Cinema

Long-awaited Pixar sequels, nail-biting action movies and the all-female Ocean's 8 - plenty of exciting blockbusters are arriving in cinemas over the next couple of months. Georgia Humphreys has the low-down.

An Edinburgh filmmaker has teamed up with industry award winners to launch a new movie academy to plug a gap in film schools for city’s young budding filmmakers.

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are back together in the Jurassic World sequel but, as they tell Laura Harding, they can't get their kids to care.

Solo: A Star Wars Story explores the origins of one of the galaxy's best-loved characters, Han Solo. Its star, Alden Ehrenreich, tells Laura Harding about stepping into Harrison Ford's shoes, while director Ron Howard reveals why he thinks the film will divide opinion.

Comedy star Rob Brydon, Oscar-winning actress Anna Paquin, BAFTA-winning writer David Hare and rising British actor George Mackay will be taking centre stage at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The Scotsman critic Alistair Harkness has his say on the Edinburgh film festival line-up

THE organisers of Edinburgh’s Geek and Nerd Festival turn their attention to the world of TV gameshows in the city’s most haunted pub, on Friday.

THE buzz around Ben Whishaw has been ever-present from the moment he started to make his mark on UK stage and screen back in the early noughties.

A dusty, derelict cinema which was once a palace of the silver screen is to revisit its glorious past before being lost forever.

After a meteoric rise to fame, Amy Schumer has faced more than her fair share of criticism. The actress tells Laura Harding why it doesn't bother her, how she feels about modern feminism and her hopes of empowering other women.

Director John Cameron Mitchell reunites with his Rabbit Hole star Nicole Kidman for How To Talk To Girls At Parties. He talks to Laura Harding about dressing up the Hollywood superstar in a huge black and white wig, running lines during the interval of her West End play and why we need punk in modern times.

IT’s the weekend to celebrate everything that’s super about Edinburgh.

ATTEN-SHUN! 50 years ago this year, BBC viewers settled down in front of their black and white televisions to watch the very first episode of a new sitcom by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.

The country’s longest-standing regional film office Film Edinburgh marked the UK launch of one of the biggest blockbusters in movie history, Avengers: Infinity War, by bringing together the city’s off-screen superheroes.

Avengers: Infinity War has one seriously impressive cast, assembling members of every Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. Georgia Humphreys hears from some of its biggest stars about why they love playing their iconic characters.