Geez a haun

Glasgow Film, which is the charity that runs the GFF and the GFT cinema, could do with a helping hand the now. Due to the coronavirus crisis, the GFT has had to shut. As a not-for-profit charity, who support a number of dedicated staff members, having to close for a month or possibly more can…

It’s over!

Well, that’s the festival over for another year. Had such a good time at the Closing Gala. Drank cider and ate pizza. This was one of the best GFFs I’ve been to, and that’s saying something, because they’re always of a very high quality. I think I did better this year too, pacing myself better,…

How To Build A Girl

A fuck-yeah coming-of-age based on Caitlin Moran’s memoir of being a teenage music critic. A movie about self-discovery, self-invention, self-destruction, self-reflection, and self-reinvention. Johanna from Wolverhampton becomes rock diva take-down artist Dolly Wilde, providing for her broke-ass family and making a new identity for herself. It makes her bold, it makes her sexy, it makes…

Dolly, Kitty and Those Twinkling Stars

What an epic! A family drama, a coming-of-age, this film is just packed. It focuses on Dolly, a frustrated housewife, and her cousin Kaajal, who is more like a sister to her. But this film spills out in a hundred directions, taking in storylines with Dolly’s mother and kids, Kaajal’s friends and lovers. Yet it…

The Perfect Candidate

From the director of Wadjda comes a story about a doctor standing in local elections in order to improve health facilities. The problem? She’s a woman and this is Saudi Arabia. Another inspiring story about the power of insisting upon your own worth, that your voice deserves to be heard.

A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio

A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio is a anthology of 8 short stories. Some are really good, like the one about the pile of clothes on the chair at the end of the bed. There’s certainly variety, with a period monster, angry mermaid, and scary clown. With the radio announcer reading out the stories, it…

VFW

That was fucking awesome! Assault on Precinct 13-style siege movie. Crackhead punks attack a veterans’ bar, mayhem ensues. Beautiful gore, mesmerising score. Stephen Lang leads an amazing cast. See it!