23 February, 2012

Event Review: BBCSSO’s Psycho Live and Music to be Murdered By

Mrs Bates joins the BBCSSO

The weekend of Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September saw the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBCSSO) perform two very special film-related concerts at Glasgow’s City Halls, both of which celebrated the work of composer Bernard Herrmann.

Event Review: Three-Legged Horses preview

Three-Legged Horses poster

We saddle up for the first screening of new Edinburgh-set film, Three-Legged Horses.

See Film Differently: Trainspotting 15th Anniversary Screening

Trainspotting banners outside the venue

ReelScotland attends the Trainspotting 15th Anniversary screening at the Royal Scottish Academy, a See Film Differently event.

Event Review: Breaking Rocks with Billy Bragg, Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, 22 July 2010

Mick and Billy Pentonville

Thursday evening saw singer/songwriter/political activist Billy Bragg arrive at Edinburgh’s Cameo Cinema to introduce a screening of director Alan Miles’ latest documentary, Breaking Rocks, a look at Bragg’s groundbreaking inititiative which sees him take guitars to prisons around England and Wales in an attempt to help rehabilitate inmates.

Event Review: FAB Fest 2010

The End

For three days at the end of April, Edinburgh’s normally sedate Filmhouse witnessed horror and fantasy fans converge to celebrate FAB Fest 2010. ReelScotland sent along Robbie McKay, Adam Hughes and Anthony Forsyth to report from the event and give their views on nine of the films on offer.

The Doctor Who Roadshow comes to Scotland

Doctor Who Series Five

Edinburgh city centre came to a standstill this afternoon as the BBC – and some familiar faces – arrived as part of a national tour to promote the return of Doctor Who to our TV screens this Saturday.

Community cinema in action: 2010 Middle Eastern Film Festival on Tour

Judy Dean attends a community cinema screening and discovers that there’s a demand for film outside Scotland’s multiplexes.