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Glasgow Film Festival · 2018

Glasgow Film Festival 2018

Stranger Than Fiction

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12 films · 5 reviews

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Another News Story

Review preview for Another News Story

There's strong stuff here, but for the very reasons the film describes, it's often difficult to connect with.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A documentary about journalists sent by their employers to the Mediterranean to cover the unfolding humanitarian tragedy.

(Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Orban Wallace)

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All The Wild Horses

A documentary about competitors in the Mongol Derby, the world's longest and toughest horse race.

(Country: Ireland, Mongolia; Year: 2017; Director: Ivo Marloh)

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Review preview for Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Her life story plays out like an adventure novel overflowing with intrigue.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
A documentary about the celebrated actress and inventor.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Alexandra Dean; Writer: Alexandra Dean)

Full review See: Alexandra Dean in conversation on the woman who influenced Walt Disney's Snow White and inspired Mel Brooks's Hedley Lamarr and the making of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story , Alexandra Dean in conversation on Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Brimstone And Glory

A portrait of the National Pyrotechnics Festival in Tultepec.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Viktor Jakovleski)

Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun?

A documentary murder mystery about the filmmaker's family, set in lower Alabama.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Travis Wilkerson)

Filmworker

Review preview for Filmworker

Few voices are missing from this incredibly thorough piece of work.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Documentary about the working relationship between actor Leon Vitali and Stanley Kubrick.

(Year: 2017; Director: Tony Zierra)

Full review See: Whit Stillman in conversation on his Stanley Kubrick, Barcelona, The Last Days Of Disco, Eyes Wide Shut, and Barry Lyndon connection , Leon Vitali in conversation on Filmworker, Stanley Kubrick's love of animals, photography, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining twins , Leon Vitali in conversation on Filmworker

Haiku On A Plum Tree

Review preview for Haiku On A Plum Tree

This testimony from a part of the Second World War that is often forgotten in the West is a valuable contribution to the records.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
The director reflects on the fate of her grandparents, who moved from Italy to Japan and were interned in a civilian prison camp after refusing to pledge their allegiance to Mussolini’s Republic of Salò.

(Country: Italy, Japan; Year: 2016; Director: Mujah Maraini-Melehi)

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Lots Of Kids, A Monkey And A Castle (Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo)

Julita always wanted lots of kids, a monkey, and a castle. After finally realizing these wishes, however, her family loses their property in the economic crisis. But they have not lost the disarming ease and kindheartedness that mark their domestic squabbling.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2017; Director: Gustavo Salmerón)

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

Review preview for Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

This is one of the most enjoyable works of its kind.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
An interview with the Australian actor.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2016; Director: Robert de Young)

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Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood

Scotty Bowers talks about procuring sex for Golden Age Hollywood stars.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Matt Tyrnauer; Stars: Scotty Bowers)

That Summer

In summer 1972, photographer Peter Beard and Jackie Onassis' socialite sibling Lee Radziwill worked together on a film about her relatives and the sisters’ childhood in the Hamptons. The abandoned footage - some of it shot by Andy Warhol - has finally emerged.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Göran Olsson; Stars: Jackie Onassis, Lee Radziwill)

This Is Congo

Documentary about conflict in the DRC.

(Country: US, Congo; Year: 2017; Director: Daniel McCabe)