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Much like skinning a moggy, there is no one way to make a movie. Paul Wright is testament to that. He’s only made a handful of fiction films since grad... Read more »

Opening last night with the international premiere of Marc Turtletaub's latest film Puzzle (pictured), Edinburgh International Film Festival continues until ... Read more »

The shocking and seemingly sudden collapse of an institution as established as the Centre for the Moving Image, and cherished cinema spaces and platforms lik... Read more »

Paul Gallagher – Head of Programme for Glasgow Film Cinema-adjacent highlight of 2025?I hosted a big premiere with Hollywood legends Jessica Lange and... Read more »

On 14 August 1980, former New Yorker critic Renata Adler savaged the career and work of Pauline Kael in an admittedly eloquent but brutal takedown. Adler was... Read more »

Filmmaking tends to be dominated by rich kids, and no wonder, given the expense of film school, the safety net required to enter such a precarious profession... Read more »

The finest Scottish film of 2025 had already made itself known to audiences the year prior, thanks to its rapturous run on the autumn festivals circuit. I re... Read more »

Choosing what to see at Edinburgh International Film Festival is harder than ever this year. Around half the feature films in the programme are world premier... Read more »

It’s not every day that a filmmaker invites you to “see my two Willies”, but that’s the proposition I received from Mark Cousins ahea... Read more »

1. EIFF The world’s longest continually running film festival returns and there’s clearly still juice in the old girl yet. The highlights look... Read more »

Since its publication in 2016, Amy Liptrot’s memoir The Outrun has won readers’ hearts along with plenty of critical acclaim. Her unflinching, po... Read more »

How’s this for an eye-catching logline? “A zombie apocalypse musical set in a Scottish high school… oh, and it’s also a Christmas mo... Read more »

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 »

“What did you want to be when you grew up? Who did you see that made you think, I could do that too?” Scottish artist Carla J. Easton says, &ldq... Read more »

Many industries have taken a hit during the coronavirus pandemic, but among the worst-affected must surely be red carpet manufacturers. Not a foot of the stu... Read more »

For a small nation with an increasingly distinct cultural space within the British film industry, Scotland has had peaks and troughs of production. But in te... Read more »

This rolling page will keep you up to date with events and gigs cancelled or moved in response to the pandemic, as well as venue closures. As the COVID-19 p... Read more »

Harvey Milk (who, as the final scene of this documentary confirms, has truly earned his place as the gay Martin Luther King) famously prayed that any bullet ... Read more »

Cowboys and Indians are two of the oldest film archetypes. As we all know, however, Hollywood's tendency to portray one as "good" and "the other" (appropriat... Read more »

On a Newcastle council estate, 17-year-old twins Owen (McEntire) and Kristen (Clark) are full-time carers for their infirm mother. With a lack of money and s... Read more »

One of Svengali’s running jokes is that protagonist Dixie – a postman from rural Wales who ups-sticks for London hoping to nurture a distinctly u... Read more »

Brits Harry Treadaway and Game of Throne's Rose Leslie are fresh-faced American newlyweds Paul and Bea in Leigh Janiak’s entertaining if problemat... Read more »

In a bid to take bromance to the next level, Lynn Shelton, from the Mumblecore movement, brings us Humpday an awkward yet hilarious sex comedy about two budd... Read more »

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Hellion is a low-key family drama that explores grief and responsibility. Former Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul features as Hollis, a boozy single parent who&r... Read more »

Jalainur is a surreal vision of reality caught between past and future, foreshadowing the nostalgia that will set in when Old China disappears in the turbule... Read more »

Dario Argento's latest film, Giallo, sees the director return to his roots. It is reminiscent of his works during the seventies, such as Suspiria, but lacks... Read more »

The Hollywood debut of EIFF alumnus David Mackenzie, Spread is a surprisingly entertaining parable about a vacuous but louche LA hustler. The supremely cynic... Read more »

  Prison drama Ghosted sees sinister head-honcho jailbird Clay (Craig Parkinson) and quiet, just-want-to-do-my-time-guv con Jack (John Lynch) vie for t... Read more »

Girimunho opens out of the gloom and into light. Our indefatigable octogenarian protagonist, Bastú, goes on a similar journey. The film begins with B... Read more »