Search Results

It’s been a few weeks since my visit to the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and I’m still thinking about Out of Love. That intimate Fren... Read more »

The title of the second feature from talented Argentine director Lucia Castro is pretty instructive. It braces you for a work dealing with loss and grief, an... Read more »

There’s a lot riding on Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, and I’m not just talk... Read more »

Take One Action (TOA), Scotland’s film festival for social change, has had a reinvention. The upcoming edition will be its 17th, but the first of a new... Read more »

Anyone who thinks acting is a doddle should meet Robert Aramayo. This talented 32-year-old from Hull takes his craft extremely seriously. Deep research, imme... Read more »

The autumn film festival season is still very much upon us. You can read all about SQIFF (various venues, Glasgow, 27 Oct-1 Nov) in our October issue, and ou... Read more »

Autumn’s film festival season keeps on serving. Coming up in November, we’ve got Scotland Loves Anime (until 16 Nov) and French Film Festival UK ... Read more »

Is this a banner year for French cinema? A quick scan of the brochure for this year’s French Film Festival UK suggests the answer is a resounding yes! ... Read more »

It’s Christmas time, so you don’t need me to tell you that your local cinemas will be jam-packed with perennial faves like It’s a Wonderful... Read more »

As a palate cleanser for 2017, you could do much worse than Battle of the Sexes, a lightweight but likable sports movie in which a male chauvinist tennis pla... Read more »

A movie’s longevity is rarely guaranteed. Even films that achieve a degree of popularity and acclaim on their initial release can find themselves out o... Read more »

We all agree that award season is hokum. That doesn’t stop it being infuriating when our favourite films and performances go unrecognised each year. No... Read more »

Glasgow Film Festival know how to match a movie with music. Recent highlights from their always vibrant Sound & Vision strand have included a folk concer... Read more »

Glasgow Film Festival has been running for 14 editions now and at this stage it’s ticking over like a fine Swiss watch. But don’t take this jewel... Read more »

If there’s been one silver lining to Donald Trump being elected President of the United States, it’s that it’s proved a highly-combustible ... Read more »

The Handmaid’s Tale premiered in April 2017 and became one of the most talked-about shows of the year, not least for seeming to tap into the political ... Read more »

As was previously revealed, the Scottish Alternative Music Awards will be bringing some of the brightest talent on the Scottish music scene to Paisley o... Read more »

Alan Partridge is coming home to roost. It’s been more than 20 years since the esteemed broadcaster left the BBC in disgrace after fatally shooting bel... Read more »

The Oscars are upon us, and we could be looking at the most exciting ceremony in years. Sunday’s event might prove even more nail-biting than last year... Read more »

Edinburgh Art Festival returns in July, uniting many of the city’s leading galleries, museums and artist-run spaces in a celebration of the best of Sco... Read more »

Welcome to the Pianodrome, a whimsical upcycling and community arts project in Edinburgh that hopes to create the world’s first playable amphitheatre. ... Read more »

Glasgow Nights, a new compilation album, brings together a who’s who great Glasgow bands on one record in aid of charity Money Advice Scotland. One of... Read more »

Forget Infinity War. For many fans, the most anticipated comic book movie this year is the follow-up to Ryan Reynolds’ comic action vehicle Deadpool. W... Read more »

Despite the chaos on set that included the original directors – Christopher Miller and Phil Lord – being fired mid-shoot, the few glimpses we&rsq... Read more »

The Fringe news continues apace, with Underbelly announcing a plethora of shows for this year’s festival. “We unleash 96 magnificent shows on sal... Read more »

Once again Pleasance has a bursting programme of comic talent heading to Edinburgh this August. Kiwi stand-up Rose Matafeo, one of the standouts of last year... Read more »

Few films have been as influential as Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr Caligari from 1920. This dizzying work of German Expressionism has provided the s... Read more »

It’s time to party on, dudes, because Bill & Ted 3 is like totally happening. Three decades on from their Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey, th... Read more »

It’s easy to see why Ryan Reynolds' pisstaking Deadpool appeals to superhero movie fans and agnostics alike. Despite treating the genre with the level ... Read more »

The venerable Stand comedy club is Edinburgh’s stand-up mecca all year round, and that includes during the Fringe. Even when much bigger operators... Read more »