19th October 2009
Muscatelli becomes Glasgow Principal Professor Anton Muscatelli has officially taken up the office of Principal of the University of Glasgow. The former Principal of Herriot Watt University and the current convenor of Universities Scotland becomes the 50th principal in the University’s history. Professor Muscatelli spoke of his delight upon taking up the post and his ...
19th October 2009
Watching the trailer for the 2010 release The Crazies didn’t spark my interest in the film itself, but it did bring to mind a particular song that is worth revisiting every once in a while. It also taught me a valuable lesson: never underestimate the power of music. But let’s start at the beginning. The ...
19th October 2009
Lee Roden Triangle, written and directed by Christopher Smith, is a horror/thriller by definition, but maybe a more apt title would be “sailing natural disaster movie” (I think I just created a genre!) I say that because the biggest disaster in the film is the craftsmanship of the boat the main cast are sailing on. ...
19th October 2009
Maxwell Ward Since Toy Story’s release in 1995, Pixar have produced a further nine feature films, demonstrating a level of quality and consistency that would leave Roger Federer or Tiger Woods hanging their head in shame. Completing the near perfect ten for Pixar is Up, the tale of Carl Fredricksen, a geriatric grouch and widower, ...
19th October 2009
Leon Weber Two years after his reboot of the Halloween franchise, rocker-turned-director Rob Zombie delivers a sequel to his vision with Halloween II. Whereas the 2007 film stayed more or less true to the horror film series, he is way off with his newest film which mediates between pure trash and disrespect towards the franchise. ...
19th October 2009
Jessie Rodger Future Shorts’ international film night is a thoroughly engaging alternative to spending the night at your local multiplex. There is a fully stocked bar at hand, candlelit tables and some high quality short films to watch at your leisure. However, the lack of support for this particular event was starkly evident and unfortunately ...
19th October 2009
Phoebe More Gordon Playing Houses is the first full-length play by Glaswegian actor and writer Martin O’Connor. Commissioned by the Glasgay! Festival, the piece sets out to explore the event’s theme of families. The story is of a mother and her three boys who struggle to cope with an absent husband and father. On the ...
19th October 2009
Dominic Maxwell-Lewis Telling tales in possibly the most flamboyant way imaginable, Drew Taylor adds incredible flare to his performance as Markus Makavellian at this year’s Glasgay! festival. A mixture of stories, told in flowing metrical dialogue, dip from streams of consciousness to structured word play to magnificent effect. His show, International Order, seems to be ...
19th October 2009
Jenny Langskog Writer It was a day that promised feelings of achievement and empowerment, and when thousands of men, women and children gathered on Edinburgh’s Bruntsfield Links, it certainly delivered on that promise. This celebration, and re-enactment of the march for women’s suffrage that took place in the city in 1909, was organised by the ...
19th October 2009
Tom Bonnick Every now and then some literary, cinematic or theatrical endeavour becomes the lucky recipient of large quantities of media attention for reasons not confined merely to its artistic merit. In the case of That Face, which premiered in London at the Royal Court theatre in 2007, this particular phenomenon came about because the ...
