20th March 2023
A deep dive into the animated collage which adapts Murakmai’s short stories. I sit down with Pierre Földes while his debut feature, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (an animated film, adapting a handful of stories by Haruki Murakami) plays at the Glasgow Film Theatre a few blocks away. I ask him about reaching out to Murakami ...
20th March 2023
An almost promising debut, and almost successful departure from migrant narratives. Ellie Foumbi’s Our Father, The Devil (2021) has a straightforward premise. Marie, a refugee from Guinea, works as a chef in a retirement home located in a French town. When Father Patrick is appointed as the new Catholic priest at her workplace, she is ...
20th March 2023
The TV adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel embraces and strengthens its source material. “I’m not the muse, okay? I’m the somebody,” says the titular Daisy Jones in the first episode of Amazon Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & The Six. Over the ten-episode course of the miniseries, there’s an impressively concerted attempt to convince the ...
12th March 2023
The Scottish Premiere of Rye Lane very nearly sells out. Naming a rom-com after a bustling street running through Peckham (South London) emphasises the importance of setting to Rye Lane. The plethora of spaces which Dom (David Jonsson) and Yaz (Vivian Oparah) navigate are unmistakably and proudly in Zone 2, whether that be the chicken ...
11th March 2023
Lee Grant’s documentary, including footage with Christine Jorgensen – the first person to undergo gender reassignment surgery – is shamefully important over thirty years after its release. Were it not for their gender, most of the people interviewed in What Sex Am I? would make pretty boring subjects. A former PE teacher and a computer ...
11th March 2023
Broker stands tall as a poignant and beautiful addition to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s filmography. “Thank you for being born.” It’s a simple yet beautiful line, especially considering its context in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s newest film, Broker. Who would have thought that a film about traffickers trying to sell a baby would be one of the most heartwarming ...
10th March 2023
Marcus Hyka talks to Martha May, whose adventure in being a solo artist involves squid, band breakups and 60s French pop. “I actually have a video of me filming a pod of big-fin glitter squid. They’re like tiny little squid, and when they turn sideways, they disappear. They’re like invisible.” Aged only 22 years old, ...
7th March 2023
A beautifully realised animated collage of Murakami short stories. Pierre Földes’ Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, which adapts several short stories by Haruki Murakami, combines a widely ambitious scope with a script deeply faithful to its source material. The film, Mr. Földes’ feature debut, forgoes adaptation of a single story, electing to weave together a handful ...
7th March 2023
A honest and heart-wrenching depiction of the Asian-Canadian Experience. One of the listed influences of the Glasgow Film Festival is the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), as it tries to emulate their “‘festival of festivals’ supporting grassroots organizations with a focus on audiences”. It is no wonder that Glasgow is host to the UK ...
5th March 2023
A fascinating, yet ultimately dissatisfying, exploration of what it means to be the mother of a beast, toeing the line between victim and villain. Featured as one of the most recognisable titles in this year’s Glasgow Film Festival, Saela Davis and Anna R. Holmer’s film God’s Creatures had so much potential. Set in a small ...
