Derek McArthur
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Letting Glasgow Film Theatre rot is sheer cultural vandalism
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Letting Glasgow Film Theatre rot is sheer cultural vandalism
Glasgow Film Theatre faces losing long-term council community funding, a move that amounts to sheer cultural vandalism in a long sequence of neglectā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25690657.excluding-glasgow-film-theatre-funding-cultural-vandalism/
4 days ago
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Creative Scotland has been told that it should take more risks.... will it, though?
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Creative Scotland has been told that it should take more risks.... will it, though?
When an independent review into Creative Scotland found that artists were being choked and deflated by āendless bureaucracyā and urged the artsā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/25659800.creative-scotland-told-take-risks-will-though/
16 days ago
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Core. Festival brings the noise to Glasgow for its third year
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Core. Festival brings the noise to Glasgow for its third year
Scotlandās heavy indoor festival that lauds everything loud and distorted sets up camp in Glasgowās Woodside Halls, with assistance from venueā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25432131.core-festival-brings-noise-glasgow-third-year/
3 months ago
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The Herald
6 months ago
'It is a wonderful opportunity for the condemnation class. Politicians, the police, and the media love to fan the flames of these distractions in cheap, cynical ploys to be seen as proactive and righteous'
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7 months ago
'Coincidentally, or not, this is all occurring after Kneecap's performance at Coachella, where overt anti-Israel messages were displayed throughout and the group made several statements in support of Palestine' š
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The Herald
8 months ago
"Who would have guessed that First Minister John Swinney would have an opinion on this year's TRNSMT festival line-up ā let alone demand that one of its acts be dropped for being 'beyond the pale'?"
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on politicians and Kneecap š
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The Herald
8 months ago
'It's really exciting to be joining this historic title as it steps up its commitment to arts and culture' Meet Brian Ferguson, The Herald's new Arts Correspondent. FIND OUT MORE š
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2510637...
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8 months ago
My weekly education newsletter is currently the most-read article on the
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website:
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2509...
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Spare a thought for the young people caught up in anti-trans storm
As Iām sure everyone and their dog knows by now, yesterday the Supreme Court presented its judgement on the definition of a woman under theā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25099607.spare-thought-young-people-caught-anti-trans-storm/
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Why the UK version of Saturday Night Live is doomed to fail
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2509...
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The UK version of Saturday Night Live will only end in one way: failure
What better way to celebrate a 50th anniversary than to adapt the format to British television, and likely end up being laughed at, not with?
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25099282.uk-version-saturday-night-live-doomed-fail/
8 months ago
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Derek McArthur
The Herald comment & analysis
8 months ago
Even beacons like New York City and its arts scenes have been largely defanged and rendered supplementary to what is going on artistically
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The critic is in a crisis, and itās not just a Scottish theatre problem
Legendary literary critic Harold Bloom once said, āIn the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters toā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25081187.not-just-theatre-criticism-contributing-scotlands-cultural-decline/?ref=li
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The Herald
9 months ago
'How well do we know the city landscape surrounding us, the urban jungles we have created as a reflection of ourselves?'
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2504...
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'Why I paid money to watch shots of buildings and streets for 90 minutes' Gazing at the displaced, distant city with Chantal Akerman
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Column for
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2504...
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Why I paid money to watch shots of buildings and streets for 90 minutes
As part of Glasgow Film Theatreās CineMasters season, the focus turns to Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman, who throughout the 1970s until herā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/25043791.gazing-buildings-streets-chantal-akerman/
9 months ago
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The Herald
9 months ago
'As much joy and wonder as there is in physical formats, record collecting, record shops, and everything else in between, perhaps it is a world we have simply left behind...'
heraldscotland.com/opinion/2498...
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The Herald
10 months ago
Five stars for a new film set in Scotland READ THE REVIEW:
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
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On Falling, the directorial full-length debut from Laura Carreira, is a subtle yet heavy-punching portrait of the precarious life of work. Review for
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A subtle yet heavy-punching portrait of the precarious life of work
On Falling, seeing its Scottish premiere at this year's Glasgow Film Festival, opens with a group of workers descending a corridor, punching inā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/24977691.falling-gff25-subtle-yet-heavy-portrait-precarious-work-life/
10 months ago
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On reading Yukio Mishima, the writer who disembowelled himself
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2495...
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Why it is worth reading the Japanese writer who disembowelled himself
In 1970, Yukio Mishima, author and ultranationalist, tied up the commandant of a Tokyo military base and stepped onto the balcony. He read hisā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24951983.reading-yukio-mishima-writer-disembowelled/
10 months ago
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Derek McArthur
The Herald
10 months ago
'Yes, you can. And yes, you should. Separate it all from the imperfect hands of its creator. Take from flawed humanity the creation from whence it came.'
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2493...
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The Herald
10 months ago
'There are, of course, those who would deny that what Trump is proposing is what it is - an overt call for ethnic cleansing'
heraldscotland.com/politics/249...
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EXCL: Pro-Palestine activists at Glasgow Uni say the university is cracking down on "free speech". āEscalation is our only optionā, one student told
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www.heraldscotland.com/news/2485610...
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'We're being silenced': pro-Palestine student activists fear for freedom of speech
University of Glasgow management have been accused of attempting to āsilenceā students involved in pro-Palestine activism at the institutionāsā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24856106.pro-palestine-activists-fear-freedom-speech/
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thread for when last fm tells me I've listened to a song over 100 times
10 months ago
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Four Seasons: Utopiano åå£ć»ć¦ć¼ććć¢ć Dir. Shoichiro Sasaki, 1980
10 months ago
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The Herald
10 months ago
'What if your passion in life made it onto the big screen and you noticed everything it got wrong?' Arts columnist
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on the backlash to Academy Award frontrunner The Brutalist
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2491...
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I asked the market-wrecking DeepSeek AI to write an opinion column for me. So how did it do? Column for
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2490...
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I asked the market-wrecking AI to write an opinion column for me. So how did it do?
The Chinese AI model DeepSeek has shaken the tech world, but will it shake a humble opinion columnist?
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24900957.asked-deepseek-write-opinion-column/
11 months ago
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This film veteran was stunned when he asked AI to give him ideas āWhy should writers sit around for months searching for a good idea when AI can provide one in seconds?ā asked Paul Schrader This week's column for
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2488...
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This film veteran was stunned when he asked AI to give him ideas
āWhy should writers sit around for months searching for a good idea when AI can provide one in seconds?ā asked film icon Paul Schrader
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24880447.film-veteran-stunned-asked-ai-give-ideas/
11 months ago
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Derek McArthur
The Herald
11 months ago
'Nosferatu comes off more like a technical exercise than a film with a concrete artistic statement behind it'
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The Herald
11 months ago
A tribute to David Lynch, who has died at the age of 78, written by
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in August when the legendary director confirmed he would never step foot on a set again
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2450...
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Why is dialogue so obvious in Netflix films? Because no one is actually watching to know what's happening otherwise
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2482...
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Netflix and the films no one is actually watching
Why is dialogue so obvious in Netflix films? Because no one is actually watching to know what's happening otherwise.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24826060.netflix-films-no-one-actually-watching/
11 months ago
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The death of Pier Paolo Pasolini still haunts me so
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2481...
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The death of Pier Paolo Pasolini still haunts me so
Pier Paolo Pasolini's murder is shrouded in a haunting mystery. Why did a groundbreaking filmmaker fall to what looks like political assassination?
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24817532.death-pier-paolo-pasolini-still-haunts/
11 months ago
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listened to this all day
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Do you wanna
YouTube video by Astrid Sonne - Topic
https://youtu.be/LRMEOtcpd_s?si=fHGMlctQm_CUX66f
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
'Earthgrazer, 10 December 2021'
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Barry Jenkins directed Moonlight, a vital piece of modern auteur filmmaking. Barry Jenkins has also directed Mufasa: The Lion King, another lucrative entry into Disney's animated revival. Why are both these things true? Column for
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2479...
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Respected filmmakers directing mainstream slop is no win for the little guy
This month sees the release of Mufasa: The Lion King, another entry in Disneyās photorealistic revival of its older, much-loved animatedā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24791438.mufasa-lion-king-auteur-filmmakers-directing-mainstream-slop/
about 1 year ago
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I spoke to
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about her debut feature length film On Falling, the gig economy, and survival in the film industry. On Falling has its Scottish premiere at Glasgow Film Fest 2025.
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āThis feels like an experiment to see how long I last in the film industryā
On Falling, a social-realist drama making its Scottish premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2025, paints a delicate portrait of Portuguese migrantā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24788381.glasgow-film-festival-talking-on-falling-laura-carreira/
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
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some Forough Farrokhzad poems translated from Persian by Elizabeth T Grey
about 1 year ago
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g'evening bluesky
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Monkeyland
YouTube video by The Chameleons - Topic
https://youtu.be/kg76lxMeIoU?si=OHoiMuaoyVt5BlpY
about 1 year ago
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add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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Leave Her to Heaven Dir. John M. Stahl 1945
about 1 year ago
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Nov reads/re-reads
about 1 year ago
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it rules so much that Knocked Loose get heavier the bigger they get
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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Vagabond Sans toit ni loi Dir. AgnĆØs Varda 1985
about 1 year ago
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Radical Graffiti
about 1 year ago
Gaza tag spotted in Glasgow, Scotland
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'Using your phone in the cinema? Well, expect to be publicly shamed' some thoughts on Wicked phonegate for
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2475...
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Using your phone in the cinema? Well, expect to be publicly shamed
The film adaptation of Broadway musical Wicked has recently hit cinemas, igniting a furore over audience singalongs. Now another furore has takenā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24752965.using-phone-cinema-well-expect-publicly-shamed/
about 1 year ago
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turned into a Blonde Redhead kinda day actually
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Swing Pool
YouTube video by Blonde Redhead - Topic
https://youtu.be/Nh1pzTGG35A?si=_-k5GFk3ruKDOgRB
about 1 year ago
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Tindersticks kinda day
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Let's Pretend
YouTube video by Tindersticks - Topic
https://youtu.be/sou85eJwSz0?si=2PNqb78CiIFol915
about 1 year ago
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The Herald
about 1 year ago
'LGB Alliance is anti-trans. I would never allow anything of mine to be used by such a group.'
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Younger Than You
YouTube video by Whirr - Topic
https://youtu.be/JCZewzt10co?si=IAq313e6ydi29cPd
about 1 year ago
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Derek McArthur
The Herald
about 1 year ago
Retiring Glasgow Film CEO Allison Gardner is not interested in any corporate speak
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2474555...
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Okay, does anyone want to start a militia to keep Hollywood productions out of Glasgow? It is detrimental to our domestic arts and culture. My piece on this from last year is still quite relevant:
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2398...
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How the Scottish Government made a deal with Hollywood and lost
Little was written about one tiny paragraph thrown into the Bute House Agreement, despite being a major move for Scotlandās film and televisionā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/23983088.scottish-governments-deal-hollywood-failed/
about 1 year ago
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'Thatās what world cinema does, it creates empathy in you. And we need a lot more empathy in this world.' For today's
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, I spoke to retiring Glasgow Film CEO Allison Gardner about world cinema, diversity, and protecting culture.
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āCinema creates empathy in you. And we need a lot more empathy in this worldā
Glasgow Film CEO Allison Gardner speaks on retiring after thirty years, the unbridled power of independent cinema, and how showcasing gems fromā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24745555.retiring-glasgow-film-ceo-not-interested-corporate-speak/
about 1 year ago
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normalise CDs again pls
about 1 year ago
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