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
Tag: Glasgow Film Theatre
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
Film Review: The True History of the Kelly Gang – as part of the Glasgow Film Festival
True, I do love history – I am a history student after all. And Justin Kurzel’s 19th-century story The True History … More
Film Review: Eighth Grade – in association with the Glasgow Film Theatre.
Eighth Grade is the first outing from comedian turned writer/director Bo Burnham. Like his comedy, Burnham’s debut cuts through its … More
Film Review: Mary Queen of Scots – in association with the Glasgow Film Theatre
The cinema was packed and tense with expectations: we were going to see our story, our history, our culture on … More
Film Review: Suspiria – in association with the Glasgow Film Theatre
Luca Guadagnino travels through space and time from 1983 Northern Italy to 1977 West Berlin to demonstrate his rather expert … More
Film Review: Widows – in association with the Glasgow Film Theatre
Widows marks the long-awaited return of director Steve McQueen, after a five year hiatus from the big screen since 2013’s … More
Film Review: Tehran Taboo
[content warning: spoilers] In 2017, the German-Iranian director Aki Soozandeh released the animation drama Tehran Taboo which gives insight into … More
Film Review: First Man
The credits rolled. ‘So, what did you think?’ I asked my friend. ‘Thrusters…’ she replied. ‘Thrusters and funerals.’ This observation … More
Just the Ticket: MubiGo and the Subscription Model
On the heels of the US-based Moviepass and its British counterparts Cineworld Unlimited and Odeon Limitless, arthouse and indie streaming … More
