by Jordan King What is cinema if not an elaborate game of playtime and make-believe? When you pick apart narrative film and strip it down to its core, it is little more than a group of people playing dress-up, pretending … Continue reading Petite Maman – Berlinale 2021 Review
We all remember sex education class, right? And it certainly wasn’t anything like Gillian Anderson putting a condom on an aubergine. With one of the most eye brow raising, outright bizarre opening scene of a man and woman dancing to … Continue reading Limbo – Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Review
By Emily Murray Jumbo is not only one of the most unusual love stories that has ever been brought to the screen, but it is also one of the most beautiful. Taking inspiration from the true story of Erika Eiffel, … Continue reading Jumbo – 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 … Continue reading Choose Life – Celebrating 25 Years of Trainspotting
by Cheyenne Bunsie Stewing during lockdown with much of 2021 up in the air, a little bit of dependability is nothing to sniff at. In facing a new normal whether we’re ready or not, it’s comforting to know that some … Continue reading News of the World – Review
by Jordan King If ever there were a director whose cinematic response to the current pandemic we’re living through was desperately wanted, it may just be Ben Wheatley. Having flexed his elemental folk-horror muscles once before with the spellbinding A … Continue reading In The Earth – Sundance 2021 Film Festival
