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Glasgow Film Festival · 2023

Glasgow Film Festival 2023

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4 films · 3 reviews

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The Birds

Review preview for The Birds

The way The Birds is shot is the stuff of legend.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Chaos comes to an isolated community when birds begin attacking people in this Hitchcock classic.

(Country: US; Year: 1963; Director: Alfred Hitchcock; Writer: Evan Hunter, based on the book by Daphne Du Maurier.; Stars: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright) , Trailer

The Dirties

Review preview for The Dirties

The Dirties... has two leads who work well with each other and whose naturalism and likeability draws us in

Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
Two best friends are filming a comedy about getting revenge on the bullies at their high school. One of them isn't joking.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Matthew Johnson; Writer: Josh Boles, Matthew Johnson, Matthew Miller, Evan Morgan; Stars: Matthew Johnson, Owen Williams, Krista Madison, Brandon Wickens, Jay McCarrol, Josh Boles, Shailene Garnett, Alen Delain, Paul Daniel Ayotte)

So I Married An Axe Murderer

A San Francisco poet who fears commitment suspects his girlfriend may have a knack for killing off her significant others.

(Country: US; Year: 1993; Director: Thomas Schlamme; Writer: Robbie Fox; Stars: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer, Brenda Fricker, Matt Doherty)

Under The Skin

Review preview for Under The Skin

A film that seeks to challenge and alienate its audience from the get-go, knowing full well that it won't win all of them back.

Max Crawford · 5 out of 5
An alien in human form takes a roadtrip across Scotland.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Jonathan Glazer; Writer: Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer based on the novel by Michel Faber; Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Krystof Hádek, Jessica Mance, Scott Dymond, Joe Szula, Michael Moreland, Lee Fanning, Ben Mills, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, Jeremy McWilliams, Gerry Goodfellow, Adam Pearson, Oscar Mills, Stephen Horn)