Lucas McQueen’s Review – Lee Cronin’s The Mummy ⭐️

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Who? From the word go, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy sets off on the wrong foot with a fairly self-aggrandising title. I can understand the thought process...

Review – Glenrothan ⭐️⭐️

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After a celebrated acting career (most notably his key role in HBO’s Succession), Brian Cox takes to the director’s seat for the very first time...

Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival – Roméria

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At Edinburgh Filmhouse on 7 May the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival shows a special series of three films in Roméria. Romería is the third feature film...

Review – You, Me & Tuscany

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We last saw Halle Bailey in 2023’s Little Mermaid remake, where she managed to bring a surprising dollop of charm to her take on Princess Ariel....

Review – California Schemin’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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‘That’s in London, bud. Like, the London where the English are’ Scottish actor James McAvoy has swapped out cloven hooves and X-Mansions for his first...

A living instrument: S!nk at the Pianodrome

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The Pianodrome has long been one of Edinburgh's most distinctive cultural projects. Its home in Bruntsfield's St Oswald's Hall feels like a natural progression....

Review – The Drama ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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After never starring alongside each other in a film before, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are suddenly in three movies together this year.  The Odyssey and Dune: Part...

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ⭐️⭐️

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Nintendo and Illumination, the animation company behind Despicable Me, enjoyed fantastic financial returns from their first joint venture together - The Super Mario Bros. Movie - back...

Review – Splitsville ⭐️⭐️

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Very few breakups are easy, but the breakdown of the relationships between the residents of Splitsville really take the cake. Writer/director Michael Angelo Covino’s sex comedy...

A Hipp Trip to HippFest 2026

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The town of Bo’ness, situated between Glasgow and Edinburgh, was home to Scotland’s silent film festival, HippFest, bringing black-and-white classics and sepia-tone hidden gems...

Rod White’s guide to what’s on at Filmhouse in April

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Rod White programmes what you can go and see at Filmhouse - and has done since the reopening in 2025. Here he picks the...

A (Virtual) Night at the Oscars 2026

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The 98th Academy Awards has just taken place in Los Angeles, celebrating the crème de la crème of the past year of cinema. I tend...

Review – Reminders of Him ⭐️

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‘There’s a Before You, there’s a During You…but I never thought there’d be an After You’ Reminders of Him marks popular ‘Book-Tok’ writer Colleen Hoover’s third...

Review – Project Hail Mary ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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‘If we do nothing, everything on this planet will go extinct. Including us’. Ryan Gosling takes to the stars in Project Hail Mary, Phil Lord and...

Oscar nominee could be a winner by the time he is...

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Brazilian actor, Wagner Moura, the star of the film, Secret Agent, for which he is widely tipped to win an Oscar, is to star...

Exclusive – interview with Silvio Soldini – The Women Who Tasted for...

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In a quiet room deep inside Adolf Hitler’s wartime headquarters, known as the Wolf’s Lair, a group of young women sat down to eat....

Review – How to Make a Killing ⭐️⭐️

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‘Promise me that you won’t quit until you have the right kind of life’. Glen Powell (The Running Man) and Margaret Qualley (The Substance) star...

Fiends in the Furrows bringing folk horror to Leith

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A brand new film festival will take place in Leith next month. Fiends in the Furrows will run from 23 to 26 April. It is...

Review – Mother’s Pride ⭐️⭐️

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‘Your grandad used to say beer was 90% water and 10% magic’ It’s the Pride versus The Bride! this week when it comes to new releases that don’t feature...

Review – The Bride! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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"Frankenstein? Can’t the kids think of anything new these days?" Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! begins with a direct address from Mary Shelley herself, through the medium of...

Review – Hoppers ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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"It’s hard to be mad when you feel like you’re part of something big" After last year’s Elio failed to reach the show-stopping success of its predecessor, Inside...

King of the Iron Will – talking to cast and crew

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The upcoming short film, King of the Iron Will, has wrapped filming at Dundas Castle just outside South Queensferry. Directed by Scott Vickers (Matriarch), the medieval drama...

Review – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert ⭐️⭐️

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‘There’s been a lot written and a lot said, but never from my side of the story’ EPiC marks director Baz Luhrmann’s second foray into the...

A Clash of Kings at Dundas Castle

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The upcoming short film, King of the Iron Will, has wrapped filming at Dundas Castle in South Queensferry. Directed by Scott Vickers (Matriarch), the...

Review – Wasteman ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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‘It’s really easy. All you have to do is fill out the worksheet and stay out of trouble’ BBFC: Rated 18 for very strong language,...

Review – Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die ⭐️⭐️

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"Humanity can be saved and this is where the revolution begins!" BBFC: Rated 15 for strong language, violence and injury detail. Pirates of the Caribbean and Rango director, Gore...

Review – The Secret Agent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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‘I am not a violent person but this man….I’d kill him with a hammer’ After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival last May, director Kleber...

Review – Goat ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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‘That’s gonna be me, mom. When I get big, I’m gonna be just like her’ Goat, Sony Pictures Animation’s newest offering, introduces its title character...

Review – “Wuthering Heights” ⭐️⭐️

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‘Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same’ Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” has already earned the quotations marks around its title...

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