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FestivalsKelburn Garden Party 2019: first acts announced
Taking place at Kelburn Castle near Largs, the small but perfectly formed Kelburn Garden Party (5-8 Jul) is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, ... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
FestivalsAlchemy Film & Moving Image Festival: 2019 Preview
The eyes of the experimental moving image world will once again turn to Hawick next month. For the last nine years, the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festiva... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FilmYoung film critics – EIFF needs you!
Everyone's a critic nowadays, right? But if you're interested in more than just firing off hot takes into the abyss of Twitter, Edinburgh International Film ... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
MusicScott Hutchison’s Family Launch Mental Health Charity
It's been one year since the tragic death of Scott Hutchison. The much-loved Frightened Rabbit singer took his own life in May 2018, and on the one year anni... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FestivalsSummerhall launches its 2019 Fringe programme
Lovers of performance art wouldn’t want to be anywhere else during the Fringe than taking in the fresh and forward-thinking programme at Summerhall. Th... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FilmPokémon Detective Pikachu
We'll say one thing for Pokémon Detective Pikachu: it looks gorgeous. Mostly taking place in Ryme City, a town in which humans and Pokémon live... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FestivalsIncredibles 2 to screen at EIFF
Disney•Pixar love Edinburgh International Film Festival. During the last decade, no edition of the long-running festival has felt complete without ... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
FilmJim Cummings on Thunder Road: "Jesus Christ, I'm crying the whole time"
Remember when US indie cinema was the most exciting in the world? In the late-80s and early-90s, it seemed like all a young American filmmaker needed was a c... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FestivalsAgnès Varda to be celebrated at Edinburgh Film Festival
The death of cinema treasure Agnès Varda back in March has left an absence in the film world that will be felt for a long while. The legendary French ... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FestivalsFull Edinburgh Fringe programme 2019 announced
The Fringe is gargantuan. And this coming edition is particularly massive. With the full programme launched this morning, the world's biggest arts festival w... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FilmThe Best Film Events in Scotland in June
1. Edinburgh International Film Festival The Dead Don't Die EIFF returns this month for the 73rd edition, and with it the usual mix of new films from home ... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
MusicFrightened Rabbit to release Tiny Changes covers album
Last April marked the tenth anniversary of The Midnight Organ Fight, Frightened Rabbit's brilliant second album. At the beginning of 2018, the band had plann... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FestivalsEdinburgh Film Festival's free outdoor screenings return
For Scottish film fans, June means one thing: Edinburgh International Film Festival. And the main festival's annual alfresco warmup, Film Fest in the City, w... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FilmAngus Macfadyen on Robert the Bruce
Every now and then, the film world offers up the phenomenon of the twin film, the anomaly where two movies on the same subject appear on our cinema screens a... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Tv RadioStranger Things 3 release epic, action-packed trailer
“You let us in… and now... you are going to have to let us stay.” That's the ominous threat that we hear from the new big bad in the third... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FestivalsEddie Izzard bringing new standup show to the Fringe
The Fringe has a new contender for hottest ticket, as Eddie Izzard is bringing his brand new standup show, Wunderbar, to Edinburgh during August. We already... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FestivalsKVIFF 2019: Jan-Ole Gerster on Lara
Sitting in a booth of the cafe at Grandhotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, Jan-Ole Gerster is looking a bit worn out. He was out late the night befor... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
MusicAnna Meredith announces second album FIBS
This autumn has much to offer for Anna Meredith fans. The Scottish composer-performer announced this afternoon that she'll be back in October with her second... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FestivalsTake One Action Film Festival reveals 2019 programme
Socially conscious film festival Take One Action is back with a packed programme of movies concerned with issues ranging from climate change and the ongoing ... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
Tv RadioLimmy returning to TV with Limmy's Homemade Show
The BBC has announced today that Limmy will be shooting more episodes of his DIY show Limmy's Homemade Show. Three half-hour episodes have been commissioned,... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
FilmMark Jenkin on Bait
What is this? When is this? Where did this come from? These are some of the questions that will run through your head in the opening minutes of Bait, the str... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
FilmBeats
The ecstasy of friendship and, well, ecstasy are celebrated in Brian Welsh’s freewheeling coming-of-age film Beats, which vividly transports us to a ru... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FilmSkin
Nazis seem to be having something of a comeback in movies – what is it they say about life mirroring art? But if you thought that Patrick Stewart (Gree... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
FilmThe King
Why is it that Shakespeare’s history plays always feel ripped from today's headlines? Perhaps it’s that the petty squabbles of those seeking powe... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
FilmNetflix and Thrill: 19 horrors to stream this Halloween
Horror films to stream on Netflix The Invitation Dir. Karyn Kusama This creepy chamber-piece sees a tight-knit group of friends assemble at a remot... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
FilmMeet Future Perfect director Sean McKenna
In last month’s magazine, we were celebrating the joy of accidentally coming across a short film on late-night television. One of the institutions keep... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
FilmThe Best Film Events in Scotland in November
1. Noirvember Filmhouse really have a treat for you this Autumn, with five successive weekend double bills of great film noirs on the horizon. The season ki... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
MusicThe Art School closure: the story so far
It’s been a rough few years for the music and club scene in Glasgow. In 2015, the Arches – the world-famous nightclub and performance space under... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
MusicThe Art School venue goes into liquidation
Last year, Glasgow music fans were met with another blow when it was reported that Glasgow School of Art union – aka The Art School – was reducin... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
FilmHoly Macaroni Pie! Batman is coming to Glasgow
Ever get a Gotham City vibe walking around Glasgow? Maybe you could imagine Batman apprehending a mugger by that noirish tunnel that passes under Central Sta... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago