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Competition Ends Tomorrow: Win God Help the Girl Soundtrack Vinyl, Film Download, and Tote Bag

Tell Us Your Favorite Belle and Sebastian Song via Our Facebook Page by Thursday at 12 p.m. EST

Sep 10, 2014

Our God Help the Girl competition ends tomorrow at 12 p.m. EST. This is your last chance to enter to win a vinyl copy of the God Help the Girl soundtrack, a Vimeo download of the film, and a tote bag. More

Scotland Week Competition: Win God Help the Girl Soundtrack Vinyl, Film Download, and Tote Bag

Tell Us Your Favorite Belle and Sebastian Song via Our Facebook Page

Sep 05, 2014

Today the Glasgow-set musical film God Help the Girl opens in Los Angeles and New York and will be available to download or rent via Vimeo and iTunes. Then next week it gets a wider theatrical release. God Help the Girl is the feature film writing and directing debut of Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch. More

Scotland Week Competition: Win God Help the Girl Soundtrack Vinyl, Film Download, and Tote Bag

Tell Us Your Favorite Belle and Sebastian Song via Our Facebook Page

Sep 03, 2014

This Friday the Glasgow-set musical film God Help the Girl opens in Los Angeles and New York and will be available to download or rent via Vimeo and iTunes. Then next week it gets a wider theatrical release. God Help the Girl is the feature film writing and directing debut of Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch. More

Scotland Week on Under the Radar’s Website All This Week

Interviews, Reviews, Blog Posts, and Lists Related to Scottish Artists All Week

Sep 01, 2014

This Friday the film God Help the Girl is released in America. It’s the feature film writing and directing debut of Stuart Murdoch, the frontman for beloved Scottish indie pop band Belle and Sebastian. The film takes place in Murdoch’s native Glasgow and involves, among other things, the formation of an indie pop band. Partly in honor of the film’s release we’ve decided to have a special theme on Under the Radar‘s website this week which we’re simply calling Scotland Week. More

God Help The Girl Gets a Theatrical Release

August 16 in the UK/September 2 in the U.S.

Jul 16, 2014

Stuart Murdoch’s (Belle and Sebastian) passion project God Help the Girl will finally receive a theatrical release. More

Apr 11, 2012

Last month, Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch started hunting for a cast for God Help the Girl—a companion film for the album/side-project of the same name. It looks like he has cast at least one role. More



Interviews

Scotland Week: God Help the Girl’s Emily Browning

The Actress (and Belle and Sebastian Fan) Sings For Stuart Murdoch

Sep 04, 2014

More and more, Emily Browning is someone we’re getting used to seeing in major studio films. The Australian actress had her first big, Hollywood role in Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events, and later went on to star in movies like 2011’s Sucker Punch and this year’s action flick, Pompeii. However, Browning still makes room in her schedule for independent films—especially when she gets a chance to audition for the lead role in a musical directed by the singer of one of her favorite bands. More


Reviews

Nov 04, 2014

If you are (like I was) largely unfamiliar with the delightful indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, perhaps the film and its soundtrack, God Help the Girl, is the perfect introduction. More

God Help the Girl

Directed by Stuart Murdoch

Sep 04, 2014

The sheer earnestness and unassuming glee of the film manage to pull off what contemporary musicals have been unable to do lately: evoke pure joy and enthrallment. More

Mar 19, 2014

We begin this recap of SXSW 2014 with a classic caveat: It’s not you, it’s me. Really. More