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FilmThe best film events in Scotland in September
1) Scalarama (aka Scaledonia) The Punk Singer The joyously sticky-floored Scala Cinema may be no more, but it lives on in spirit through Scalarama, an annu... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
FilmThe best film events in Scotland in October
1) Africa in Motion Soleil O Africa in Motion returns for its 12th edition to shine a much-needed spotlight on the films coming out of Africa, with cinema ... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
FilmCall Me By Your Name’s director explains the film’s lack of nudity
Call Me By Your Name is a beautiful love story about two men falling for each other over one perfect summer in rural Italy. It’s among the finest films... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
FestivalsChloé Robichaud on political satire Boundaries
The meaning of works of art change with time. An artist's message can be repurposed and repackaged decades later by new generations who find something fresh ... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
FilmKuso
“The grossest film ever made” screamed the hysterical headlines from Sundance when Steve Ellison – best known to the world as electronic mu... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
BooksPaul Auster talks death, Trump, and 4 3 2 1
Walk into Manchester’s HOME this month and you can’t miss Paul Auster; the cult author is all over the venue. An ambitious and visually inventive... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
FilmWatch the action-packed Ghost in the Shell opening
Scarlett Johansson kicks arse in this exhilarating opening scene from the upcoming live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell The opening scene from the m... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
FestivalsGlasgow Short Film Festival 2017: Best of the Fest
Last weekend, in a ramshackle old snooker hall above a Cantonese restaurant in the centre of the world’s smallest Chinatown, the curtain came down on o... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
FilmDetour
In Christopher Smith’s sun-baked spin on Strangers on a Train, law student Harper (Sheridan) shares a beer with a charismatic hardman (Cohen) in a seed... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
FilmMad to Be Normal
It’s 60s London. How can we tell? Because director Robert Mullan throws every conceivable period film cliche – psych-rock soundtrack, nicotine ha... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
FilmWithnail & I at 30: Richard E Grant on the classic
Richard E Grant is looking angelic. The 60-year-old Swazi-English actor is sitting framed inside a huge arched window of an empty dining room in Edinburgh&rs... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
FilmStanley Tucci on Alberto Giacometti, Michael Bay and creativity
Stanley Tucci loves his job. But then, of course, if you’ve seen any of his films, you don’t need to be told that; his joy radiates off the scree... Read more »| Updated almost 9 years ago -
FilmPeter Mullan - NED: Non-establishment director
Peter Mullan’s films feel big. They’re filled with grand gestures and bold symbolism. Take his 1997 directorial debut, Orphans, easily one of the... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
FilmThe Fighter
Micky Ward (Wahlberg) is a plucky welterweight who’s been given a rough deal in life – his family. His manager/mother Alice (Leo) and his trainer... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
FilmMillar Time: Superheroes Take On The Arthouse
When did that happen? One day you’re having your head flushed down the toilet for wearing a set of home-made adamantium claws fashioned from six of you... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
FilmDirector Let Loose: David Mackenzie
David Mackenzie, the award winning director of Hallam Foe and Young Adam, cuts a rather unassuming figure. Meeting him for the first time you might guess he&... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
FilmInsidious
Inadvertently inventing torture-porn can’t be the proudest moment in the careers of James Wan and Leigh Whannell, respectively the director and writer ... Read more »| Updated about 15 years ago -
FestivalsDue South: Southside Film Festival 2011
Glasgow’s Southside – as well as being home to two of the city’s cultural jewels, Tramway and The Burrell Collection – has a strong f... Read more »| Updated about 15 years ago -
StudentsThe Graduate: A Cinephile's Guide to University
Uni is a time for self-discovery, a place to ‘find yourself’. You’ll sample enough sensory pleasures over the next few years of studentdom ... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
FilmChris Weitz: Hollywood Chameleon
Director Chris Weitz has one of the strangest CVs in Hollywood. Name a genre and likely he’ll have dipped in his filmmaking toe. Teen comedy? See his p... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
FestivalsOpinion: Bring back the EIFF to August
You are currently trapped in the biggest arts festival on the planet. Over the next three weeks you’ll see weird and wonderful events, encompassing th... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
FestivalsChanging Man: James Mullighan Interview
There’s no such thing as bad publicity, so they say. Tell that to James Mullighan. Since his appointment as director of Edinburgh International F... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
FilmTeenage Daydream: Interview with Gregg Araki
If you’ve never had the pleasure of experiencing a Gregg Araki movie, then his latest, Kaboom, is an excellent place to start. It’s like a greate... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
FilmInterview: Ewen Bremner on Perfect Sense
You’d be foolish to think that an actor’s real life demeanour matched any of his/her film roles, but in the case of some performers their onscree... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
FestivalsCurmudgeonly Critic: Mark Kermode @ The Edinburgh Book Festival 2011
Mark Kermode likes to talk. A lot. At length. The good doctor’s answer to the first question posed by Hannah McGill, tonight’s host, takes up abo... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
FilmThe Up-and-Comer: Andrew Haigh interview
“No one’s going to come and see it because it’s about gay sex. The gays will only come because they want a glimpse of cock, and they’... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
FilmGFF 2012: CineSkinny Awards
FILM OF THE FESTIVAL The Kid with a Bike: The Dardenne brothers' most accessible film to date is also one of their best. Runner-up: This Is Not a Film DOC O... Read more »| Updated about 14 years ago -
FilmJohn Carter
Let me tell you a story about a man with the initials JC. True of heart, he came from the heavens and used his superhuman powers to unite a humble people, gi... Read more »| Updated about 14 years ago -
FilmDreams of a Life
On 25 January, 2006, the remains of Joyce Vincent, a 38-year-old former secretary, were found slumped on the couch of her London flat, the telly still blarin... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
FilmSex Addiction and the City: Steve McQueen on Shame
It’s never a good sign when your interviewee keeps their outdoor clothes on during the interview, especially when it takes place in a cosy bar, but I w... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago