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Glasgow Film Festival · 2013

Glasgow Film Festival 2013

Music

A selection of music themed films, many of them accompanied by special events.

Programme

15 films · 6 reviews

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Beware Of Mr Baker

Review preview for Beware Of Mr Baker

What comes out in the film seems like the very essence of a rock life, though Baker demands to be called a jazz, as opposed to a rock, musician.

Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary about the flamboyant drummer.

(Country: US, South Africa; Year: 2012; Director: Jay Bulger; Writer: Jay Bulger)

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

The story of the unsuccessful but hugely influential cult band.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Drew DeNicola; Stars: Chris Bell, Andy Hummel, Jody Stephens, Alex Chilton)

Calamity Jane

The classic musical about a tough cowgirl whose world is turned upside down when she falls in love.

(Country: US; Year: 1953; Director: David Butler; Stars: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn McLerie)

The City

A journey around the city, questioning its development and purpose.

(Country: US; Year: 1939; Director: Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke; Writer: Pare Lorentz, Henwar Rodakiewicz; Stars: Morris Carnovsky)

Dark Star

Parody of early sci-fi epics, especially 2001: A Space Odyssey

(Country: US; Year: 1974; Director: John Carpenter; Writer: John Carpenter, Dan O'Bannon; Stars: Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Dan O'Bannon, Joe Saunders, Miles Watkins, A Beach Ball)

Grandma Lo-Fi: The Basement Tapes Of Sigríður Níelsdóttir (Amma Lo-fi, Grandma Lo-Fi: The Basement Tapes Of Sigrídur Níelsdóttir)

Review preview for Grandma Lo-Fi: The Basement Tapes Of Sigríður Níelsdóttir

Sigríður is the kind of spontaneous interviewee documentarians dream of.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
The true story of the elderly woman who, by chance, started making experimental music with ordinary household objects, and became a cult star.

(Country: Denmark, Iceland; Year: 2011; Director: Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir, Orri Jónsson, Kristin Björk Kristjánsdóttir; Stars: Sigrídur Níelsdóttir) , Official site

Greetings From Tim Buckley

A biopic chronicling the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's performance at his father's tribute concert.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Daniel Algrant; Writer: Daniel Algrant, David Brendel; Stars: Penn Badgley, Imogen Poots, William Sadler)

The History Of Future Folk

Review preview for The History Of Future Folk

This film will reward those who give it the chance with rare delight.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
An alien fails in his mission to wipe out humanity when he discovers music and starts a bluegrass band.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: John Mitchell, Jeremy Kipp Walker; Writer: John Mitchell; Stars: Nils d'Aulaire, Jay Klaitz, Julie Ann Emery)

In Search Of Blind Joe Death: The Saga Of John Fahey

Review preview for In Search Of Blind Joe Death: The Saga Of John Fahey

Does nothing extraordinary and contains a fair degree of waffle, but serves as an effective showcase for some powerful music.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A documentary about the iconic and hugely influential guitarist.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: James Cullingham)

Nevada

Two people whose love has died are united by their hatred for one another in this experimental work losely based on the breakdown of Marilyn Monroe's marriage to Arthur Miller.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Ruth Paxton; Stars: Louis Paxton, Kim Chapman)

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc

The imprisonment, trial and punishment of Joan of Arc.

(Country: France; Year: 1928; Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer; Stars: Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley)

The Secret Disco Revolution

Review preview for The Secret Disco Revolution

Are there really people out there who didn't know disco had a social impact? Perhaps, but if so it seems unlikely they're the sort of folk who watch documentaries.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
A documentary about the progress of disco and its liberalising influence on popular culture.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Jamie Kastner; Writer: Jamie Kastner)

Songs For Amy

After scaring off his fiancee with debauched stag night antics, a musician tries to wn her back by creating the perfect album of songs.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2012; Director: Konrad Begg; Writer: Fiona Graham, Ford Kiernan; Stars: James Cosmo, Sean Maguire, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Ryan, Ford Kiernan, Alexandra Weaver, Gavin Mitchell, Lorna Anderson, Declan Kelly)

Songs Of Serge

Jane Birkin charts her tempestuous 13 year relationship with Serge Gainsbourg, and the music he made.

(Country: France; Year: 2011; Director: Jane Birkin; Stars: Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin)

Whatever Gets You Through The Night

Stories from the streets of Scotland, captured between midnight and 4am and told in song.

(Year: 2012; Director: Daniel Warren; Stars: Eugene Kelly, Emma Pollock)