Glasgow Film Festival

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  Sanjuro

  Review preview for Sanjuro

  The film concludes with what is probably the most influential special effect in the history of cinema.

  A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.
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  Yojimbo

  Review preview for Yojimbo

  Kurosawa's masterful synthesis doesn't stop with the script. He weaves a late Edo period samurai film, in its painstaking historic detail, into modernity.

  A mysterious ronin finds his services are popular in a town where two gangs are trying to wipe each other out.
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  Abulele

  Review preview for Abulele

  Well designed for children aged around five to 12, with a good balance of sentiment, adventure and humour.

  A boy whose family is in crisis after his brother's death begins to put his life back together after meeting a friendly monster - but the monster may need his help.
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  Jawbone

  Review preview for Jawbone

  Harris shines in the central role.

  After hitting rock bottom, former youth boxing champion Jimmy McCabe returns to his childhood boxing club and his old team.
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  The Warrior's Gate

  Review preview for The Warrior's Gate

  The film benefits from not taking itself too seriously.

  A US teenager is magically transported to ancient China and learns to convert his video game skills into those of a Kung Fu warrior.
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  Happy Hunting

  Review preview for Happy Hunting

  Happy Hunting makes stunning use of the natural landscape and is delivered with a style that maximises the impact of its slender plot.

  An alcoholic drifter must battle withdrawal and psychotic rednecks after he becomes the target of a deranged sporting event.
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  In Between

  Review preview for In Between

  An astonishingly mature feature debut from Hamoud.

  Three Palestinian women share a flat in Tel Aviv.
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  Shin Godzilla

  Review preview for Shin Godzilla

  There's certainly a giant monster, there's definitely some degree of rampaging.

  Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.
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  A Dark Song

  Review preview for A Dark Song

  Walker's performance as a woman mentally imprisoned by the strength of her own feelings is painful to watch, in a good way.

  A grieving mother sets out to contact her dead child.
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  Fashionista

  Review preview for Fashionista

  Fuller is absorbing in the central role, really giving it her all.

  A woman who uses clothes as an emotional crutch discovers her life isn't as ideal as she thought.

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Features

• The treasure hunters
  Tomas Leach on The Lure and the importance of mystery and adventure
• Looking for trouble
  Oliver Laxe on making life difficult for himself when filming Mimosas.
• Feeling as others do, part 3
  Terence Davies on A Quiet Passion and what he's working on now.
• Untold stories
  Jon Nguyen on the art of filming David Lynch.
• A winning recipe with Courgette
  Claude Barras on Aardman, Oscar nod, and an enduring passion for animation.
• Portrait of a Lady
  William Oldroyd on austerity and colour-blind casting in his debut Lady Macbeth.
• Heart of the matter
  Katell Quillévéré on Heal The Living, organ donation and E.T.
• Mad for it
  GFF Diary days 11&12: David Tennant, Frightfest and The Princess Bride.
• The shivers
  GFF Diary days 9&10: The Thing in the snow, Frightfest, Terence Davies, Quinton Aaron and more.
• Gentleman of letters
  Gay Talese on the importance of James Baldwin and films in I Am Not Your Negro.
• Screenings with style
  GFF Diary days 5&6: power dressing, pipers, Persian food, David Lynch’s photographs and the Margaret Tait Award.
• Huppert - the actress who knows no fear
  Elle star on working with Verhoeven, awards and the gift of confidence
• Stranger days
  GFF Diary days 3&4: dinner, dancing, alien hunters and all the fun of the fair.
• Looking good in Glasgow
  GFF Diary days 1&2: Handsome Devil, femmes fatales and how to have the time of your life.
• Recollections of James Baldwin
  Gay Talese on the man behind the legend and I Am Not Your Negro.
• Why Ozon revels in secrets and lies
  The director of Frantz on his fascination for Germany, shooting in monochrome and falling in love on set.
• Glasgow Film Festival early bird highlights
  Graduation, I Am Not Your Negro, Aquarius and A Quiet Passion.
• The view from the mountain
  Cristian Mungiu talks about honesty, guilt and Graduation.
• Finding treasure
  Sônia Braga on Aquarius and working with Kleber Mendonça Filho.
• Feeling as others do, part 2
  Terence Davies talks about Emily Dickinson, death, costumes and A Quiet Passion.
• Diving into the life of Jacques Cousteau
  The Odyssey director Jerôme Salle on an underwater legend.
• An extraordinary individual
  Colin MacCabe remembers John Berger.
• Making a splash
  Lara Stolman on Swim Team and getting to know the Jersey Hammerheads.
• All the colours of Aquarius
  Kleber Mendonça Filho on madeleines and memories.
• Learning to say no
  Sônia Braga on Aquarius and surviving the red carpet.
• Feeling as others do, part 1
  Terence Davies on innocence, sin, half smiles and A Quiet Passion.
• Inside and out
  Kleber Mendonça Filho on Aquarius and a changing world.
• The storyteller's tale
  Colin MacCabe on The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits Of John Berger.
• Kristen - spirited away by Assayas
  Twilight star on ghosts, communication and energies.
• Faithful representation
  Jake Mahaffy on religion, authenticity and empathy in Free In Deed.
• Romero - master of the macabre
  Veteran director on zombies, religion and genocide.
• Divine grace
  Mink Stole remembers cinema's biggest star.
• Surviving on star quality
  Faye Dunaway on ageist attitudes, inequality and stage roots.
• Master Carpenter
  As a new box set of John Carpenter's work is released on DVD, we take a midnight stroll through his back catalogue.
• Plight of the living dead
  As Diary Of The Dead is released on DVD read our exclusive interview with George A Romero about zombies, the perils of the internet and a Sound Of Music remake.

News

• Glasgow Film Festival returns with bumper line-up
  Full slate of 2017 films revealed.
• GFF opening and closing films announced
  Handsome Devil and Mad To Be Normal bookend festival.