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…
Holy Jeebus, we’ve only just finished GFF20 and the GFF21 dates are being announced. See you all next year 24th February – 7th March!
It was a good un
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,…
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…
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…
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 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…
Drinking whiskey shots with VFW director Joe Begos
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!