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Berlinale

Transit

World War II has been thoroughly examined throughout the history of cinema. The symbols and conventions of this…

By Sean Gallen
Glasgow

The Ballad of Lefty Brown

After his long-time partner is murdered by a group of bandits, the bumbling and easily lovable Lefty Brown…

By Andrew Murray
Berlinale

Songwriter

Ed Sheeran's rise to success puzzled a lot of people, especially the "experts" in the music industry. A…

By Sean Gallen
Live music

The Script at the O2 Arena

Irish rock band The Script played an incredible sold-out show at the O2 Arena as part of their…

By Laura Boyle
Play

Dust at Soho Theatre

Dust is basically like a millennial A Christmas Carol, but if Ebenezer Scrooge was dead before he journeyed…

By Connor Campbell
Berlinale

Dolmetscher (The Interpreter)

An elderly man, presumably dressed in his Sunday best, disembarks from a train in Vienna. He politely asks…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

In den Gängen (In the Aisles)

Germans working in retail are not known for their smalltalk. There are no banalities about the weather, not…

By Oliver Johnston
Berlinale

Twarz (Mug)

Twarz demonstrates its absurd and vicious sensibilities from its very first opening frames. A small crowd has gathered…

By Oliver Johnston
Glasgow

That Summer

Before the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens that focussed on the lives of the highly eccentric mother and daughter…

By Andrew Murray