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Glasgow Film Festival · 2019

Glasgow Film Festival 2019

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11 films · 5 reviews

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Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

Documentary about the life of eccentric comic Chris Sievey, who was a hit with his alter ego Frank Sidebottom.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Steve Sullivan; Stars: Johnny Vegas, Ross Noble, John Cooper Clarke, Frank Sidebottom, Mark Radcliffe, John Thomson, Mike Joyce, Gaz Whelan, Bruce Mitchell, Mike Doherty, Johnny Vegas, Ross Noble, John Cooper Clarke, Frank Sidebottom, Mark Radcliffe)

Cellist - The Legacy of Gregor Piatigorsky

A documentary about the acclaimed musician, once the star of the Bolshoi Opera Orchestra..

(Country: UK, US, Russia, Germany; Year: 2018; Director: Murray Grigor)

Daydream Nation

A Sonic Youth live concert film shot in Glasgow.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Lance Bangs)

Eminent Monsters (Do No Harm)

Review preview for Eminent Monsters

Although in places it feels a bit scattershot, the quantity of detail that it packs in is impressive.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
‘Do no harm’ is an abiding principal of psychiatry. It is abandoned time after time in this exploration of the profession’s collusion with state sponsored torture over the past 70 years.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Stephen Bennett)

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The Feeling Of Being Watched

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This is Boundaoui's second film and her style is straightforward and undecorative but, if anything, this adds weight to what she has to say.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Journalist Assia Boundaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by the FBI — and in the process, she exposes a surveillance program on a scale no one could have imagined.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Assia Boundaoui)

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Her Smell

The leader of an alt-rock band struggles with her demons.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Alex Ross Perry; Writer: Alex Ross Perry; Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Agyness Deyn, Gayle Rankin, Ashley Benson, Dylan Gelula, Amber Heard, Eric Stoltz, Virginia Madsen, Eka Darville, Lindsay Burdge, Keith Poulson, Jeremy Sample, Alexis Krauss)

Jim Galloway - A Journey In Jazz

A documentary about the legendary international saxophonist and jazz impresario who co-founded the Toronto Jazz Festival.

(Country: Canada, UK, US, Austria; Director: James Cullingham)

Satan And Adam (Satan & Adam)

Review preview for Satan And Adam

It's told from Adam's point of view, largely because he's younger and in better shape to tell a coherent story at the end of it all, but it's really Mr Satan's film.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A documentary about two men with very different backgrounds united through music.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Scott Balcerek; Stars: Sterling Magee, Adam Gussow)

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The Science Of Ghosts

Review preview for The Science Of Ghosts

What emerges is a closely collaborative effort eschewing linear narrative in favour of an attempt to capture the soul of the man.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A non-linear discussion of Adrian Crowley’s life, his struggles to define his creativity, and reflections on his own persona.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2018; Director: Niall McCann; Stars: Adrian Crowley)

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Summer (Leto)

Love blossoms in Russia's underground alternative rock scene.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2018; Director: Kiril Serebrennikov; Writer: Lily Idov, Mikhail Idov; Stars: Irina Starshenbaum, Teo Yoo, Roman Bilyk)

Vox Lux

Review preview for Vox Lux

Even its vapidity fails to contribute anything new to the subject matter it's dealing with.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
A survivor of a school shooting goes on to become a pop star.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Brady Corbet; Writer: Brady Corbet; Stars: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Fred Hechinger, Matt Servitto, Natasha Romanova, Daniel London, Candace Smith, Micheál Richardson, Sophie Lane Curtis, Chris Banks, Allison Winn, Nastasha Strang)

Full review See: Venice 2018: The Sisters Brothers, Sunset, Non-Fiction, The Mountain, Dragged Across Concrete, Charlie Say and Vox Lux , Brady Corbet on making audiences think, Christianity and Robert Pattinson and the culture of celebrity