by Chris Connor Opening with the lines “I can’t breathe” showcases how timely Shorta, the debut feature from Anders Olholm and Frederik Louis Hviid is premiering months after the death of George Floyd in the US. It is a highly impressive debut full of well handled action sequences with fantastic characterisation of the leads and a real sense of heart, its unpredictable nature is to … Continue reading Shorta – Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Review
by Lauryn Clarke Do you ever sit and just stare at the screen after a movie is over? Spend the rest of the day with a lingering feeling of unease? That’s exactly what Bryan Bertino gives you with his latest venture into the horror genre. A depiction of a broken family and their grief, this supernatural horror has a claustrophobic feel despite its large farmyard … Continue reading The Dark and the Wicked – Review
By Emily Murray One of the best tracks on Primal Scream’s phenomenal album Screamadelica is Loaded, a song which features a sampling from the 1966 outlaw biker movie The Wild Angels which starred Peter Fonda. Opening the song in style before the beat kicks in, the quote from the movie used is: “We wanna be free to do what we wanna do, and we wanna … Continue reading Creation Stories – 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, Minari follows a South Korean family as they chase the American dream on a farm in 1980s Arkansas. Although it may seem on the surface … Continue reading Minari – Review
By Emily Murray Reading the premise for the latest film from Danish writer/director Anders Thomas Jensen, you would be forgiven for expecting a standard revenge thriller. Military veteran Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) sets out to seek vengeance on a biker gang, the Riders Of Justice, who he believes played a role in the death of his wife. Whilst that simple plot description does sound similar to … Continue reading Riders of Justice – Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Review
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 the goodness that was Danny Boyle’s 1996 classic (which now celebrates its 20th Anniversary). So why did the Trainspotting work so well? Trainspotting, for those … Continue reading Choose Life – Celebrating 25 Years of Trainspotting
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