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Glasgow Film Festival · 2019

Glasgow Film Festival 2019

Stranger Than Fiction

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11 films · 9 reviews

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Aquarela

A cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Viktor Kossakovsky; Writer: Viktor Kossakovsky, Aimara Reques)

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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Freedom Fields

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Arebi's patiently observational film is full of small moments that encapsulate horrific prejudice or warm, resilient humour.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary spanning six years in the life of Libya’s nascent women’s football scene.

(Country: Libya; Year: 2018; Director: Naziha Arebi)

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The Ghost Of Peter Sellers

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A must-see warning for all would-be filmmakers.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
In 1973, director-on-the-rise Peter Medak nabbed notoriously difficult comic genius and box-office star Peter Sellers for his new pirate comedy, Ghost In The Noonday Sun. Sellers immediately began sabotaging the film.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Peter Medak)

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Living The Light - Robby Müller

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It's accessible for beginners yet provides a good deal for those with experience of such work to get their teeth into.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Documentary about the director of photography, featuring his personal archive.

(Country: Netherlands, Germany; Year: 2018; Director: Claire Pijman; Stars: Steve McQueen, Robby Müller, Wim Wenders, Steve McQueen, Robby Müller, Wim Wenders)

Full review See: Claire Pijman in conversation on Robby Müller: Living The Light, Wim Wenders, Lars von Trier, Jim Jarmusch and Flip Scipio

Maiden

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Alex Holmes' documentary is brilliant.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
The incredible, against-all-odds story of sailor Tracy Edwards, who skippered the first all-female international crew in the 1989 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Alex Holmes; Stars: Tracy Edwards)

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Making Montgomery Clift

Using a treasure trove of home movies, audio recordings and meticulous records, the legendary film star's nephew paints a picture of Clift as a fiercely independent, dedicated actor with a fondness for fun and a great appetite for life.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Robert Anderson Clift, Hillary Demmon)

Maria By Callas

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Often you see the truth in her face, not in her words.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
The most famous soprano in the world, a true diva, recounts her life 40 years after her death.

(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Tom Volf; Stars: Maria Callas, Vittorio De Sica, Aristotle Onassis, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Omar Sharif, Luchino Visconti)

Full review See: Tom Volf ‪in conversation on‬ heroines of tragedy, Maria Callas as Norma, time travel and the golden age, in Maria By Callas , Tom Volf ‪in conversation on‬ Maria By Callas

Netizens

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While it's great to see female voices being put centre-stage, something more from the websites in the firing line, such as Google, Twitter or Facebook would be a welcome addition.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Three women talk about cyber-stalking and online abuse and the ways in which they have fought back.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Cynthia Lowen; Writer: Cynthia Lowen; Stars: Elisabeth Aultman, Carrie Goldberg, Tina Reine, Anita Sarkeesian, Elisabeth Aultman, Carrie Goldberg, Tina Reine, Anita Sarkeesian)

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Sam Spiegel: Conquering Hollywood

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The real difficulty that de Young and Wellink face lies in getting beyond the public persona to show us the private man.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
The irresistible rags-to-riches story, profusely illustrated with clips from his finest films, of one of Hollywood's most iconic cigar-chomping tycoons.

(Country: France, Australia; Year: 2018; Director: Stephan Wellink, Robert de Young)

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Scotch: The Golden Dram (Scotch: A Golden Dream)

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Scotch may be a talking heads production but it is made with a genuine feeling for the subject and a sense of responsibility that never settles comfortably into the safely of cliche.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
The story of the whisky industry told through its most famous distillers and most ardent enthusiasts.

(Country: UK, Taiwan; Year: 2018; Director: Andrew Peat; Stars: Ian McMillan, Charlie Maclean)

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