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It’s not often we get to speak to a rising movie star who we regularly see buying milk at the "Big Tesco" in Leith, Edinburgh. But that’s the cas... Read more »

Not all superheroes in the MCU are born equal. Some are gods who can wield lightning or geniuses who fly around in tanked-up armour; others are grunts w... Read more »

With 2022 being hailed as Scotland’s Year of Stories, it's the perfect opportunity to dive into our nation's most iconic books, as well ... Read more »

The very first films of the late 19th century did not feature glamorous movie actors or emoting thespians. Their stars were ordinary people, like the women s... Read more »

Is there a tougher job in UK cinema exhibition than being head of the Edinburgh International Film Festival? From the outside, it appears not. This venerable... Read more »

For the last decade or so, Edinburgh cinephiles have had a quiet August. The Edinburgh International Film Festival was first held in 1947, the same year as t... Read more »

Cool Edinburgh: Trainspotting ​​British cinema is a lot of things, but you’d never describe it as cool. But that all changed with the arrival of Dan... Read more »

In the year that Edinburgh International Film Festival’s annual Michael Powell Award is retooled to become the Powell and Pressburger Award, there&rsqu... Read more »

Glasgow Film has assembled another ridiculously young programming crew to put together the innovative Glasgow Youth Film Festival. Made up of Glasgow teens a... Read more »

While watching Flux Gourmet, the latest film from Peter Strickland, British cinema's premier chronicler of kink, fetish and general weirdness, I’ve a f... Read more »

After skewering the private view set with his previous Palme d’Or-winner The Square, Swedish director Ruben Östlund picked up a second Palme ... Read more »

In Aftersun, not very much happens on screen, but everything happens. This debut film from 35-year-old Edinburgh-born filmmaker Charlotte Wells initially pre... Read more »

The Scottish film community mourns the loss of the Filmhouse, not least because of its role as a vital community space for myriad smaller organisations such ... Read more »

Get ready to laugh, folks. Glasgow International Comedy Festival is back with an overflowing lineup of standup, sketch, drag, music, improv and family-friend... Read more »

“Honestly, I was like, ‘How did we get Sundance?’” We’re speaking to Adura Onashile six days before the world premiere of her d... Read more »

We’ve caught Lee Grant a little off guard. The Oscar-winning actor and documentarian was enjoying her morning coffee and raisin bread when she was remi... Read more »

It’s been a dire six months on the Edinburgh film scene. The Filmhouse remains boarded up and its future is still seemingly nonexistent following the f... Read more »

Film concepts don’t get much higher than German writer-director Sophie Linnenbaum’s zesty allegory Ordinaries. This sparky sci-fi fantasy im... Read more »

If you’ve spent any time on social media these past few weeks, you’ll know there’s an obnoxious new trend in town: turning your life into a... Read more »

We've updated this guide to Leith to reflect some of the changes to the area in the last twelve months. We've added new venues and extra places to go; for mo... Read more »

The Folk Film Gathering is back in Edinburgh with a sharply curated lineup of work celebrating community, place and people. Running 12 to 29 June in var... Read more »

Only nine months ago, the prospect of a 76th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival looked like a pipe dream after the collapse of its parent c... Read more »

Edinburgh International Film Festival has already announced it’ll open with the Scottish drama Silent Roar. Today it reveals its closing film: Babak Ja... Read more »

Discovery is usually guaranteed in a Mark Cousins joint. You walk out of epic essay films like The Story of Film: An Odyssey and Women Make Film with a brain... Read more »

If you’re looking for fun and enlightening places to visit this summer that won’t break the bank, you can’t do much better than exploring o... Read more »

One of cinema’s most successful partnerships has reportedly come to a close. It’s been widely suggested The Old Oak is the final film from Ken Lo... Read more »

​​There is no shortage of festivals aimed at younger audiences, but what makes the Glasgow Youth Film Festival so revelatory is that its programme is assembl... Read more »

Prison 77 (Dir. Alberto Rodríguez) This stirring prison drama follows the bond that forms between two prisoners held in a brutal institution in ... Read more »

Film culture loves to celebrate rookie youngsters fresh from film school. Just consider the number of industry training schemes, competitions or funding oppo... Read more »

Take One Action (6-10 Dec, GFT & CCA), the UK’s leading global change film festival, makes a much-welcome return this month with a programme aiming... Read more »