Film Face/Off: Fast & Furious 6

The first of a new series where two of our writers thrash out a film disagreement with only their wits and spell check to assist them. To the death! Fast Continue reading →

GFF13: Diary of a Failed Critic 22/02/13

It’s been a long, but brilliant week at the Glasgow Film Festival, and it was with great sadness that I embarked on my last day here. It started with the Continue reading →

GFF13: Diary of a Failed Critic 21/02/13

Once again, I spent the first part of my day hurriedly writing my up diary from the day before in a desperate attempt to get it on-line before it became irrelevant. Well, the first part Continue reading →

GFF13: Diary of a Failed Critic 20/02/13

I seem to be following a pattern here. The more things I have to write about for this diary, the less time I have to get things down on paper, Continue reading →

GFF13: Stoker

So, Stoker. Hmmm. I’m just going to have to start writing this review, and hope I have something to say by the end of it. I know that doesn’t seem Continue reading →

GFF13: Diary of a Failed Critic 18/02/13

Today was the day I really felt I was covering a film festival. I had tickets for back-to-back showings, in the middle of the afternoon, on a Monday. There’s just Continue reading →

GFF13: Cloud Atlas

After Ang Lee’s visually striking, if slightly lightweight version of ‘the unfilmable novel’ Life of Pi last year, comes an even more ambitious adaptation in the shape of the Wachowski Continue reading →

GFF13: Breakfast with Curtis

I have a confession to make. When I read that Breakfast with Curtis was a micro-budget indie film about some quirky characters, and filmed in the writer/director’s house with her Continue reading →

GFF13: The Final Member

There are generally two types of theatrical documentary. One involves months, even years, of meticulous research, planning, interviews and fact-checking. The other type often feels like all the film-maker needed Continue reading →

I Give It a Year

The good thing about going to see a film you know nothing about (seriously, I barely knew the title) is that you can go into it free from any preconceived opinions or Continue reading →