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Glasgow Film Festival · 2018

Glasgow Film Festival 2018

Modern Families

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7 films · 5 reviews

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The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales (Le Grand Méchant Renard Et Autres Contes)

Review preview for The Big Bad Fox And Other Tales

This simple yet charming film is perfect for young children.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A triptych of animated adventures.

(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Patrick Imbert, Benjamin Renner; Writer: Jean Regnaud, Benjamin Renner; Stars: Voiced by, Bill Bailey, Aidrian Edmondson, Justin Edwards, Celia Imrie, Phil Jupitus, Matthew Goode) , Trailer

Bride And Prejudice

Jane Austen romance, Bollywood style.

(Country: UK/US; Year: 2004; Director: Gurinder Chadha; Writer: Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha; Stars: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Daniel Gillies, Naveen Andrews, Namrata Shirodkar, Indira Varma, Nadira Babbar, Anupam Kher, Meghna Kothari, Peeya Rai Chowdhary, Nitin Chandra Ganatra, Sonali Kulkarni)

Mary And The Witch's Flower (Meari To Majo No Hana)

Review preview for Mary And The Witch's Flower

The setting of a Ghibli film in England immediately throws up strange contrasts and contradictons, and these are in many ways the most interesting aspect of the film.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A girl finds a strange plant that gives her magical powers but finds herself in danger as a result.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2017; Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi; Writer: David Freedman and Riko Sakaguchi, based on the book by Mary Stewart)

Monster Family (Happy Family)

Review preview for Monster Family

The plot stumbles into an abyss early. There is nothing left because there was nothing here in the first place

Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
A family is cursed by a witch and transformed into monsters.

(Country: UK, Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Holger Tappe; Writer: David Safier, Catherina Junk; Stars: voices of Emily Watson, Jason Isaacs, Nick Frost, Celia Imrie, Catherine Tate, Jessica Brown Findlay, Ethan Rouse, Ewan Bailey)

The Oddsockeaters (Lichozrouti)

“Never take the entire pair!” is the mantra of the Oddsockeaters, the creatures responsible for our socks just disappearing into thin air, leaving us with a pile of odd socks.

(Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia; Year: 2016; Director: Galina Miklínová; Writer: Galina Miklínová, Pavel Srut; Stars: Krystof Hádek, Jan Maxián, David Novotný, Ondrej Trojan, Marek Taclík, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Josef Somr, Ales Najbrt, Matej Ruppert, Václav Koubek, Vojtech Rohlícek, Tomás Jerábek, Ondrej Bauer, Stanislav Zindulka, Eva Spoustová)

War Of The Buttons (La Guerre des boutons)

Comedy about rival children's gangs.

(Country: France; Year: 2011; Director: Yann Samuell; Writer: Yann Samuell, based on the novel by Louis Pergaud; Stars: Eric Elmosnino, Mathilde Seigner, Fred Testot, Alain Chabat, Vincent Bres, Salomé Lemire, Théo Bertrand, Tristan Vichard, Tom Terrail, Louis Lefèbvre, Victor Le Blond, Arthur Garnier, June Maître, Paloma Lebeaut, Théo Fernandez)

Willow

Review preview for Willow

Lucas and Howard's often-dark adventure is still an enjoyable sword-and-sorcery tale.

Stephen Carty · 3.5 out of 5
A would-be sorceror enlists the help of a warrior to take an abandoned baby to safety.

(Country: US; Year: 1988; Director: Ron Howard; Writer: George Lucas, Bob Dolman; Stars: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, Jean Marsh, Patricia Hayes, Billy Barty, Pat Roach, Gavan O'Herlihy, David Steinberg, Phil Fondacaro, Tony Cox, Robert Gillibrand, Mark Northover, Kevin Pollak, Rick Overton) , Official site