Glasgow Film Festival Exclusive Amid a recent slew of women-directed abortion dramas including the likes of Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Unpregnant, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Happening, Audrey Diwan’s Golden Lion-winner, which has just had its UK premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival, stands out as a uniquely scarring experience. Like those other […]
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wield the camera but wield it well, it can be just as much of a weapon as any knife or gun. A Brixton Tale, featured in the 2021 Glasgow Film Festival warns of the damage a filmmaker can do to their subject whilst also tackling social class and racism in Britain today. At […]
Isle of Dogs ★★★★☆ The festival opened with the latest feature from director Wes Anderson, the stop-motion animation Isle of Dogs. The film carries all the director’s usual hallmarks: deadpan humour, hyper-stylised visuals and Bill Murray included. But in some ways the film backs away from some of the more finicky, twee elements of Anderson’s filmography […]