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80s fantasy romp Highlander made a triumphant return to Scotland with a 30th anniversary gala screening at the 70th Edinburgh Film Festival. Guest of honour ... Read more »

1. MUSIC | Cross The Tracks Summerhall, Edinburgh. 24 & 25 Jul, 9pm, £16 here A sprawling highlight ... Read more »

Gentrification, class tensions and coming of age commingle in this vivid slice of life from Ira Sachs (Love is Strange, Keep the Lights On), who’s slow... Read more »

For someone whose onscreen alter-ego is known as “Silent Bob”, Kevin Smith sure can talk. In Scotland for screenings of his new film Yoga Hosers ... Read more »

“I find them hard work, rock books.” Vic Godard is sitting backstage in the Traverse Theatre having completed his second and final rehearsal wit... Read more »

This weekend I hopped on a train to Sheffield to check out its 2010 Doc/Fest. A dynamic festival with its audience in mind, Doc/Fest has bucket-loads of char... Read more »

For its third year running, the Edinburgh International Fashion Festival will be held from 17-25 July. Acting as a creative platform in showcasing both inter... Read more »

Freshly extricated from its traditional Edinburgh Festival entanglement, the Edinburgh International Film Festival has this year moved from late August to 18... Read more »

Since 1999, ATP has offered an alternative to the mud and messiness of the traditional music festival. The film of the same name aims to capture some of the ... Read more »

On the first floor of Helsinki’s Ateneum Art Museum, home to the largest collection of classical Finnish art, hangs The Fighting Capercaillies by Ferdi... Read more »

Top Ten Events 9-15 Aug: LuckyMe, Speed of Light, + Unbound       THE WEEK AHEAD... This we... Read more »

Crime drama Shetland wins big at the Scottish Baftas, while EIFF opener Tommy’s Honour takes home best film award Last night, The British Academy Scot... Read more »

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMME UNVEILEDThis morning, the programme for EIFF 2013 was announced by festival director Chris Fujiwara. This is ... Read more »

The nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in Scotland's annual celebration of Scottish cinema and television have been announced th... Read more »

The return of the SQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival) sets the tone for a particularly cinematic Zap this week. We're truly buzzing ... Read more »

Great screen actors need iconic moments; the images that cement them in the public’s consciousness. Rhys Ifans has one, and it was achieved while weari... Read more »

Each week The Skinny team hand pick a selection of events from the Scottish cultural calendar to provide you with this guide to the most exciting goings on i... Read more »

The last few years have seen a noticeable rise in Iranian cinema’s international profile, both through relatively mainstream breakthrough success for f... Read more »

The Old One I’ll say one thing about Edinburgh International Film Festival (June): it has stamina. Held in Auld Reekie each year since 1947, it’... Read more »

A perennial joy of Chris Fujiwara’s tenure as Edinburgh International Film Festival’s artistic director have been the retrospectives. In his shor... Read more »

Sheffield Doc/Fest, the UK's number one documentary festival, kicked off yesterday with opening film Where to Invade Next and a stirring Q&A with its dir... Read more »

What if Michael Powell had never met Emeric Pressburger? Or Mr and Mrs Coen decided to not have any more children after their son Joel was born? The world wo... Read more »

1. MUSIC | West End Festival All-Dayer Òran Mór, Glasgow. 21 Jun, 3pm, £20 (£18) he... Read more »

At the height of the cold war, the world’s news cameras focused on a solitary figure sitting at a small chessboard in Iceland. Broadcasters and spectat... Read more »

In a wonderful scene from Doctor Zhivago, Strelnikov (Tom Courtenay) schools Yuri (Omar Sharif) on just how the world has turned. “The private lif... Read more »

Richard E Grant is looking angelic. The 60-year-old Swazi-English actor is sitting framed inside a huge arched window of an empty dining room in Edinburgh&rs... Read more »

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.After being picked up for broadcast by US network ABC, the first teaser trailer for Joss Whedon's hotly-anticipated Agents of S.H.I.E.L... Read more »

KICKSTARTER NEWS: NEW DOCUMENTARIES ON STONESTHROW & CLASSIC SHOEGAZEKicking off today's Bulletin, we bring you news of two fascinating new documentaries... Read more »

There’s reason to celebrate this week. John Boorman, the great director of Point Blank, Deliverance and Arthurian epic Excalibur, has a new film out. E... Read more »

THE CLASH UNVEIL 5-ALBUM BOX SETThe Clash are in many ways the quintissential punk band - raw, politicised, and with a dedicated army of followers who worshi... Read more »