26th October 2023
Scottish musical talent at its very finest Organised by Glasgow’s premium platform for up-and-coming artists, Tenement TV, the aptly named Tenement Trail festival is not to be missed. It’s an intense affair – lasting from 2pm until 12.45am, and spanning six venues in and around the Gallowgate, including the Barrowland Ballroom, St. Luke’s and BaaD. ...
26th October 2023
For its 40th anniversary, Stop Making Sense comes alive in a stunning 4K remaster. A figure appears from the darkness. He enters to a smattering of applause, which quickly erupts into rapturous celebration. Moving calmly across the stage, donned in pleated grey trousers, he stops abruptly as he reaches his destination: a microphone. “Hi”, he ...
26th October 2023
The day of the gig saw a few of my friends joking about how in attending a Luke Combs concert, a cowboy hat, boots and a buttoned-down shirt would be essential kit – My laughing-off of this turned out to be wildly misplaced as that night thousands of fans marched to the OVO Hydro sporting ...
26th October 2023
A shaky yet endearing start to The Japanese House’s UK tour The first night of a tour can go one of two ways for an artist — and for The Japanese House, the first night of their UK tour at Glasgow’s SWG3 seemed to be going badly. For those who don’t know, Amber Bain, the ...
26th October 2023
Lanthimos’ big screen adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s novel is a steampunk dreamlike odyssey of liberation. Having seen a few of his other films, I was unsure where I stood with Yorgos Lanthimos. While I enjoyed his previous work (especially Killing of a Sacred Deer), The Favourite didn’t particularly impress me and I was unsure if ...
26th October 2023
Can you find the wolves in this picture? Martin Scorsese once again returns to the big screen with his latest feature, Killers of the Flower Moon. Based on the novel with the same name, the film details the very real and very carefully planned murders of the Osage people. Once again, Leonardo DiCaprio, playing Ernest ...
19th October 2023
Sex, art, and scandal in Kerri Maniscalco’s latest novel. “Unlike in a fairy-tale, the prince who’s coming for Camilla isn’t at all charming. But like all storybook villains, if Camilla isn’t careful, this dark prince just might end up capturing her heart.” Kerri Maniscalco, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, returns to the world ...
14th October 2023
Hi Barbie, hi patriarchy? It will remain a mystery how the theatrical release of two major motion pictures created a moment in time that became so pivotal that it affected everyone’s lives to some extent. I’m talking about the so-called ‘Barbenheimer’ weekend, of course. Was it the all-encompassing effects of social media-propelled marketing that Barbie ...
14th October 2023
There’s nothing like settling down for a film you’ve been waiting to see and the person next to you decides now is the perfect time to check Facebook The summer of 2023 has heralded the return of cinema, as anyone who struggled to fit into a sold-out screening of Barbie, Oppenheimer, or Spider-Man: Across the ...
14th October 2023
Will we ever run out of ideas for film and television? Viewed from a certain angle, the 3 series of Doctor Who with Peter Capaldi in its titular lead role are all pointing towards one question: what happens when a character, and by extension an entire TV show, is incapable of dying? These final years ...
