Category: Glasgow Film Festival
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: ‘The Raid’ is an excellent action thriller, alternately graceful and brutal
The Raid Written and directed by Gareth Evans Indonesia/USA, 2011 The Raid is an action thriller with unmistakable, specific influences, but one that combines them with its own unique qualities to provide a particularly potent collection of thrills. Made in … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: ‘Jeff Who Lives at Home’ is an okay effort from the Duplass brothers
Jeff, Who Lives at Home Written and directed by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass USA, 2011 The Duplass brothers’ fourth feature length effort opens with its protagonist Jeff (Jason Segel), wielding a voice recorder, discussing how rewarding he finds M. … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: ‘This Must Be the Place’ is a strangely compelling oddity
This Must Be the Place Written by Umberto Contarello and Paolo Sorrentino Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Italy/France/Ireland, 2011 “Something’s wrong here. I don’t know exactly what it is, but something’s wrong here.” Repeated by its protagonist throughout This Must Be … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: ‘Your Sister’s Sister’ is an absorbing, charming character piece from ‘Humpday’ director
Your Sister’s Sister Written and directed by Lynn Shelton USA, 2011 Lynn Shelton’s follow-up to her “mumblecore” hit Humpday retains frequent collaborator Mark Duplass and a focus on the dynamic between a small group of people, the trio of Your … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: Swedish drama ‘Play’ is frustrating in both good and bad ways
Play Written by Ruben Östlund and Erik Hemmendorff Directed by Ruben Östlund Sweden/Denmark/Finland, 2011 Play is a frequently harrowing and thoughtful film about manipulation, bullying, identity, race and customs. Primarily rooted in uncomfortable ambiguity, it is based on a series … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: The restored ‘Loves of Pharaoh’ is a must-see for Ernst Lubitsch fans
The Loves of Pharaoh Written by Norbert Falk and Hanns Kräly Directed by Ernst Lubitsch Germany, 1922 Ernst Lubitsch is best known for his work in Hollywood, operating as a master of comedies until his death in 1947. He left … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: ‘Avé’ is a not entirely engaging road movie
Avé Written by Arnold Barkus and Konstantin Bojanov Directed by Konstantin Bojanov Bulgaria, 2011 Bulgarian film Avé is the fiction feature debut of its director Konstantin Bojanov. A road movie, it is concerned with two hitchhiking youths whose paths collide, … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: ‘A Boy and His Samurai’ is a generally charming family film
A Boy and His Samurai Written and directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura Japan, 2010 Yoshihiro Nakamura’s fish-out-of-water comedy, based on a manga, concerns an Edo period samurai thrust forward in time to contemporary Tokyo and befriended by a single mother and her … [Read the Rest]
Glasgow Film Festival 2012: ‘Tales of the Night’ a hugely enjoyable film from ‘Kirikou’ director
Tales of the Night Written and directed by Michel Ocelot France, 2011 French director Michel Ocelot is perhaps best known for his animated films Kirikou and the Sorceress, that film’s sequel, and Azur & Asmar: The Princes’ Quest. His latest … [Read the Rest]
