EIFF: closing gala night Edinburgh International Film Festival closed with a final red carpet premiere which drew a host of top stars – and a stag party outing. Janes Horrocks, Rupert Graves and Nathaniel Parker were among those at the opening night of Swimming with Men, a comedy directed by the BAFTA nominated Oliver Parker […]
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Everett’s talk on the Wilde side is a lesson in love
Film: Rupert Everett on his new Wilde biopic Casually dressed in a white sweatshirt, jeans and sneakers, an unshaven Rupert Everett is in the entrance lobby at the Glasgow Film Theatre thanking filmgoers for turning up on an unusually hot night in the city. They have come to see a screening of The Happy Prince, […]
Festival ready for new Usher Hall spectacular
Edinburgh International Festival has announced 15,000 free tickets for the opening spectacular which this year marks marks the centenary of the end of the First World War and celebrates Scotland’s Year of Young People. It is sponsored again by Standard Life under its new Aberdeen Standard Investments branding. The company has renewed its backing for a […]
Glasgow in party mood for Nile’s Bronx beat
Music Festival: Fiesta x FOLD It’s been a long journey for Nile Rodgers from a dark upbringing in New York’s Lower East Side to the bright lights of music immortality. Raised in a family of junkies, and having experienced near-death experiences from drugs, drink and two cancer scares, he’s made the leap from the gutter to […]
Macdonald pieces together an alternative life
Film: Puzzle There are many means to express individuality and discover what it is that makes us what we are. Whether its playing sport, painting or performance art, there are ways by which we find out if we stand out from the crowd. In the offbeat US indie film Puzzle, which has opened this year’s […]