Sobbing and weeping, watching How To Survive A Plague, a film that’s not so much a history of the AIDS epidemic as it is a history of the undying hope, courage and strength of those who chose to fight for their lives.
Author: gffreviews
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Wonder Women!
Totally want to go home and watch She-Ra and Xena.
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Compliance
Can only be described as disturbing as fuck.
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Wadjda
Immediately wanna watch it again, only this time with my mum, and the whole of my book group. Who would have thought a film about a little girl buying a bike would be so compelling?
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Mama
Mama was okay. Reckon I’ll be able to sleep tonight.
It’s not really the plot that’s the problem, it’s that you see so much of Mama. In the trailer, it’s a shadow, a hint. Nothing is as scary when you just see it full on in the light. The first half of the film, before really see Mama is the scariest.
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The Final Member
A beautifully funny and moving film about the vulnerability of man, both the genus and the gender. It is about a man’s hobby for collecting penises which led to him running the first museum on the subject, and that’s the most normal thing in the whole movie.
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John Dies At The End
A very funny monster movie featuring the always ominous Clancy Brown.
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A Tale of Two Syrias
Photo credit: Glasgow Film Festival YouTube page An excellent look at everyday life under the Asad regime in the build up to the current civil war.
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Lore
Amazing, moving, brutal, grim and powerful film. Well worth seeing, I highly recommend you get yourself to the next showing.