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Glasgow Film Festival · 2016

Glasgow Film Festival 2016

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10 films · 7 reviews

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Con Air

A recently paroled former cop is among high security felons being transported by plane when they seize control.

(Country: US; Year: 1997; Director: Simon West; Writer: Scott Rosenberg; Stars: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Danny Trejo)

The Man Who Fell To Earth

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Full of dazzling images.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
The spectacular yet melancholy story of an alien from a dying planet who comes to Earth in search of water but indulges a little too much.

(Country: UK; Year: 1976; Director: Nicolas Roeg; Writer: Paul Mayersberg, based on the book by Walter Tevis.; Stars: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey, Jackson D. Kane)

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The Parallax View

A reporter going undercover to investigate the assassination of a presidential candidate discovers a deadly conspiracy.

(Country: US; Year: 1974; Director: Alan J Pakula; Stars: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Dan)

Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark)

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Demonstrates what an action movie ought to be.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
Indiana Jones races the Nazis to find the lost Ark of the Covenant.

(Country: US; Year: 1981; Director: Steven Spielberg; Writer: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Philip Kaufman; Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott, Alfred Molina, Wolf Kahler, Anthony Higgins, Vic Tablian, Don Fellows, William Hootkins, Bill Reimbold, Fred Sorenson, Patrick Durkin)

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The Silence Of The Lambs

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The parallel stories of the two serial killers exponentially increase the tension of the whole and this unrelenting film never lets the audience relax.

Tony Sullivan · 5 out of 5
Outstanding thriller about serial killer mind games.

(Country: US; Year: 1991; Director: Jonathan Demme; Writer: Ted Tally, based on the novel by Thomas Harris; Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, Ted Levine, Frankie Faison, Kasi Lemmons, Brooke Smith, Paul Lazar, Dan Butler, Lawrence T. Wrentz)

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Sweet And Lowdown

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The nostalgic delight of this movie is due partly to Santo Loquasto's production design and Laura Cunningham Bauer's costumes, both of which are outstanding.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
Imaginary biopic of a jazz musician.

(Country: US; Year: 1999; Director: Woody Allen; Writer: Woody Allen; Stars: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman, Brian Markinson, Anthony LaPaglia, James Urbaniak, Gretchen Mol, John Waters, Brad Garrett, Woody Allen, Ben Duncan)

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Sunset Boulevard

A fading star, an exploitative journalist, murder and madness in the dark side of Hollywood.

(Country: US; Year: 1950; Director: Billy Wilder; Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder; Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb)

Thelma And Louise

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The fact that this film still gets people talking, and arguing, nearly 20 years on, is surely an argument for its quality and relevance.

Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
Two women go on the run when a road-trip vacation goes tragically wrong...

(Country: US, France; Year: 1991; Director: Ridley Scott; Writer: Callie Khouri; Stars: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald, Stephen Tobolowsky, Timothy Carhart, Lucinda Jenney, Jason Beghe) , Official site

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Wild At Heart

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The meandering pace can get tedious at times, but cinematically it's a masterpiece.

Nicky Falkof · 4 out of 5
Sailor and Lula go on the run, after Lula's mum bids to kill her daughter's beau.

(Country: US; Year: 1990; Director: David Lynch; Writer: David Lynch, based on the novel by Barry Gifford; Stars: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Harry Dean Stanton, J E Freeman, Isabella Rossellini, Grace Zabriskie, Crispin Glover, Calvin Lockhart)

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William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet (Romeo + Juliet)

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Danes deftly avoids making her character appear at all weak or insipid, instead showing us a young woman of great courage and agency, in spite of how little control Juliet seems to have over her life.

Seph Shewell-Brockway · 4 out of 5
Star crossed teenage lovers in Hawaiian shirts, under neon lights.

(Country: US; Year: 1996; Director: Baz Luhrmann; Writer: Baz Luhrmann, based on the play by William Shakespeare; Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Dash Mihok, Harold Perrineau, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Brian Dennehy, Paul Rudd)

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