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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 »

You'll find lots of great new films covered in this month's issue, but one title we couldn’t wrench from its distributor ahead of print was Nouvelle Va... Read more »

The 22nd edition of Glasgow Film Festival is just around the corner. It’ll be the first in the festival’s history to take place without the invol... Read more »

Scotland’s culture scene has taken a beating over the last few years, but few blows have hit harder than the closure of the Centre for Contemporary Art... Read more »

Scotland’s most prestigious celebration of arts and culture, the Edinburgh International Festival, returns this summer, running 7 to 30 August, and it ... Read more »

Glasgow Short Film Festival came to a close last night with its annual awards ceremony. Among the celebration, there was also a sense of relief in the air fo... Read more »

Positive Stories for Negative Times, the excellent initiative by Glasgow-based theatre company Wonder Fools, is back for its fifth season. It's a forward-thi... Read more »

Refugee Festival Scotland returns from 12–21 June with more than 150 events across the country celebrating art, culture and community. As anti-ref... Read more »

It’s a wonder anyone ever goes into the great outdoors, given how often things go awry there in films. Anyone planning a camping trip to the outback sh... Read more »

In cinema, Danish family gatherings rarely go off without a hitch, and so is the case for Mads Mengel’s The Guest, which appears to be attempting to do... Read more »

Is Trainspotting a wee bit overplayed in Scotland? Yes. Do we need another ad campaign reimagining the "Choose Life" monologue? No, and I’m looking at ... 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 »