch movies in the age of streaming
It might seem perverse to have a debate on the pros and cons of streaming during a glorious celebration of the communal cinema experience like Glasgow Film F... Read more »| Updated about 4 years ago -
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Edinburgh’s Filmhouse planning ambitious new six-screen cinema
Today, Edinburgh’s Filmhouse has unveiled ambitious plans to build a new “home for film and screen culture in Edinburgh”. Located just a fe... Read more »| Updated about 4 years ago -
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Jason Connery to head up Scottish film studio
After much discussion, it looks like Scotland will be getting a dedicated film and TV studio development in the capital. First Stage Studio will be based in ... Read more »| Updated about 4 years ago -
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SQIFF unveils 2020 programme
SQIFF is the latest Scottish film festival to embrace the brave new world of online film exhibition and events. The sixth edition of the much-loved fest... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
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Team Players: Sarah Gavron & Anu Henriques on Rocks
Joyful chaos bursts from the screen in Rocks, the new film from Suffragette director Sarah Gavron. It’s a social-realist film with real energy and wit,... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
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Ten Films to Catch at London Film Festival 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause major headaches for film festivals around the UK. While some have cancelled (organisers of Edinburgh Film Festival, ... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
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Mind Games: Josephine Decker on Shirley
Josephine Decker won’t turn 40 until April next year, but already her CV requires a sturdy binder. She’s 18 acting credits to her name, mostly in... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
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The Ross brothers on Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. Or, more pointedly in the year of our lord 2021, sometimes you want to go somewhere that isn’... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
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Pieces of a Woman
Brace yourself for sorrow. Pieces of a Woman, the first English-language film from Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó, is the kind of blisteri... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
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Glasgow Film Festival returns online in 2021
The 2020 Glasgow Film Festival was one of the last major events in the Scottish cultural calendar to take place before the world changed forever in March las... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
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Matthew Rankin on gonzo biopic The Twentieth Century
Set in 1899, Matthew Rankin’s The Twentieth Century tells the story of the early political machinations of a young, uptight and ambitious William Lyon ... Read more »| Updated about 3 years ago -
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Glasgow Film Festival 2021: Our Top Ten Films
Apples Dir. Christos NikouThe Greek “weird wave” that brought us films like Dogtooth and Chevalier shows no sign of dissipating with Christos N... Read more »| Updated about 3 years ago -
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Into the Dark takes us into the Polar Night
It’s February and you’re most likely reading this in Scotland, therefore you probably know a thing or two about the dark. Spare a thought, then, ... Read more »| Updated about 3 years ago