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Something For The Weekend? Our Fuzzy Friday Top 5

1. GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY (FORTINGALL) Strictly speaking our Fuzzy Friday feature is about events in Scotland that Bella thinks worthy of flagging up to our perpetually curious, open-minded Continue reading →

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We Are Northern Lights

Love this trailer for We Are Northern Lights! which will premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival (Feb 16) The film was created from footage submitted by the general public in Continue reading →

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Neu! Reekie! #23

    Aside from Bella Caledonia an arts project I’m heavily involved with is Neu! Reekie!  Neu! Reekie! is a monthly anti-cabaret now based at Edinburgh’s Summerhall arts complex.  The Continue reading →

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Kinetic Capital

Beautiful short film of the capital by Walid Salhab

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Let the Summerhall revolution begin!

by Kevin Williamson Tonight’s the night. Its the grand opening of the new Summerhall arts complex‘s festival programme, in conjunction with The List magazine’s annual festival shenanigans. This will be Continue reading →

Sigur Rós ‘Valtari’ Mystery Film Experiment: Ég anda

The Beautiful North

Someone much cleverer than I once said Edinburgh is not the Athens of the North, it is the Reykjavík of the south. The southern part of the ‘North’ an area Continue reading →

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Say Yes to Northern Lights

By Nick Higgins So it’s all about to kick off. The big Yes campaign that no matter what will take its place in the history books as a fascinating chapter Continue reading →

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Interview with Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration

Much as I’d have walked over broken glass to interview Francis Ford Coppola for Bella someone else beat me to it. Film critic Ariston Anderson has done a very fine Continue reading →

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The Comic Strip present "The Iron Wifie"

Review: The Iron Lady

(Streeps) easly as good as Rory Bremner and miles better than Mike Yarwood…

Visualizing Plenitude

Juliet Schor is an inspiration: “Millions of us have lost control over the basic rhythm of their daily lives. They work too much, eat too quickly, socialize too little, drive Continue reading →

Chaos Cinema: The Rise & Fall of Action Filmmaking

Below is a 2 part video essay “Chaos Cinema” by Matthias Stork. “Chaos cinema apes the illiteracy of the modern movie trailer. It consists of a barrage of high-voltage scenes. Continue reading →

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