Glasgow Film Festival · 2009
This year's biggest, brightest, and most eagerly anticipated openers.
19 films · 16 reviews
While it's enjoyable, even affecting in places, it's heavy handed and clumsy in others.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Pat Holden; Writer: Kevin Sampson; Stars: Stephen Graham, Nicky Bell, Liam Boyle, Oliver Lee, Lee Battle, Sean Ward, Michael Ryan, Ian Puleston-Davies, Holly Grainger, Sacha Parkinson, Samantha McCarthy) , Official site , Trailer
(Country: US; Year: 1929; Director: Frank Lloyd; Writer: Forrest Halsey, based on the book by E. Barrington.; Stars: Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H.B. Warner, Ian Keith, Marie Dressler, Montagu Love)
Friday The 13th is a well made but fairly unremarkable film. What about it could so incense the white male American critic?
(Country: US; Year: 1980; Director: Sean S. Cunningham; Stars: Ari Lehman, Jeannine Taylor, Kevin Bacon, Robbi Morgan, Betsy Palmer, Peter Brouwer, Ronn Carroll, Ron Millkie, Walt Gorney)
See it for Kinnear’s career-best performance and a few effective scenes and pithy lines.
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Marc Abraham; Writer: Philip Railsback, John Seabrook; Stars: Greg Kinnear, Alan Alda, Laura Graham, Dermot Mulroney) , Official site , Trailer
Gerald McMorrow has conjured up a film that spans many genres, coupling inventive storytelling with a strong visual aesthetic.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Gerald McMorrow; Writer: Gerald McMorrow; Stars: Sam Riley, Eva Green, Ryan Phillippe, Bernard Hill, Susannah York, Art Malik, Chris Wilson, Mark Wingett, Kika Markham, Jay Fuller, Gary Pillai)
They do, it seems, still sometimes make them like they used to.
(Country: USA, Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Clint Eastwood; Writer: Nick Schenk, Dave Johannson; Stars: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Brian Howe, John Carroll Lynch, William Hill)
We feel rather as if we're watching Springtime For Hitler but with real gas chambers.
(Country: UK, Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Vicente Amorim; Writer: John Wrathall, based on the play by C.P. Taylor.; Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Steven Mackintosh, Mark Strong, Gemma Jones, Anastasia Hille, Ruth Gemmell, Ralph Riach, Steven Elder) , Official site , Trailer
(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Andrew Fleming; Writer: Pam Brady, Andrew Fleming; Stars: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Joseph Julian Soria, Skylar Astin, Phoebe Strole, Melonie Diaz, Arnie Pantoja, Michael Esparza, Natalie Amenula, Marshall Bell)
Where the film centres on Aimee and her foster parents, it works well, with solid performances and real energy.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Andy Kemp; Stars: Pauline Mclynn, Conor Byrne, Keeki Bennetts, Diveen Henry)
A taut thriller, rooted more in atmosphere, character and nail-gnawing suspense than the sort of sadistic gory excess that has otherwise typified this decade's horror.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Mark Tonderai; Writer: Mark Tonderai; Stars: William Ash, Christine Bottomley, Guy Burnet, Clive Cope, Robbie Gee, Allan Gentleman, Claire Keelan, Stuart McQuarrie, Rupert Procter, Sheila Reid, Jon Rumney)
Line after line proves infinitely quotable... suggesting cult status as well as critical acclaim beckons.
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Armando Iannucci; Writer: Jesse Armstrong, Armando Iannucci; Stars: Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Chris Addison, James Gandolfini, Mimi Kennedy, Anna Chlumsky, Steve Coogan, David Rasche, Gina McKee, Olivia Poulet) , Official site , Trailer
Giving an honest, open look at the realities of growing old and dying, Crowley manages to steer clear of unnecessary gravitas without losing the heart of the story.
(Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: John Crowley; Writer: Peter Harness; Stars: Michael Caine, Bill Milner, David Morrisey, Anne-Marie Duff, Linzey Cocker, Garrick Hagon, Rosemary Harris, Thelma Barlow)
If you're looking for something to while away a weekday evening or waste a carefree afternoon, you're in for a treat.
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2008; Director: Joel Hopkins; Writer: Joel Hopkins; Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, Liane Balaban, James Brolin, Richard Schiff) , Official site , Trailer
The strength of this story is its simplicity, yet, at a full two hours, that's also its weakness.
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: David Frankel; Writer: Scott Frank and Don Roos, based on the book by John Grogan.; Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Kathleen Turner, Eric Dane, Alan Arkin, Nathan Gamble, Haley Bennett, Finley Jacobsen, Bryce Robinson, Benjamin Hyland) , Official site , Trailer
(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Olivier Marchal; Writer: Olivier Marchal; Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Olivia Bonamy, Catherine Marchal, Francis Renaud, Gérald Laroche, Guy Lecluyse, Philippe Nahon) , Trailer
If you're a fan of B-movies - of nudity, gore, monsters, car chases, kung fu action and ultra-low-budget fun - then Not Quite Hollywood is a treat you can't afford to miss.
(Country: Australia; Year: 2008; Director: Mark Hartley; Writer: Mark Hartley; Stars: Phillip Adams, Christine Amor, Glory Annen, Victoria Anoux, Ian Barry, Briony Behets, Steve Bisley, Jamie Blanks, Graeme Blundell, Russell Boyd)
O'Horten's gentle, absurdist humour is perfectly complemented by a charmingly understated performance from Owe.
(Country: Norway, Germany, France; Year: 2007; Director: Bent Hamer; Writer: Bent Hamer; Stars: Bård Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Henny Moan, Bjørn Floberg) , Official site , Trailer
Surprise Movie.
It's a familiar fable but it's beautifully told and it can really lift your spirits.
(Country: France, Germany, Czech Republic; Year: 2008; Director: Christophe Barratier; Writer: Christophe Barratier, Pierre Philippe; Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Nora Arnezeder, Pierre Richard, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Maxence Perrin) , Official site , Trailer
Mainstream audiences may hate and critics may debate, but Synecdoche is a work of unmitigated, undisciplined genius.
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Charlie Kaufman; Writer: Charlie Kaufman; Stars: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Michelle Williams, Emily Watson, Hope Davis, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Sparks, Stanley Krajewski, Christopher Evan Welch) , Official site , Trailer
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