GLASGOW'S annual Music and Film Festival throws up some of the most intriguing and exciting events on the city's cultural calendar.

Last year it saw Detroit techno's foremost practitioner Jeff Mills playing his hypnotic soundtrack to the 1929 Fritz Lang film The Woman In The Moon to a rapt Arches audience, with Dieter Moebius of Cluster also performing his Metropolis soundtrack.

At this year's festival the events are smaller in scale but no less interesting: last night had rapper Danny Brown at The Arches accompanied by a series of short videos.

Tonight, cult Italian horror soundtrackers Goblin are on at Oran Mor with the fantastic Golden Teacher, and on Saturday local indie troupe Admiral Fallow headline The Old Fruitmarket backed by collaborations with emerging UK filmmakers.

This event- at the Southside's cultural heart, The Glad Café - brought together a tour documentary, Mistaken For Strangers, on US indie underdogs The National and a performance by Rozi Plain, who played with This Is The Kit in support of The National on their latest European tour.

As a venue, its cosy, community vibe sat perfectly with the film - a surprising and hilarious look at brotherhood and the reality of touring life - and Rozi Plain's folky, winsome yarns.

It was as intimate a performance as is possible: Plain's charming, goofy between-song banter endearing her to just about everyone.

As nightspots go it's far from the wildest, but as a space for soaking up some culture or unwinding with a locally-brewed craft ale (or Glasgow-roasted coffee), it's ideal.

The city, never mind just the Southside, could do with more like it.