I’m Your Man – Berlinale 2021 Review
by Jordan King “Are human beings really intended to have all of our needs met at the push of a button?” This is the question academic Alma (Maren Eggert) asks herself towards the climax of Maria Schrader’s I’m Your Man, … Continue reading I’m Your Man – Berlinale 2021 Review
Minari – Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Review
By Emily Murray This year’s Glasgow Film Festival is opening on a high with the UK premiere of writer/director Lee Isaac Chung’s tender and heartfelt drama Minari, a film that easily sweeps you away. Partly inspired by Chung’s own upbringing, … Continue reading Minari – Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Review
Choose Life – Celebrating 25 Years of Trainspotting
It’s been twenty-five years since the release of Trainspotting. The now cult fan favourite is still on that scummy pedestal, steaming with decay and delicate visceral emotion. So let’s pile back into the worst toilet in Scotland to revel in … Continue reading Choose Life – Celebrating 25 Years of Trainspotting
Blush – Review
by Jordan King Having premiered at the Sundance film festival in 2019 to mixed reviews, writer-director Debra Eisenstadt’s Blush – formerly, perhaps more aptly, entitled Imaginary Order – has finally found its way onto British shores. Starring The Goldbergs and … Continue reading Blush – Review
Black Bear – Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Review
by Leoni Horton t’s a rare treat when a film-maker takes creative initiative with narrative structure, for such previous experimentation has worked to redefine how audiences engage with film. Christopher Nolan made radical waves with Memento through reversing the typical … Continue reading Black Bear – Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Review
I Care A Lot – Review
by Charlotte Sometimes It’s easy to forget that a protagonist doesn’t have to be the good guy/gal. All that’s required to be a protagonist is to be the film’s lead character, a moral compass pointing in the direction of good … Continue reading I Care A Lot – Review
