Glasgow Film Festival · 2018
18 films · 11 reviews
A beautiful piece of slow cinema that really brings the audience close to its subject.
(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Abbie Reese)
A cleverly constructed piece of low-budget filmmaking, Directions punches well above its weight.
(Country: Bulgaria, Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Stephan Komandarev; Writer: Stephan Komandarev, Simeon Ventsislavov; Stars: Assen Blatechki, Ivan Barnev, Vasil Banov, Stefan Denolyubov, Stefka Yanorova-Trenfafilova, Dobrin Dosev, Vassil Vassilev, Nikolai Urumov, Georgi Kadurin, Irini Jambonas, Anna Komandareva, Borisleva Stratieva, Troyan Gogov, Gerasim Georgiev, Julian Vergov)
(Country: Iran, Qatar; Year: 2017; Director: Ali Asgari; Stars: Amir Reza Ranjbaran, Nafiseh Zarei, Sadaf Asgar)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Pat Mills; Stars: Michelle McLeod, Geena Davis, Bruce Gray)
Lelio makes no bones about how he wants us to feel, to the point where it sometimes feels as though he is stating the obvious is six-foot neon letters.
(Country: Chile, Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Sebastián Lelio; Writer: Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Maza; Stars: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Amparo Noguera)
Hant and Borodachyov's neatest trick is the way that the two men's awfulness to one another - a sort of no-holds-barred bitter-off - paradoxically stokes our sympathies.
(Country: Russia; Year: 2017; Director: Alexander Hant; Writer: Aleksey Borodachyov; Stars: Yevgeny Tkachuk, Alexey Serebryakov, Andrey Smirnov, Alina Nasibullina, Olga Oblasova)
The family may be only one major money event away from poverty but this is a portrayal of dearth by a thousand cuts that many working class people face - and not just in America.
(Country: Spain, US; Year: 2017; Director: Antonio Méndez Esparza; Writer: Antonio Méndez Esparza; Stars: Andrew Bleechington, Regina Williams, Robert Williams, Ry'nesia Chambers, Eric Trombley, Kara Fenlon, Charles Dodson, Dawuan Williams, Lawrence Parramore, Dwight Brown, Mitch Paulsen, Samuel C. Carter, Kristina Bauer, Yulanda Talley, Shanelle Freeman)
It's as if I Spit On Your Grave has been transformed into a Kabuki drama.
(Country: Indonesia; Year: 2017; Director: Mouly Surya; Writer: Rama Adi, Garin Nugroho, Mouly Surya; Stars: Marsha Timothy, Yoga Pratama, Egy Fedly, Dea Panendra)
The relationship between the sisters is well defined and sensitively explored.
(Country: Finland; Year: 2017; Director: Zaida Bergroth; Writer: Zaida Bergroth, Jan Forsström, Kaarina Hazard, Leea Klemola; Stars: Krista Kosonen, Sonja Kuittinen, Alex Anton)
(Country: UK, France; Year: 2017; Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire; Writer: Jonathan Hirschbein, Nick Saltrese; Stars: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Nicolas Shake, Billy Moore, Panya Yimmumphai, Somlock Kamsing, Pornchanok Mabklang, Sura Sirmalai, Sakda Niamhom, Komsan Polsan, Chaloemporn Sawatsuk)
(Country: Lebanon, Jordan, UK, UAE; Year: 2014; Director: Yasmin Fedda)
(Country: Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia; Year: 2017; Director: Kamila Andini; Stars: Ayu Laksmi, Gus Sena, Thaly Titi Kasih)
It’s that forceful central performance that really makes The Swan special.
(Country: Estonia, Germany, Iceland; Year: 2017; Director: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir; Writer: Guðbergur Bergsson, Asa Hjorleifsdottir; Stars: Gríma Valsdóttir, Ingvar E Sigurðsson, Kalta Margrét Þorgeirsdóttir)
There is artistry here and an absence of cliche.
(Country: Australia; Year: 2017; Director: Warwick Thornton; Writer: Steven McGregor, David Tranter; Stars: Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown, San Neill, Matt Day, Ewen Leslie, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, Natassia Gorey Furber, Anni Finsterer, Thomas M Wright)
(Country: Kazakhstan; Year: 2017; Director: Zhanna Issabayeva; Stars: Laura Koroleva, Nataliya Kolesnikova, Roman Lystsov)
(Country: Finland; Year: 2017; Director: Aku Louhimies; Stars: lina Tomnikov, Eero Aho, Johannes Holopainen)
It quite subtly toys with the iconography of the genre - poking at the outlying parts of it, the parts dealing with "foreigness" and "home" rather than the more dependable elements of right and wrong.
(Country: Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Valeska Grisebach; Writer: Valeska Grisebach; Stars: Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Waldemar Zang, Detlef Schaich)
Low key and unfussy, Wild Roses gradually builds up tension through small observations and the skilled performances of its two female leads.
(Country: Poland; Year: 2017; Director: Anna Jadowska; Writer: Anna Jadowska; Stars: Marta Nieradkiewicz, Michal Zurawski, Natalia Bartnik)
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