Sometimes, truth-based reality can be stranger and funnier than anything fiction can conjure up, and James McAvoy proves it in his directorial debut, California Schemin’. Inspired by the wild true ...

The paperback of “Straight Outta Scotland” by Gavin Bain, which tells the real-life yarn on which James McAvoy’s directing debut is based, boasts a cover quote from the patron saint of working-class ...

TIFF: The proud Scotsman takes up a homegrown tale for his first feature, following the true story of two intrepid countrymen who pretended to be American in order to get noticed in the rap game. A ...

The actor-turned-director also co-stars in the stranger-than-fiction tale of two Scottish strivers who faked a Californian backstory to gain a foothold in the noughties UK hip-hop scene. But even ...