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NewsBafta Scotland celebrates excellent year for Scottish film
An uncommonly good year for Scottish film was marked last night with Beats and Wild Rose picking up awards Read more »| 04 Nov 2019 -
NewsCage-a-rama announces 2020 programme
Matchbox Cineclub's annual love letter to Nicolas Cage returns with a new lineup of Cage movies, including two UK premieres Read more »| 31 Oct 2019 -
NewsJonathan Glazer returns with new short film The Fall
The great filmmaker behind Sexy Beast and Under the Skin made a surprise return when his nightmarish new short popped up on TV before Live at the Apollo Read more »| 28 Oct 2019 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Spanish Film Festival: 2019 preview
The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival is back with a tasty menu of award-winning Spanish cinema as well as a literal tasty menu with Scottish chef Michael Innes Read more »| 26 Sep 2019 -
FestivalsTake One Action: Films with a youth focus
At Take One Action Film Festival, young people are leading the way – here are six films from this year's programme with youth at the forefront Read more »| 09 Sep 2019 -
FestivalsSQIFF announces 2019 programme
Scottish Queer International Film Festival is back with a programme featuring a celebration of ballroom culture, Latinx legends and Janelle Monáe Read more »| 28 Aug 2019
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NewsTollcross Drift: Fast & Furious 9 in Edinburgh
With production of Fast & Furious 9 soon to descend on Edinburgh, we consider how Auld Reekie's vertiginous inclines, narrow streets and wonky cobbles will effect Vin Diesel and co’s driving styles Read more »| 28 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsTake One Action Film Festival reveals 2019 programme
The festival focused on global change unveils a lineup that includes 20 feature films as well as shorts, masterclasses, workshop and community events Read more »| 14 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsGlasgow Youth Film Festival announce 2019 programme
Glasgow Film’s teen programmers are back with another zesty programme blending brand-new films with some modern classics Read more »| 13 Aug 2019 -
NewsKen Loach's new film to close Take One Action 2019
Take One Action 2019 will close with Sorry We Missed You, the latest film from Ken Loach, and will open with Push, a doc concerned with the worldwide crisis in affordable housing Read more »| 02 Aug 2019 -
NewsWatch the first trailer for Martin Scorsese's The Irishman
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci all appear in the first trailer for Martin Scorsese's gangster film The Irishman, which looks epic Read more »| 31 Jul 2019 -
NewsRobert Pattinson fights an octopus in the first trailer from The Lighthouse
The Witch director Robert Eggers returns with The Lighthouse, a wild-looking two-hander starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson Read more »| 30 Jul 2019 -
NewsScotland gets its first Kung Fu Film Festival
Summerhall in Edinburgh will play host to a Kung Fu Film Festival featuring Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan classics, as well as two films from Stephen Chow Read more »| 16 Jul 2019 -
FestivalsWeird Weekend to unearth lost Bill Murray masterpiece
Tom Schiller's lost comic gem Nothing Lasts Forever features in the second Weird Weekend from Matchbox Cineclub, as does Joe Dante's suburban satire The 'Burbs and Věra Chytilová’s teen horror Wolf’s Hole Read more »| 10 Jul 2019 -
NewsNicolas Roeg and Spike Lee seasons coming to GFT
Glasgow Film Theatre have two great retrospectives lined up for their Cinemaster retrospectives this summer: Nic Roeg and Spike Lee Read more »| 01 Jul 2019