Bill Douglas: Last News

Film buffs are in for a treat at New Lanark World Heritage Site as it announces its newly licensed cinema - positioning it as a cornerstone for celebrating Scottish movies and storytelling.

The recent passing of Terence Davies and the tributes that followed — tales of a steel will, impassioned budgetary battles and a host of dream projects that never materialized — give this highly personal tribute to Scottish filmmaker Bill Douglas an extra and very poignant relevance as a similar story, now depressingly familiar to the British film industry, of an uncompromising talent who left us with a tantalizing promise of what might have been. Now largely unknown to the wider world, but very dear to the heart of Scotland (despite the fact that he left his homeland at the earliest opportunity), Douglas is the closest thing to a Rosetta Stone in recent British independent and social-realist cinema. From his early home movies through to his last three-hour masterwork Comrades (1986), the director left an indelible imprint that still seems shockingly modern today, leaving traces in everything from Derek Jarman’s early Super-8 works to Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher and beyond.

Katy Perry has shared her heartbreak as she announced her grandmother Ann Pearl Hudson has died at the age of 99.The 35 year old Firework singer shared the sad news days after she announced she is expecting with her first child with her husband-to-be Orlando Bloom. Sharing a tribute to Ann, whom she called Grandma, on Twitter, Katy posted a Spotify link to the song Deep Peace (Choral Version) by Bill Douglas and dedicated to her grandmother.

Katy Perry is mourning the death of her grandmother Ann Pearl Hudson.

Katy Perry is taking the time to remember her beloved 99-year-old grandmother, Ann Pearl Hudson. The pregnant 35-year-old pop star shared several sweet tributes to her late grandmother on social media. 

Katy Perry’s grandma Ann Pearl Hudson has died a few days after the star announced her pregnancy.

Katy Perry paid tribute to her grandmother Ann Pearl Hudson after she passed away Sunday at age 99.