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Glasgow Film Festival

14 February – 28 February 2013

Populaire opened the Glasgow Film Festival
Populaire opened the Glasgow Film Festival

Back for its ninth year, the Glasgow Film Festival continues to go from strength to strength. Opening with César-nominated French romcom Populaire and closing with Joss Whedon introducing his new take on Much Ado About Nothing, it includes several UK premieres and a host of special events and parties. There are thrills and chills from Frightfest, there's comic fan fun from Kapow@GFF, there's a treasure hunt and a cinematic tour of the city, and even the chance to watch Jaws on a boat. All this plus a James Cagney retrospective, the best new cinema from Brazil and a focus on the work of female directors. The main festival opens on Valentine's Day but before that you can catch the Short Film Festival and Youth Film Festival.

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  • The Final Member
    Review preview for The Final Member

    Observant, informative and very funny, The Final Member is worth watching for far more than the smirk factor.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The owner of the Icelandic Phallological Museum, the world's foremost penis collection, considers which of two volunteers should provide him with a human specimen.
  • The Day Of The Crows
    Review preview for The Day Of The Crows

    Complex and immersive, funny but with a sense of danger lurking in its darker moments, this is the sort of film that children and adults will watch to the end and then want to watch again.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Animated story of a boy who leads a wild existence deep in the forest until the day he discovers civilised life in a neighbouring village and meets a girl who lives there.
  • Museum Hours
    Review preview for Museum Hours

    This goes on for more than two hours and will bore some viewers to death. Others, though, will find this quiet, complex film a fascinating piece of art in itself.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A museum attendant shows a Canadian visitor the sights of Vienna and in the process falls in love with it all over again.
  • The Deflowering Of Eva Van End
    Review preview for The Deflowering Of Eva Van End

    With astute social commentary interwoven in these personal dramas, this is a film whose cruellest joke is on its title character.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The arrival of a handsome exchange student causes a troubled family to come apart at the seams.
  • From Up On Poppy Hill
    Review preview for From Up On Poppy Hill

    Deserving of special mention is the fantastically lush animated vision of Yokohama.

    Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
    A new friendship and the prospect of romance are thrown into disarray by a shocking revelation.
  • Cloud Atlas
    Review preview for Cloud Atlas

    This is a film that will be enjoyed most by people who haven't seen many other films.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    The story of souls across the centuries.
  • The Artist And The Model
    Review preview for The Artist And The Model

    More sedate than scintillating, it is nevertheless impressively shot by newcomer Daniel Vilar - a name to look out for - and beautifully acted.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    An elderly sculptor, tired of life and mankind’s folly, rediscovers the desire to work again, thanks to the arrival of a young Spanish woman who has escaped from a refugee camp.
  • Spring Breakers
    Review preview for Spring Breakers

    While there is much to admire about Spring Breakers in terms of visual aesthetic and directorial style, those aspects are undermined by a run of the mill narrative not nearly as subversive as it appears to want to be.

    Neil Mitchell · 3 out of 5
    Four college students form an unlikely allegiance with a drug dealer.
  • 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.
  • Looking For Hortense
    Review preview for Looking For Hortense

    An uneven film with occasional moments of genius.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    The life of a tired academic becomes suddenly moe complicated after his wife asks him to pull strings to help a Serbian woman who is facing deportation.

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