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 … Continue reading Creation Stories – Glasgow Film Festival 2021 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, … 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 … Continue reading Choose Life – Celebrating 25 Years of Trainspotting
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
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
by Chris Connor With Wong Kar Wai’s repertoire being streamed in 4k via BFI player this month and with a Criterion boxset of his work on its way, it seems an apt time to revisit what remains for many his … Continue reading In The Mood for Love – Review
