https://youtu.be/p_dXQxrksOE Directed by John MacLaverty ★★★★ If you’ve ever traversed a fraction of the shores and winding roads around Loch Ness, there’s one thing that staggers any unfamiliar with the landscape – the scale, the depth, the enormity of Scotland’s most famous Loch. With a volume greater than all of England and Wales’ collective fresh-water … Continue reading Loch Ness: They Created a Monster
https://youtu.be/MCWDBtZo8eM Written by Justin Benson Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead 2022/USA/116 mins ★★★★ Paranoia is a drug; highly addictive and almost therapeutic in its poison. It’s a difficult habit to shake off, hence its use as the building blocks for successful horror, sci-fi and thriller pieces of cinema. And while Something in the Dirt has … Continue reading Something in the Dirt
https://youtu.be/AAMRdPu3KnM Written by John Campopiano and Chris Griffiths Directed by John Campopiano and Gary Smart ★★★ Look. We get it. We really do. There’s just something not right about Clowns. It’s an established fear. There’s an unsettling presence to something with a permanent smile fixed on its face – and Stephen King, horror novelist extraordinaire, capitalised on … Continue reading Pennywise: The Story of It
https://youtu.be/wc_WWv4eBYE Written & Directed by Martyn Robertson UK/2021/78mins ★★★★ When we first encounter Ben Larg, he is twelve, and embarking on a journey to Japan to take part in the under eighteen's world surfing championships. The Scottish champion has been entering competitions since he was eleven, and quite openly and humbly – accepts that he … Continue reading Ride The Wave – Review
https://youtu.be/faH-Pp1Sll0 Written & Directed by Rogue Rubin Australia/2022/76mins ★★★★ There’s something remarkable about the King of the Jungle. For one, you’d never find them in a Jungle. But the Lion, the cultural hegemonic symbol of the animal kingdom depicted in sculpture, art and literature as a persistent and encompassing symbol for centuries finds their existence … Continue reading Lion Spy – Review
https://youtu.be/YPMr5a6ZwlI Directed by Seth Breedlove ★★ Each year, reports emerge across North America of a cryptid, a creature skulking the marshlands and forests of the country as far-reaching as Alaska. Yet, it is not the expectant Sasquatch or Bigfoot, but an upright canid, a Dogman, and endless reports of American Werewolves. Squaring up to these snarling … Continue reading American Werewolves
Exhibition Hosted by The Scottish Gallery A maestro of the commanding Grey skies, a Scottish artist, a city boy who had a grasp of landscape enviable to those in the field – it has been two years since the passing of James Morrison, and the Scottish art community continues reeling from the loss. Morrison saw … Continue reading James Morrison: A Celebration – The Scottish Gallery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4zGRKbnVh8 Written & Directed by Joshua Zeman ★★★★ In parts of the abyss otherwise unexamined, a haunting, peculiar noise ripples through the bleakness of the unexplored. In 1989, whilst assigned to detect Russian submarines, US Navy marine surveillances detected the frequency of a whale’s singing at 52Hz, significantly higher than any other recorded song. The … Continue reading The Lonliest Whale: The Search for 52
https://youtu.be/eY6aIUp_5eQ Directed by David Bickerstaff 2021/Australia/85mins ★★★★ A mad man. A failure. One of Europe's most prominent artists. A visionary. Few artists cause such diverse opinions as Vincent Van Gogh. For numerous school children, he is the man crippled with mental anxieties and physical mutilation, only becoming famous after his death. To the art community, … Continue reading Sunflowers – Exhibition on Screen
Written by Drew Gill Directed by Abbie Craigmyle ★★★ How many of the kids you hung around with in the playground do you still speak to? Unless you’re from a small community, chances are that apart from the occasional message, they likely aren't all that prominent in your life. For all the drama, skinned knees … Continue reading Why I Left The Playground – Malarkey Theatre
