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Glasgow Film Festival · 2018

Glasgow Film Festival 2018

Rebel Heroes

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10 films · 5 reviews

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Angels With Dirty Faces

A troubled priest tries to save street kids from the influence of a gangster.

(Country: US; Year: 1938; Director: Michael Curtiz; Writer: John Wexley, Warren Duff; Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Billy Halop)

Breathless (À Bout De Souffle)

Review preview for Breathless

A visually innovative film... Godard has done a masterful job, and his witty script never struggles to hold audience attention.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A young criminal hides out with a woman who can't decide whether or not she loves him. Plus read our exclusive interview with assistant director Pierre Rissient.

(Country: France; Year: 1960; Director: Jean-Luc Godard; Writer: Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut; Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet) , Trailer

Full review See: Interview with Pierre Rissient about Breathless

Bullitt

An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection.

(Country: US; Year: 1968; Director: Peter Yates; Writer: Alan Trustman, Harry Kleiner; Stars: Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn , Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland)

Cool Hand Luke

A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.

(Country: US; Year: 1967; Director: Stuart Rosenberg; Writer: Donn Pearce, Frank Pierson; Stars: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin)

The Defiant Ones

Review preview for The Defiant Ones

Both the principal actors are on great form.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.

(Country: US; Year: 1956; Director: Stanley Kramer; Writer: Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith; Stars: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel)

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Dog Day Afternoon

Review preview for Dog Day Afternoon

A compelling and powerful character piece.

Stephen Carty · 5 out of 5
A bank job goes horribly wrong.

(Country: US; Year: 1975; Director: Sidney Lumet; Writer: Frank Pierson, based on the book by Leslie Waller and articles by PF Kluge, Thomas Moore; Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Sully Boyar, Penelope Allen, James Broderick, Carol Kane, Beulah Garrick, Sandra Kazan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Amy Levitt, John Marriott, Estelle Omens, Gary Springer) , Trailer

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The Grapes Of Wrath

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Despite its age, The Grapes Of Wrath remains watchable throughout and is a highly effective piece of cinema.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A poor Midwest family is forced off their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

(Country: US; Year: 1940; Director: John Ford; Writer: Nunnally Johnson, based on the book by John Steinbeck; Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon)

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Jailhouse Rock

After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.

(Country: US; Year: 1957; Director: Richard Thorpe; Writer: Guy Trosper, Nedrick Young; Stars: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy)

On The Waterfront

An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.

(Country: US; Year: 1954; Director: Elia Kazan; Writer: Budd Schulberg; Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning)

Rebel Without A Cause

Review preview for Rebel Without A Cause

Unlike many examples of cinema from an earlier generation, Rebel Without A Cause is dynamic edge-of-the-seat viewing many years on.

Chris · 4.5 out of 5
The film which invented the teenager and introduced the world to James Dean.

(Country: US; Year: 1955; Director: Nicholas Ray; Writer: Irving Shulman and Stewart Stern, based on a story by Nicholas Ray.; Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Dennis Hopper)

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