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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

“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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Netflix’s raunchy-sweet teen comedy is back and it’s as winning as ever. The kids at Moordale High are still clueless when it comes to matters of... Read more »

Fresh from conquering Hollywood and making history by being the first-ever foreign-language film to win the Best Picture Oscar, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite... Read more »

It’s been depressing to see so many events we were looking forward to called off or venues we love close their doors due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbre... Read more »

Like many of our colleagues and friends in Scotland's creative community, The Skinny have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, so we're asking for your... Read more »

Cinema does not want for films featuring youth in revolt, but rarely has the clash between the young and old been so energetically staged as in Ninian Doff&r... Read more »

It feels like we say this every year, but Take One Action Film Festival has never felt more essential. We’re in the middle of a deadly pandemic; people... Read more »

Roy Andersson is on sparkling form with his latest Beckett-esque study in the human condition. Visually, About Endlessness is similar to earlier works, like ... Read more »