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1w ago
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 skyscrapers light up the sky in the way that the corrugated iron roofs of the slums never could. Lamborghinis and Ferraris fill ..read more
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2w ago
This review contains mild spoilers Demonic possession is a staple of the horror genre. Perhaps rightly or wrongly, any film attempting to scare the bejesus out of you (pardon the pun) will always be compared to 1973’s The Exorcist. It’s the gold standard of head spinning, foul mouthed, scar faced, green eyed possession. Writer ..read more
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1M ago
Glasgow Film Festival 2024 wrapped up on Sunday 10 March by celebrating a bumper year of ticket sales and local and international talent. GFF24 admissions increased to 34,817, a 4% rise from GFF23. The festival also cemented its reputation as a major meeting point for the UK and international filmmaking sector, with 650 delegates from ..read more
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1M ago
The Audience Award for the 2024 Glasgow Film Festival has been awarded to the uplifting Icelandic documentary, The Home Game. The only award given at the festival is sponsored by MUBI and chosen by the most important people – the audience. From an eight-strong shortlist of films by first or second-time directors, it was feel-good ..read more
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1M ago
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 else was hanging about and you played until you were called for your dinner. You probably had a bumbag with ..read more
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1M ago
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 thumping sound, like bodies hitting the floor, before an Audre Lorde quote takes over the startling white-ness: “My silences had ..read more
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1M ago
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 effortlessly through a number of genres, whilst offering up striking social commentary on gender politics within contemporary Pakistan. With the sudden death of her grandfather, 25-year-old ..read more
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1M ago
“Are the jokes supposed to be the truth, or are the jokes just jokes?” Cara Mone and Caroline Suh’s documentary, Sorry/Not Sorry opens with a clip of Louis C.K. performing a stand-up routine. In it, he says that the worst thing to ever happen to women in men. He received rapturous applause, whooping and hollering ..read more
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1M ago
There is nothing subtle about Joseph Schuman and Austin Stark’s Coup! The opening voiceover, complete with commentary about total lockdown, an errant president and the poor dying in their thousands whilst the rich flock to their country estates, firmly establishes the satirical tone that never quite leaves the film. There’s even an archival image of ..read more
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1M ago
Grief and ghosts often make for good company. It is when we are at our lowest ebb that we often look for answers or signs that we would not normally seek out. And, of course, a presence or a voice of a loved one can be a source of comfort for those who are left ..read more