FRIGHTFEST 2020 - Death of a Vlogger
Graham Hughes' Death of a Vlogger is a multi-faceted account of the viral calamity surrounding the internet age, wrapped around an intriguing and engaging level of horror convention
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Initials S.G.
Initials S. G. is ultimately a tragic experience that unravels and dissects the life of a troubled man. Possessing the early makings of a true classic in the making
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Driveways
Driveways is a curious little gem that harbours a treasure trove of thematic and emotional complexity underneath its seemingly straightforward demeanour
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Disco
Jorunn Myklebust Syversen's Disco is a harrowing portrait of religion within a claustrophobia-inducing and anxiety swelling environment
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Because We Are Girls
Director Baljeet Sangra tackles the subject matter of Because We Are Girls with tender care
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Nobadi
Provides an interesting commentary on the refugee crisis in Europe that some may find insightful and others will find downright horrific
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Blood Machines
The long-awaited Kickstarter project Blood Machines is a visual banquet
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Eternal Beauty
Eternal Beauty falls foul in having all the pieces in all the wrong order leading to an incredibly underwhelming and flat result
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Olympic Dreams
Olympic Dreams is a poignant and beautiful little film with a believable and sweet core relationship
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Atlantis
Atlantis is a minimalistic masterpiece that handles its subject matter with grace and a stunning sense of purpose
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme: A Banana? At This Time of Night? (Konna yofuke ni banana kayo: Kanashiki jitsuwa)
Tetsu Maeda's A Banana? At This Time of Night? is a fine and content melodrama but could have been so much more
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Eden
Snævar Sölvason’s Eden is a film that’s been seen and done millions of times before
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Stories from the Chestnut Woods
Stories from the Chestnut Woods is a leisurely look into a forgotten land and displaced people
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - 5 is the Perfect Number (5 e il numero perfetto)
5 is the Perfect Number revolves around Peppino (Toni Servillo), a retired hitman who is pulled back into the thick of things after his son is murdered in a hit gone wrong
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Pity the Lovers
Pity the Lovers takes the classic romantic comedy to look into male emotions and how men fall in love
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - The Last Autumn (Síðasta haustið)
The Last Autumn is a profound portrait and a dedication to Iceland’s remaining farmers, a tale of a vanishing way of life
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - The Twentieth Century
Visually provocative without being obnoxious, boundary-pushing without being offensive, satirical without being heavy-handed
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Standing Up, Falling Down
Standing Up, Falling Down is a slow-cooked comfort food made with such well-worn thematic ingredients as managing aspirations, nurturing relationships and appreciating familial bonds
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - The Painted Bird
Even when The Painted Bird is shot beautifully and the edit from Ludek Hudec is weighted to perfection, there will be only a small minority who will make it through a sitting
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2020 - Pictures From Afghanistan
With the help of director Robbie Fraser, David Pratt through Pictures of Afghanistan, his photographs and storytelling, is able to convince a western audience to confront the realities of warfare in Afghanistan