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Glasgow Film Festival · 2016

Glasgow Film Festival 2016

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13 films · 11 reviews

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11 Minutes (11 minut)

Thriller following the same 11 minutes in the life of various characters – young and old, affluent and poor.

(Country: Ireland, Poland; Year: 2015; Director: Jerzy Skolimowski; Writer: Jerzy Skolimowski; Stars: Richard Dormer, Agata Buzek, Andrzej Chyra, Dawid Ogrodnik, David L. Price, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Miroslaw Zbrojewicz, Grazyna Blecka-Kolska, Jan Nowicki, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Janusz Chabior, Piotr Glowacki, Paulina Chapko, Ryszard Ronczewski)

The Brand New Testament (Le tout nouveau testament)

Review preview for The Brand New Testament

The levels of twee are fairly high, and contrasted with the bizarre and often regressive gendered comedy it’s likely to divide audiences right down the middle.

Luke Shaw · 2.5 out of 5
The new adventures of God, who lives in Brussels with his teenage daughter and falls foul of her hacking skills.

(Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg; Year: 2015; Director: Jaco van Dormael; Writer: Thomas Gunzig, Jaco Van Dormael; Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Yolande Moreau, Catherine Deneuve)

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Dheepan

Review preview for Dheepan

The director is adept at confronting ordinary people with extraordinary situations to test their resilience.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
The story of a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.

(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Jacques Audiard; Writer: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré; Stars: Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Franck Falise, Vincent Rottiers, Marc Zinga, Claudine Vinasithamby)

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Eisenstein In Guanajuato

Review preview for Eisenstein In Guanajuato

Eisenstein is embodied by the fabulous Elmer Bäck, who gallops at the role in the way Liberace might have plunged into a haberdashers.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
The 10 days that shook Eisenstein.

(Country: Mexico, Netherlands, Finland, Belgium, France; Year: 2015; Director: Peter Greenaway; Writer: Peter Greenaway; Stars: Stelio Savante, Lisa Owen, Maya Zapata, Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Jakob Öhrman, Rasmus Slätis, Raino Ranta)

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Experimenter

Review preview for Experimenter

Almereyda jumps straight into the experiment which, over half a century later, is as fascinating and timely and important as ever.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
A drama about the life of Stanley Milgram and his famous experiments on obedience.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Michael Almereyda; Writer: Michael Almereyda; Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Tom Farrell, Winona Ryder, Kellan Lutz, Lori Singer, Anton Yelchin, John Leguizamo, Josh Hamilton, Ned Eisenberg, Dennis Haysbert, Anthony Edwards, Edoardo Ballerini, Donnie Keshawarz, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Emily Tremaine, Harold Takooshian)

Full review See: Interview with Harold Takooshian about Stanley Milgram and Experimenter , Article about the Experimenter reception at the New York Film Festival , interview with Michael Almereyda about Experimenter

Francofonia

Dramatised story of the two men who tried to preserve the treasures of the Louvre in the face of war.

(Country: France, Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Aleksandr Sokurov; Writer: Aleksandr Sokurov; Stars: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Vincent Nemeth, Benjamin Utzerath, Johanna Korthals Altes)

Journey To The Shore (Kishibe No Tabi)

Review preview for Journey To The Shore

There's a wonderful flexibility to Fukatsu's performance as a woman who bears endless slights as she struggles to retain her decorum.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A devoted wife lets her husband, who drowned at sea three years ago, take her on a journey.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa; Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, based on the book by Kazumi Yumoto; Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Eri Fukatsu)

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Men And Chicken (Mænd & høns)

Review preview for Men And Chicken

Its disgusting surface is supported by a framework that’s more intelligent than in plenty of prettier films.

Luke Shaw · 3.5 out of 5
Black comedy about a pair of brothers who discover a dark family secret.

(Country: Denmark, Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Anders Thomas Jensen; Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen; Stars: David Dencik, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Malling, Nicolas Bro, Stine Engberg Andersen, Rikke Louise Andersson, Ulla Asbjørn-Damsted, Thor Bisbjerg, Valdemar Bemmann Bredning, Lisbet Dahl, Johnny Didriksen, Matti Ehlers, Daniel Engstrup, Jens Fitzau)

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Mountains May Depart (Shan He Gu Ren)

Review preview for Mountains May Depart

A bold study of what it means to be Chinese in the modern age.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A young woman chooses between two men as China is torn between its traditional values and a capitalist future.

(Country: China, Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Jia Zhangke; Writer: Jia Zhangke; Stars: Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Dong Jing, Dong Zijian)

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Remember

Review preview for Remember

Atom Egoyan's terrifically paced episodic thriller Remember is hard to forget.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
Zev has a mission: to avenge family, murdered 70 years ago by a Nazi guard who lives under an assumed identity in America.

(Country: Canada, Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Atom Egoyan; Writer: Benjamin August; Stars: Christopher Plummer, Dean Norris, Martin Landau, Henry Czerny, Jürgen Prochnow, Bruno Ganz, Natalie Krill, James Cade, Peter DaCunha, Sofia Wells, Duane Murray, Kim Roberts, Sugith Varughese, T.J. McGibbon, Janet Porter, Heinz Lieven)

Full review See: Atom Egoyan and Robert Lantos in conversation about Remember , Atom Egoyan in conversation about Remember

Summertime (La Belle Saison)

Review preview for Summertime

Though the events unfold forward, the feel of Summertime is that of a pleasantly painful memory recalled backwards, clutching you emotionally as if you were looking at a faded photo album.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
Drama about social change in France in the early 1970s.

(Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Catherine Corsini; Writer: Catherine Corsini, Laurette Polmanss; Stars: Cécile De France, Izïa Higelin, Noémie Lvovsky)

Full review See: Grégoire Hetzel in conversation on scoring Summertime (La Belle Saison) and The Innocents (Agnus Dei)

That Demon Within (Mo Jing)

Review preview for That Demon Within

Wu keeps us caring with an intense yet nuanced performance, as if relishing the chance to break out of the romantic hero mould that characterised his early career.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
After a policeman unwittingly saves the life of a notorious gang leader, he sets out to try to dismantle his criminal network.

(Country: Hong Kong, China; Year: 2014; Director: Dante Lam; Writer: Dante Lam; Stars: Daniel Wu, Nick Cheung, Sixuan Chen, Kai Chi Liu, Ka Wah Lam, Andy On, Kwok-Lun Lee, Stephen Au, Kuan-Chun Chi, Ken Wong, Deep Ng, Sammuel Leung, Lam Tsing, Philip Keung, Astrid Chi Ching Chan)

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