11th March 2024
Love, passion, romance: the romantic film holds true and strong year round. Now that everyone’s least favourite greeting card holiday has long passed, it seems like a suitable time to reflect on some romantic films. Whether you spent the Valentine’s alone or with someone(s) special, I have gathered the following three films as personal favourites ...
11th March 2024
Wim Wenders’ introspective feature was nominated for Best International feature film at the Oscars this year. How many bad days have you had? Probably quite a lot. You’re probably thinking about a recent bad day right now. Okay, on the reverse of that – how many good days have you had? And going even further, ...
3rd March 2024
Viggo Mortensen’s second endeavour as director has landed him and his film at the Glasgow Film Festival. A woman on her deathbed sheds her last tear as the light leaves her eyes. A man – presumably her husband – checks for her pulse and upon finding none, closes her eyes and turns to look out ...
28th February 2024
Rose Glass’ Sundance stunner graces Glasgow screens for it’s UK premiere. Humans are scared of the dark because we’re scared of what could be hiding there, of the horror our imagination cooks up for us; conversely, we’re scared of ourselves, of what we can become. Enter Albuquerque, New Mexico; flat plains under a dusty sky ...
16th February 2024
In Andew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers, memories, grief, and queer love combine as one. Can we live in the past forever? When is it time to let go? Can we ever? These are all questions All of Us Strangers attempts to answer (or at least ponder). All of Us Strangers centres on Adam (Andrew ...
16th February 2024
Bella Baxter is unlike any other female character before her. The silver screen has seen a whole bandwidth of female performances – from the charming girl-next-door to the damsel-in-distress, to girl bosses and women-in-action performing stunts. Bella Baxter, the lead character of Yorgos Lanthimos’s film Poor Things, does not fit into any particular category. She ...
9th February 2024
Exploring the horror of cinema in Glazer’s The Zone of Interest. The Zone of Interest opened in UK cinemas for a limited run on the 2nd of February. At your local Cineworld you won’t be able to watch it after the 15th, leaving our theaters and minds just in time for the romantic season. But, ...
6th February 2024
With a variety of films premiering, the GFF is a must for any and all fans of cinema. Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) returns for its 20th anniversary, this year running from 28 February to 10 March. Hosted at the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year also, Glasgow Film Festival ...
30th January 2024
How long is too long for a film’s runtime? Is there even a limit? I recently watched Edward Yang’s incredible Yi Yi, a lengthy tale documenting an upper middle class Taipei family in the 90’s. For three hours, I was part of the family itself, there to watch their failings and success and personal demons, ...
27th January 2024
Amazon Prime’s superhero show returns with 4 episodes of Invincible’s new season. (Contains Spoilers for Season 1) Previously on… Mark Grayson discovered his powers and honed his skills under the tutelage of his father Nolan, the hero Omni-Man! KA-POW! In his first months as a superhero, Invincible fought back an alien invasion, travelled to Mars, ...
