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Step aside A Star Is Born, there’s a new drama about a raw singing talent reaching for the heavens, although the diamond in the rough of Wild Rose is a... Read more »

It’s been ten years since New Zealand comedy-folk duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie last appeared together on screen as Flight of the Conchords, in... Read more »

Props to Dieter Kosslick. Unlike his contemporaries at Cannes and Venice, the director of the Berlin International Film Festival apparently knows that women ... Read more »

Glasgow Short Film Festival is back this March and they’re opening in pretty radical style with a visit from the mighty New York-based duo Soda_Jerk. D... Read more »

There were many reasons to cheer last night’s Oscars. The surprise Best Actress award for Olivia Colman over the hot favourite, Glenn Close (please che... Read more »

You wouldn’t want to be trapped in a faulty lift with characters from an Alex Ross Perry joint; truthfully, sharing a functioning one for a few floors ... Read more »

The opening of Captain Marvel is genuinely surprising – if a bit confusing. It begins with a dream, but the opening act’s mood in general is deci... Read more »

This thrillingly dreamlike and borderline baffling detective yarn, set in the sunny but sinister LA familiar to David Lynch and Thomas Pynchon fans, follows ... Read more »

Glasgow is innately cool, but there’s always a new neighbourhood trying to market itself as No Mean City’s most happening part of town.... Read more »

Back in February, Stirlingshire festival Doune the Rabbit Hole announced its first wave of acts, which included both massive international artists like John ... Read more »

To Bo'ness last month, for one of the jewels in Scotland’s film calendar. This small coastal town in West Lothian is home to the Hippodrome, Scotl... Read more »

Edinburgh Council's attack on the arts continues apace. Its latest target is Stills, the city's much-loved photographic gallery, which is facing a huge rent ... Read more »

Two years ago, artist Phil Collins travelled to a Ukrainian village near the Russian border and found a statue of Friedrich Engels unceremoniously seque... Read more »

The curtain-raiser for the upcoming edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival will be a home-grown action comedy set deep in the Scottish Highland... Read more »

Destination Wedding resembles a Richard Linklater romance that’s been left out in the sun too long and started to curdle. The central pair in Victor Le... Read more »

Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival is nothing if not self-aware. Taking place annually in Hawick, the festival is alive to the fact that its celebration ... Read more »

The list of iconic bands who have played King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut before they shot to stardom is endless. Oasis' before-they-were-famous performance at t... Read more »

The Fringe is so close we can almost taste the overpriced Scandinavian-inspired lager. The big venues are revealing their Fringe line-ups left right and cent... Read more »

LeithLate was much missed last year when it took a hiatus, but it’s back next month with a lively weekender of music, art and general creativity. The f... Read more »

As ever, they’ll be plenty of Scottish talent gracing this screen at this year’s film festival, not least in opening film Boyz in the Wood, a rio... Read more »

Romantic comedies are hard to pull off. Don't believe us? Just look at what Nora Ephron, the modern master of the romcom, had to say about them in 2009. "The... Read more »

Edinburgh may brand itself as The Festival City, but we're not sure anyone has told Edinburgh Council. FLY Open Air, the popular dance music festival that ha... Read more »

1. Film Feels: Obsession Obsession and the movies go hand-in-hand. After all, if you blow beautiful, charismatic people up to the size of a double-decker bu... Read more »

The 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival is nearing its end, and that means awards time. This year's big prize, named after legendary filmmaker Michael... Read more »

Carl Douglas once remarked that 'Everybody was Kung Fu fighting', and it looks like that might actually be the case at Summerhall this September, as the Edin... Read more »

Global change festival Take One Action is back in September and it's got two great-looking films lined up to bookend proceedings. The festival kicks off on 1... Read more »

Readers of The Skinny may already know that Edinburgh wordsmiths and cross-arts impresarios Neu! Reekie! are heading to Leith Theatre on Friday 18 October to... Read more »

On a small private island in the lagoon of the world’s most beautiful city, the world’s most in-demand young actor, Timothée Cha... Read more »

It’s taken a while, but the MCU has finally given the coolest member of the Avengers – Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff aka Black Wido... Read more »

The best double acts require discord. From Laurel and Hardy getting into another fine mess to Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s duelling Michael Caine impr... Read more »