With social distancing still very present for everyone for the foreseeable future, those who enjoy cultural events and those who work in the sector find themselves without a part of the fabric of their lives. To address this, three of the UK’s biggest dance music promoters, Tom Ketley of FLY Open Air, Scotland, Steffan ChellandContinue reading “Lockdown Entertainment Initiatives Planned Across UK”
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Capital Theatres Raise The Curtain on new Digital Programme
Capital Theatres, the independent charity that manages Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, King’s Theatre and the Studio, have announced their programme of digital activities while their theatres are closed. Entitled Raise The Curtain, it invites the public to ‘Discover it. Create it. Perform it.’ through a range of live virtual events and interactive video content from creativeContinue reading “Capital Theatres Raise The Curtain on new Digital Programme”
Romantic Comedy
Currently streaming on Mubi Elizabeth Sankey’s documentary casts a wry eye over her adolescent obsession for romcoms. Guilty pleasures that lead to unfulfilled aspirations, or providers of role models for teenage girls? I suspect Ms Sankey hasn’t really shaken off her love of these movies, and if forced to decide, she would come down inContinue reading “Romantic Comedy”
A Russian Youth
Currently streaming on MUBI The debut feature from Belarus film maker Alexander Zolotukhin is an impressive, absorbing piece of work. Zolotukhin is a pupil of Alexander Sokurov, and his influences are easily discerned here. (It was financed by Sokorov’s Foundation, too). It’s the eastern front during WW1 and young village lad Alexey (Vladimir Korolev) isContinue reading “A Russian Youth”
Album Round up Episode 3
Ibrahima Cissokho & Mandingue Foly Liberte Mom Sa Bop NarRator Out Now Mandingo Afro Rock is how kora player Ibrahima Cissokho describes the music on this album, and that sums it up nicely. Domiciled in France for around 12 years now, he has assembled an international array of high class musical talents who embellish andContinue reading “Album Round up Episode 3”
National Theatre of Scotland launches Scenes for Survival
In response to the coronavirus crisis, the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) will be launching a new season of digital short artworks as part of its crisis responsive artistic project. EntitledScenes for Survival,the workshave beencreated in association with BBC Scotland, Screen Scotland, BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine project and Scotland’s leading theatre venues and companies,Continue reading “National Theatre of Scotland launches Scenes for Survival”
The Divine Order
The latest Cinefile release to Vimeo is available now. Switzerland, 1971. Women don’t have the vote. They actually don’t have much in the way of rights at all, unable even to take a job without permission from their husbands. This is the state of affairs portrayed in Pietra Biondina Volpe’s film, and set as itContinue reading “The Divine Order”
Leith Theatre Trust gets aid from Theatres at Risk Fund
Leith Theatre was built for the people of Leith ‘as a gift from the people of Edinburgh’, and opened in 1932. The Category B listed building, that lay empty from 1988 until 2016, is part of a complex that includes Leith Library, the Registrar’s Office and the Thomas Morton Hall. Although it has been threatenedContinue reading “Leith Theatre Trust gets aid from Theatres at Risk Fund”
National Theatre of Scotland announces 8 week online family programme
This is the time of year when the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival usually takes place. Like everything else in the arts world, that longstanding annual event has been cancelled. However, all is not lost. The National Theatre of Scotland (NTS), in association with Starcatchers, Scotland’s theatre specialists for the under 5s and Imaginate, Scotland’s foremostContinue reading “National Theatre of Scotland announces 8 week online family programme”
The Carer
The latest Cinefile release to Vimeo is available now. There’s a lot to admire and enjoy in this slightly odd, (very) low-budget Hungarian-UK co-production, even if there’s nothing particularly original about it. Brian Cox plays Sir Michael Gifford, a grumpy old Shakespearian actor suffering the onset of Parkinson’s, who has seen off a number ofContinue reading “The Carer”
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