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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 almost 7 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 almost 7 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 about 7 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 almost 7 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 almost 7 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 almost 7 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 almost 7 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 almost 7 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 almost 7 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 almost 7 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 over 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 about 7 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 over 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 over 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 over 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 over 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 over 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 over 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 over 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 over 6 years ago -
Tv RadioSex Education: Season 2
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 »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FestivalsParasite comes to Glasgow Film Festival in black & white
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 »| Updated over 6 years ago -
FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival goes online
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 »| Updated about 6 years ago -
FestivalsThe Skinny's Best Scottish Short Films of the 2010s
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 »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
FilmGet Duked!
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 »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
FestivalsTake One Action returns this week
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 »| Updated over 5 years ago -
FilmAbout Endlessness
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 »| Updated over 5 years ago -
FilmCameron Mackay on filmmaking as activism
The great African filmmaker Ousmane Sembène once said: “Cinema is like an ongoing political rally with the audience.” In his own modest wa... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
FilmJustin Benson and Aaron Moorhead on Synchronic
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead make genre films as ambitious as those of, say, Christopher Nolan or Denis Villeneuve, but on budgets that wouldn’t ev... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Food And DrinkChallenge yourself to be more sustainable
It’s a new year! It’s a new you! But it’s the same ol’ planet Earth. So if you’re looking to make a positive change in 2021, we... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago