Hailed by many working and volunteering at 2024’s Glasgow Film Festival as the festival’s must-see feature, The Vourdalak (adapted from Tolstoy’s … More
Category: Film
Film Review: ‘Origin’ (dir. Ava DuVernay)
Ava DuVernay’s thoughtful recent feature, Origin, arrived at select Scottish cinemas this year with little fanfare. The newest effort from … More
‘The Deid Dinnae Greet’: Glasgow Film Festival sees Viggo Mortensen’s red dead resurrection of the cowboy
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a press screening of Viggo Mortensen’s new Western The Dead Don’t Hurt (2023) at … More
Love Lies Bleeding Review: Glasgow Film Festival 2024
A queer erotic thriller set in late 1980s New Mexico; Love Lies Bleeding gives you exactly what you pay for. Lou, played … More
May December Review
4/5 stars No contemporary film director seems to understand the dark heart rotting at the centre of suburban American life … More
Qmunicate @ SQIFF
qmunicate were absolutely delighted to be invited by SQIFF (the Scottish Queer International Film Festival) to attend some of this … More
Saltburn: A Seductive Study in Missed Opportunities
It’s 2006. Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) has made it to Oxford. He’s quiet. He’s earnest. He’s from ‘the north’ (Prescot, … More
Barbie: The Film of the Summer?
On the 21st of July 2023, I went to see Barbie the way God (Greta Gerwig) intended: alongside four of … More
An Ode to Practical Effects
Did you just spend three hours of your weekend in James Cameron’s motion-capture paradise of Pandora? Or maybe you’ve just … More
The Art of Animation
Even with such significant, recent advancement in animation, many will still refuse to place it equal next to live-action. To … More
