Rhinestone Mondays
A musical big-hitter which tosses up a mix between regenerated stage careers and renowned TV stars.
Review: New Works I
New Works is back for its third year, this time constructing a distinct through-line on identity in radically different societies.
Jane Eyre
The success of this adaptation lies in its glowing cinematography and loyalty to the nature of Brontë’s original text.
Spin Doctors – how far has Lansley closed the door on public healthcare?
This down-the-line bill, plagued with clauses, will leave the public arm of the NHS in England in ruin.
Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival
Now in its fifth year, the Scottish Mental Health Festival boasts its biggest programme yet.
The Skin I Live In
Almodóvar’s masterfully distorted account of how desire and punishment can blur into one another with almost poetic grace.
Attenberg
Tsangari’s fiercely relevant film comments whole heartedly on the breakdown of economic regulation, and the disastrous consequences it can generate.
Lyceum: 2011/12 Preview
From marriage to friendship, religion to science, Dundee to Edinburgh: it’s all about collaboration…
GFT: Ken Loach
Marking Ken Loach’s 75th birthday and 50th year behind the camera, GFT will be screening four films from the auteur’s Scottish anthology.
Man of Valour
PHYSICAL THEATRE
Polished and sleek, this year’s Corn Exchange production has a lot to live up to in the wake of Dublin by Lamplight and Freefall. It does. A lot.
Interview: Jarred Alterman and Christiaan Zwanikken
Animal carcasses, kinetic machinery and Portuguese landscapes at the EIFF
Almanya – Welcome to Germany (Willkommen in Deutschland)
Compassionate investigation but with slightly over-egged symbolism
