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Glasgow Film Festival · 2015

Glasgow Film Festival 2015

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8 films · 4 reviews

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52 Tuesdays

Review preview for 52 Tuesdays

There is no effort to sanitise characters' lives in order to get a message across, and as a result the film never feels preachy.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Over the course of a year, a teenage girl adjusts to life as a woman while her mother adjusts to life as a man.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2013; Director: Sophie Hyde; Writer: Matthew Cormack, Matthew Cormack, Sophie Hyde; Stars: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Bert, Beau Travis Williams, Imogen Archer, Mario Spate, Sam Althuizen, Danica Moors, Susan Hyde, Greg Marsh, Audrey Mason-Hyde, Susie Skinner)

Fell

A man who lost his daughter in a terrible accident returns years later to seek our the logger whom he holds responsible - and who now has a daughter of his own.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2014; Director: Kasimir Burgess; Stars: Matt Nable, Daniel Henshall, Jacqueline McKenzie)

The Little Death

A group of suburban Sydney couples explore their taboo sexual predilections, causing havoc with their relationships.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2014; Director: Josh Lawson; Writer: Josh Lawson; Stars: Bojana Novakovic, Damon Herriman, Josh Lawson, Ben Lawson, Lisa McCune, Lachy Hulme, Patrick Brammall, Tasneem Roc, Kate Mulvany, Kate Box, Stephanie May, T.J. Power, Darren Gallagher, Zoe Carides, Paul Gleeson)

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Troubled drifter Max becomes the unlikely defender of a post-Apocalyptic community besieged by vicious outlaws who want its oil.

(Country: Australia; Year: 1981; Director: George Miller; Stars: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Vernon Wells)

The Smuggler (The Mule)

Review preview for The Smuggler

The Smuggler blends scatological humour, brutal violence and a few scenes that will put you right off your popcorn into something that is actually rather good.

Donald Munro · 4 out of 5
A naïve drug mule in police custody who’s swallowed heroin pellets fights the urge to expel the evidence as mobsters and corrupt cops close in.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2014; Director: Angus Sampson, Tony Mahony; Writer: Jaime Browne, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell; Stars: Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Ewen Leslie, Geoff Morrell, Georgina Haig, Noni Hazlehurst, John Noble, Nick Farnell, Chris Pang, Lasarus Ratuere, Marsha Vassilevskaia)

Stunt Rock

Daring stunts and rock music from industry legend Grant Page.

(Country: Australia, Netherlands; Year: 1980; Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith; Stars: Grant Page, Monique van de Van, Margaret Gerard)

Tender

Review preview for Tender

Uncovering extraordinary spirit in an ordinary community.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A close-knit community in Australia start up a not-for-profit funeral service.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2013; Director: Lynette Wallworth; Writer: Lynette Wallworth)

Wake In Fright (Outback)

Review preview for Wake In Fright

This is a shocking, visceral work. There are moments of humour, here and there, but it is the gallows laughing.

Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
A young teacher gets more than he bargained for in a violent outback town, in a film that reportedly even gives Nick Cave nightmares...

(Country: Australia, US; Year: 1971; Director: Ted Kotcheff; Writer: Evan Jones, based on the book by Kenneth Cook.; Stars: Donald Pleasance, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty) , Official site