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The Old Man: The Movie

Peculiar recommendation for stop-motion (and toilet humour) fans

My Light Shines On

My Light Shines On: The Telephone

Scottish Opera treats us to an engaging adaptation for a new generation

Glasgow Festival of Burlesque [ONLINE]

Viva GlasVegas

A talented showcase of burlesque that does its best to fill the Fringe void

Apartment 1BR

Interesting set up gives way to derivative, unexciting payoff.

My Rembrandt

The stuffy world of art history recast as striking drama

Matt Haig
The Midnight Library

Popular author weaves powerful messages into a world somewhere between life and death

The Witch in the Window

Contemplative human drama laced with the supernatural

Five Graves to Cairo

Weirdly comic wartime drama from the great Billy Wilder

Pier Brasserie

Wonderful views combine with top notch food, and rather fabulous cocktails.

The Garden Left Behind

Supercharged primer on the very real threats faced by trans people every day

Around the Sun

Philosophy-based romance veers into navel-gazing

The Man Who Laughs

Classic silent melodrama is deeper than its uncanny hero suggests

Kate Weinberg
The Truants

Compelling debut with an Agatha Christie whodunnit feel

Oscar Jerome Breathe Deep

Oscar Jerome
Breathe Deep

If ever there was an album exploring our societal dichotomy for 2020, it’s ‘Breathe Deep’ […]

Stage Mother

Jacki Weaver inherits a drag club in twerking tearjerker

James Canton
The Oak Papers

A beautiful reflection on the relationship between humans and oak trees

Tola Rotimi Abraham
Black Sunday

Four siblings forced to forge their own way in Lagos tell tragic but different tales

Sandra Ireland
Sight Unseen

Magic and the supernatural combine in this first in new thriller series

Whisky Forager

From the man who brought us the award-wining Kilted Lobster, comes a bespoke experience even MORE fabulous.

Fall Of Messiah

Fall of Messiah
Senicarne

French metal outfit evolve into true heavyweights