Anora – Review
In all of the things you could imagine cinema has to offer, an erotic dance to a club remix of Take That’s Greatest Day is probably not the first thing that springs to mind. But that’s exactly how wr...
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Blitz – Review
Opening the London Film Festival, Blitz is the latest film from director Steve McQueen – and it marks a complete change of tone. Don’t go into this expecting anything similar to Hunger, Shame or 12 Y...
The Substance – Review
Women across the world have long observed that they are not allowed to age in the same way that men are. Grey hair on a man is “distinguished”; on a woman it is witchy. Men can have lines on their fa...
The Bikeriders – Review
Photographer Danny Lyon toured the American Midwest in the late 1960s and early 1970s, spending time with a fledgling motorcycle group named the Vandals. He then thought he could turn his photos and ...
That They May Face the Rising Sun – Review
Every so often, you come across a film in which nothing really happens, yet it somehow manages to strike at the core of you. Pat Collins’ adaptation of the John McGahern novel, That They May Face The...
A Girl Upstairs – Review
Paintings, as far as cinema is concerned, are not to be trusted. Just ask Madeline / Judy in Vertigo or Stanley Uris in IT. There is something unnerving about a set of eyes blankly following you acro...
Monkey Man – Review
Dev Patel’s impressive directorial debut, Monkey Man, is a film full of hyperbolic contrasts. A seven foot fighter, built like a barrel, towers over his scrawny opponent in the ring. Glass and steel ...
Edge of Summer – Review
Perhaps only some of our readers can remember family “staycations” back in the early 1990s. There were no mobile phones, no internet and no real notion of time. You tried to make friends with whoever...
Opponent (Motståndaren) – Review
Milad Alami’s second feature length film opens with a stark white screen – enough to make you think you’ve already gone snow blind in the Swedish-Finnish border town in which it is set. There’s a thu...
In Flames – Review
There has been a plethora of feature-length debuts celebrated at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival, with writer / director Zarrar Khan joining in festivities. His film, In Flames, breezes effortlessl...