Glasgow Film Festival · 2015
8 films · 7 reviews
Lotte Reiniger brings a unique perspective to the look of traditional characters, as she uses intricate Eastern details to show off astoundingly delicate filigree cutting work.
(Country: Germany; Year: 1926; Director: Carl Koch, Lotte Reiniger; Writer: Lotte Reiniger)
Every bit as interesting to listen to as it is to watch.
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2013; Director: Alê Abreu; Writer: Alê Abreu; Stars: Marco Aurélio Campos, Vinicius Garcia, Lu Horta)
(Country: Worldwide; Year: 2014; Director: Walker Art Center; Stars: Cats)
The best film of 2004 - and the best superhero movie ever!
(Country: US; Year: 2004; Director: Brad Bird; Writer: Brad Bird; Stars: voices of Craig T Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L Jackson, Jason Lee, Dominique Louis, Teddy Newton, Jean Sincere, Spencer Fox, Sarah Vowell, Wallace Shawn) , Official site
Altogether the best exploration of Australian class conflicts through the medium of animated insects that you're likely to see this year.
(Country: Australia, Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Alexs Stadermann; Writer: Fin Edquist, Marcus Sauermann, translated by Martin Quaden; Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Noah Taylor, Jacki Weaver)
The hand-coloured drawings are exquisite, and who could fail to warm to the charms of these loveable nutters who want all the right things for the world?
(Country: Finland, France; Year: 2014; Director: Xavier Picard, Hanna Hemilä; Writer: Leslie Stewart, Annina Enckell, Hanna Hemilä, Xavier Picard, Beata Harju, Tove Jansson; Stars: Russell Tovey, Nathaniel Parker, Tracy Ann Oberman, Irina Björklund, Shelley Blond, Ian Conningham, Beata Harju, Maria Sid, Bernard Alane, Mats Långbacka, Carl-Kristian Rundman, Alma Pöysti, Martin Bahne, Dominic Frisby, Philippe Smolikowski)
The cast do a splendid job of portraying the rough and tumble inhabitants of the mining town, each with their own problems and desires.
(Country: Australia, US; Year: 2011; Director: Kriv Stenders; Writer: Louis de Bernières, Daniel Taplitz; Stars: Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Noah Taylor, Luke Ford, Bill Hunter, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight, Arthur Angel, John Batchelor, Loene Carmen, Rohan Nichol, Costa Ronin, Eamon Farren, Koko, Shingo Usami) , Official site
The character design, already well established by the TV show, is crisp, the stop-motion animation as ever is lovely, and the depth of detail in the sets is great.
(Country: UK, France; Year: 2015; Director: Mark Burton, Richard Starzack; Writer: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak; Stars: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili, Richard Webber, Kate Harbour, Tim Hands, Andy Nyman, Simon Greenall, Emma Tate, Jack Paulson, Sean Connolly, Henry Burton, Dhimant Vyas, Sophie Laughton, Nia Medi James)
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