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Dunoon Film Festival · 2013

Dunoon Film Festival 2013

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23 films · 16 reviews

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Alasdair Gray - A Life In Progress

A portrait of the artist and writer at work.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Kevin Cameron; Stars: Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead, Edwin Morgan)

Cutting Loose

Review preview for Cutting Loose

Cutting Loose has a certain style and flair that brings out the artistry of hair dressing.

Donald Munro · 4.5 out of 5
Prisoners move toward rehabilitation and struggle with their hopes and dreams in the run up to the annual Scottish Prison Service hairdressing competition.

(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Finlay Pretsell, Adrian McDowall)

Drifters

Special screening of the classic documentary about North Sea fisherman, showing as a celebration of the Edinburgh Film Guild, which turns 80 this year.

(Country: UK; Year: 1929; Director: John Grierson)

I Am Tom Moody

Review preview for I Am Tom Moody

A confident and assured portrayal of a distinct lack of confidence and assurance.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
A peek inside the mind of a singer with musician's block.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Ainslie Henderson; Writer: Ainslie Henderson; Stars: Mackenzie Crook, Jude Crook)

Local Hero

Review preview for Local Hero

In retrospect, Local Hero can be seen as a high point for all concerned.

Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
An American company attempts to buy up a Scottish village for pennies so it can site an oil refinery there, but the locals have other ideas.

(Country: UK; Year: 1983; Director: Bill Forsyth; Writer: Bill Forsyth; Stars: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson, Norman Chancer, Peter Capaldi, Rikki Fulton, Alex Norton, Jenny Seagrove, Jennifer Black)

Long Distance Information

Review preview for Long Distance Information

Long Distance Information depicts that phone call so well, the stilted awkwardness as you ask about things you don't care about.

Donald Munro · 4 out of 5
A phone call reveals the difficulties of estrangement within a family.

(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Douglas Hart; Writer: Douglas Hart; Stars: Peter Mullan, Alan Tripney, Caroline Paterson)

The Lost Boys

Review preview for The Lost Boys

Most of those who fell for this film when it came out still love it today. There's just one problem: it really isn't very good.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
Cult brat pack movie about a boy trying to save his big brother from becoming a vampire.

(Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Joel Schumacher; Writer: Janice Fischer, James Jeremias; Stars: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland, Edward Herrmann, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth)

The Maggie (High And Dry, The Maggie at The Tall Ship)

An American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping valuable cargo to an island using a coal powered boat.

(Country: UK; Year: 1954; Director: Alexander Mackendrick; Writer: Alexander Mackendrick, William Rose; Stars: Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie, James Copeland, Abe Barker, Tommy Kearins)

Margaret Tait, Film Poet

Review preview for Margaret Tait, Film Poet

A must-see film for fans.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
A documentary looking back at the life and work of the acclaimed Orcadian creative artist.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Marissa Keating, Michael Thomas Jones)

The Making Of Longbird

Review preview for The Making Of Longbird

Good, entertaining, verging at times on the self-indulgent.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
An animator struggles with the character he is creating.

(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Will Anderson; Writer: Ainslie Henderson, Will Anderson; Stars: Will Anderson, Tobias Feltus, Vitalij Sicinava)

Night Moves

A PI gets more than he bargained for when he begins the disappearance of an ageing Hollywood actress.

(Country: US; Year: 1975; Director: Arthur Penn; Writer: Alan Sharp; Stars: Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, Ed Binns, Harris Yulin, Kenneth Mars, Janet Ward, James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Anthony Costello, John Crawford)

Paris-Manhattan

Review preview for Paris-Manhattan

A fun, lighthearted and above all confident film that lovers of the rom-com are likely to adore.

Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
Comedy about a Woody Allen-obsessed pharmacist.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Sophie Lellouche; Writer: Sophie Lellouche; Stars: Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel, Marine Delterme, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Michel Aumont, Marie-Christine Adam, Yannick Soulier, Margaux Châtelier, Arsène Mosca, Gladys Cohen, Julie Martel, Roman Guisset, Juliette Kruh, Paul-Edouard Gondard, Jacques Ciron)

Ponyo (Ponyo on the Cliff (Gake no ue no Ponyo))

Review preview for Ponyo

While one expects a strong environmental theme in a Miyazaki work, it has never before been so heavy handed and crude.

Max Crawford · 3.5 out of 5
A five-year-old boy meets a magical fish who longs to become human.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Hayao Miyazaki; Writer: Hayao Miyazaki; Stars: Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Jôji Tokoro, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Yuki Amami, Kazushige Nagashima, Akiko Yano, Shinichi Hatori, Tokie Hidari, Eimi Hiraoka, Rumi Hîragi, Tomoko Naraoka, Nozomi Ohashi, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Akihiko Ishizumi) , Official site , Trailer

Pouters

Review preview for Pouters

There are some stunning shots, neat personal moments.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
Two longtime rivals battle for the title of Doo Fleein Champion in the East End of Glasgow.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Paul Fegan)

Renoir

Review preview for Renoir

It might not be a Renoir, in either of the two historic senses, but it is an elegant and enjoyable drama filled with beauty, passion and a near sublime gentleness of spirit.

Sophie Monks Kaufman · 3.5 out of 5
The old age of the artist, exploring his relationship with a model and his son.

(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Gilles Bourdos; Writer: Gilles Bourdos, Michel Spinosa, Jérôme Tonnerre; Stars: Michel Bouquet, Christa Theret, Vincent Rottiers, Thomas Doret, Michèle Gleizer, Romane Bohringer, Carlo Brandt, Hélène Babu, Stuart Seide, Paul Spera)

Rob Roy

Review preview for Rob Roy

Energy, enjoyment and a refusal to be bothered by purist sensibilities make this a rollocking good adventure.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
Adventure yarn about people's hero who robs from the rich to help the poor.

(Country: UK; Year: 1995; Director: Michael Caton Jones; Writer: Alan Sharp; Stars: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Andrew Keir, Brian Cox, Brian McCardie, Gilbert Martin, Vicki Masson, Gilly Gilchrist)

Treasure Island

A young boy is caught up in a duplicitous pirate's search for buried treasure.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 1950; Director: Byron Haskin; Writer: Lawrence Edward Watkin, based on the book by Robert Louis Stevenson.; Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald)

Tumult

Review preview for Tumult

The central performances are great - the warriors speak in the old tongue, subtitled.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
The chief of a band of battle-weary Norse warriors is about to hand over power to his son when they are confronted by something entirely unexpected.

(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Johnny Barrington; Writer: Johnny Barrington; Stars: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson)

Ulzana's Raid

A rookie lieutenant is set on the trail of a murderous war chief and his gang.

(Country: US; Year: 1972; Director: Robert Aldrich; Writer: Alan Sharo; Stars: Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Jorge Luke, Richard Jaeckel, Joaquín Martínez)

Venus Peter

The story of a young boy growing up in the Orkney Isles.

(Country: UK; Year: 1989; Director: Ian Sellar; Writer: Ian Sellar, based on the book by Christopher Rush.; Stars: George Anton, Louise Breslin, Juliet Cadzow, Peter Caffrey, Sinéad Cusack, Emma Dingwall, Ken Drury)

Wadjda

Review preview for Wadjda

A cracking film by a born filmmaker and I can’t wait to see what all involved in it do next.

Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
A young Saudi girl who will stop at nothing to earn enough money to buy the bicycle she craves.

(Country: Saudi Arabia, Germany; Year: 2012; Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour; Writer: Haifaa Al-Mansour; Stars: Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd, Sultan Al Assaf, Dana Abdullilah, Rehab Ahmed, Rafa Al Sanea, Mohammed Albahry, Mariam Alghamdi, Ali Algorbani, Sara Aljaber, Mohammed Alkhozain, Maram Alkohzaim, Mariam Alkohzaim)

We Are Northern Lights

Review preview for We Are Northern Lights

Has a real sense of energy and speaks with a distinctive Scottish voice.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A collage of Scottish experiences recorded by professional and amateur filmmakers all across the country.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Nick Higgins, Max Crawford, Lindsay Brown, Justin Owen, David Mackenzie, Calum Maclean, Pauline Johnson, Norman Bissell, Amand Connor, Kev Mclaughlin, Ken Jack, Àdhamh Ó Broin, Anita Norfolk, Paul Fegan, Billy Sangster)