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Buffet Lunch The Power Of Rocks

Buffet Lunch
The Power Of Rocks

Debut album gives good angular, and much more

Fried Barry

Alien odyssey through Cape Town is a deranged, hedonistic delight

Here Are the Young Men

Nihilistic look at self-destruction and toxic friendships where the direction sabotages most of the promise

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Planet of the Grapes [ONLINE]

A bizarre show blending profound science fiction with classic toy theatre

The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Pitlochry Festival Theatre [ONLINE]

Tennis Elbow [ONLINE]

Funny, frothy feast for your ears

The Darjeeling Limited

Wes Anderson’s Indian journey takes him into geographically and culturally-unfamiliar territory

Glasgow's Merchant City

Ghosts

Immersive and educational experience is uneven in its effectiveness

Forget Everything And Run

Watchable but forgettable low-budget thriller falls victim to both pandemic and zombie fatigue

Fear of Rain

Mental health YA horror is both narratively bold and overly timid

Autogramm No Rules

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No Rules

Fun, synth driven power pop from Vancouver punk trio

Stanley Odd

Stanley Odd
STAY ODD

Scottish hip-hop heavyweights long awaited return doesn’t disappoint

Secrets & Lies

Comedy of manners by way of theatre of embarrassment in this Mike Leigh classic

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Mutator

Lost album from the late singer is worth dipping into

Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Daughters of Night

Twists and turns just keep on coming in this triumphant historical crime thriller

Karloff at Columbia

The sheer range of a horror icon in full effect

Straight Shooting & Hell Bent: Two Films By John Ford

Two very early westerns from one of the genre’s greatest exponents

Into the Labyrinth

Bizarrely-plotted thriller that wastes the talents of Dustin Hoffman

Portal

Anthology sci-fi flounders despite interesting ideas

For the Sake of Vicious

Relentless home invasion thriller lacks characterisation but delivers the gore in buckets

Tron Theatre [ONLINE]

Earwig: Episodes 1–3 [ONLINE]

Short sonic plays celebrate resilience and inspire optimism amidst the pandemic