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Glasgow Film Festival · 2018

Glasgow Film Festival 2018

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Programme

10 films · 8 reviews

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An American In Paris

A painter and a pianist seeking their fortunes in Paris fall in love with the same girl.

(Country: US; Year: 1951; Director: Vincente Minnelli; Writer: Alan Jay Lerner; Stars: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch)

The Big Lebowski

Review preview for The Big Lebowski

Nobody plays lazy like Jeff Bridges. You could say he was born to it. Or rather, he's such a good actor he makes it look as natural as an unmade bed.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
After someone puts the pee into rug, its owner goes in search of recompense from the man who shares his name.

(Country: US; Year: 1997; Director: Joel Coen; Writer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen; Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid, Philip Moon, Mark Pellegrino, Peter Stormare)

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Clueless

Review preview for Clueless

Silverstone immerses herself in the character of Cher.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A rich high school student tries to give a fellow student a makeover but finds herself falling in love.

(Country: US; Year: 1995; Director: Amy Heckerling; Writer: Amy Heckerling; Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd, Donald Faison, Elisa Donovan, Breckin Meyer, Jeremy Sisto, Dan Hedaya, Aida Linares, Wallace Shawn, Twink Caplan, Justin Walker, Sabastian Rashidi, Herb Hall)

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Dangerous Liaisons

Review preview for Dangerous Liaisons

As the story glides gracefully from pitch-black comedy to complicated tragedy, you are in no doubt this is a film which happened at the right time in the careers of its two central stars, and for cinema.

James Benefield · 4 out of 5
Making a game out of sex, love and relationships has dire consequences in eighteenth century France.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 1988; Director: Stephen Frears; Writer: Christopher Hampton, based on the book by Choderlos de Laclos.; Stars: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Mildred Natwick, Uma Thurman, Peter Capaldi)

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Dawn Of The Dead

Review preview for Dawn Of The Dead

Dawn Of The Dead is an astounding work that holds up to this day.

David Graham · 5 out of 5
During a zombie apocalypse, a small group of survivors seeks refuge in an abandoned shopping mall.

(Country: Italy, US; Year: 1978; Director: George A Romero; Writer: George A Romero; Stars: David Emge, Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross, Scott H. Reiniger, Daniel Dietrich, James A Baffico)

Full review See: George A Romero talks zombies, religion and genocide in Karlovy Vary

Die Hard

Review preview for Die Hard

A cool, classic and creative action picture.

Gator MacReady · 5 out of 5
Bruce Willis is a lone cop in an office skyscraper, taken over by terrorists.

(Country: US; Year: 1988; Director: John McTiernan; Writer: Jeb Stuart, Steven E DeSouza, based on Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp; Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Alexander Gudonov, Reginald Veljohnson, William Atherton)

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Gregory's Girl

Review preview for Gregory's Girl

The real pleasure of the film is in the non-stop parade of funny, well-observed scenes and killer lines of dialogue.

Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
A gangly schoolboy develops a crush on a girl who plays some of the best football he's ever seen - but dealing with girls is even more complicated than it first appears.

(Country: UK; Year: 1980; Director: Bill Forsyth; Writer: Bill Forsyth; Stars: John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Clare Grogan)

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Groundhog Day

A weatherman is condemned to live Groundhog Day over and over again until he gets it right.

(Country: US; Year: 1993; Director: Harold Ramis; Stars: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott)

Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)

Review preview for Run Lola Run

Works both on a technical level and as sheer entertainment.

Trinity · 4.5 out of 5
A woman has 20 minutes to find cash and save her boyfriend.

(Country: Germany; Year: 1998; Director: Tom Tykwer; Writer: Tom Tykwer; Stars: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Armin Rohde, Joachim Król, Ludger Pistor, Suzanne von Borsody, Sebastian Schipper, Julia Lindig, Lars Rudolph)

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Working Girl

Review preview for Working Girl

Its deft handling of feminist issues make it all the more ironic that it has been dismissed as trivial when in many ways it's the female equivalent of Wall Street.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A humble secretary, betrayed by her boss, makes the most of a brief time left in charge to pursue her own ambitions in the world of high finance.

(Country: US; Year: 1988; Director: Mike Nichols; Writer: Kevin Wade; Stars: Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver)

Full review See: Sigourney Weaver interview