My Sailor, My Love, 2022. Directed by Klaus Härö. Starring James Cosmo, Brid Brennan, and Catherine Walker. SYNOPSIS: A retired sea captain and his daughter must reassess their strained relationship after he begins a new romance with a widowed housekeeper. James Cosmo has had a fine career both as a leading and supporting actor, starring […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Review – Lakelands
Lakelands, 2022. Directed by Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney. Starring Éanna Hardwicke, Danielle Galligan, Lorcan Cranitch, and Dafhyd Flynn. SYNOPSIS: Lakelands tells the story of Cian, a footballer who gets attacked on a night out. He will struggle to come to terms with his career-ending injury. Irish Cinema is going through such a highpoint at […]
Movie Review – Murina (2021)
Murina, 2021. Directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović. Starring Gracija Filipović, Leon Lučev, Danica Curcic and Cliff Curtis. SYNOPSIS: Living on an idyllic Croatian island, teenager Julija (played by Gracija Filipović) is at odds with her father. Controlling in the wants for his daughter, the family tension escalates when wealthy friend Javier (Cliff Curtis) comes to […]
Movie Review – Benediction (2022)
Benediction, 2022. Directed by Terence Davies. Starring Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi, Jeremy Irvine, Kate Phillips, Gemma Jones, Simon Russell Beale, and Ben Daniels. SYNOPSIS: The story of English poet, writer and soldier Siegfried Sassoon. Terence Davies has left an indelible mark on the landscape of British cinema over the past four decades with numerous acclaimed […]
2022 Glasgow Film Festival Review – The Outfit
The Outfit, 2022. Directed by Graham Moore. Starring Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien, Johnny Flynn, and Simon Russell Beale. SYNOPSIS: An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night. Oscar-winning screenwriter Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) makes his directorial debut with the 1950s set twisty-turny thriller The […]
2022 Glasgow Film Festival Review – The Worst Person in The World
The Worst Person in the World, 2021. Directed by Joachim Trier. Starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Hans Olav Brenner, Marianne Krogh, Helene Bjørnebye, Vidar Sandem, Anna Dworak, Thea Stabell, Deniz Kaya, Lasse Gretland, Karen Røise Kielland, Karla Nitteberg Aspelin, Sofia Schandy Bloch, Savannah Marie Schei, Eia Skjønsberg, and […]
2021 Glasgow Film Festival Review – Surge
Surge, 2020. Directed by Aneil Karia. Starring Ben Whishaw. SYNOPSIS: Dissatisfied with his life, a man breaks free from societal constraints and politeness, living a life of total liberation for 24 hours. Joseph lives an ordinary and quiet life, working as an airport security guard. There’s something strange about his existence, a held tension that’s […]
2021 Glasgow Film Festival Review – Black Bear
Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Paola Lazaro, Lindsay Burdge and Lou Gonzalez. SYNOPSIS: A film director seeks solace whilst vacationing at lake house, though quickly becomes entangled in the lives of the couple who own the property. The question of whether art imitates life or […]
2021 Glasgow Film Festival Review – The Toll
The Toll, 2021. Directed by Ryan Andrew Hooper Starring Michael Smiley, Annes Elwy, Iwan Rheon, Dewi Morris, Evelyn Mok, Steve Oram, and Julian Glover. SYNOPSIS: After a chance encounter with an old enemy, a toll booth operator and master criminal awaits a violent fate approaching his quiet, rural Welsh post. At what point does homage […]
Second Opinion – Mid90s (2018)
Mid90s, 2018. Directed by Jonah Hill. Starring Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Olan Prenatt, Na-kel Smith, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Jerrod Carmichael, and Katherine Waterston. SYNOPSIS: Stevie (Sunny Suljic) is just like a lot of other boys growing up in 90s Los Angeles; he has an oppressive older brother (Lucas Hedges) who won’t let him touch […]
