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  • Boys Night (2019)
    Review preview for Boys Night

    That the skies are Glaswegian grey does not make the eyes below them any less starry, or watery, nor does that overcast overshadow the microcosm below.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Twelve-year-old Reese must brave the mean and marvellous streets of North East Glasgow to bring his drunken father safely home.
  • For Those In Peril (2013)
    Review preview for For Those In Peril

    Falls just shy of a state of perfection.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    The lone survivor of a shipwreck, blamed for it for superstitious reasons, refuses to believe his fellow sailors are dead and sets out to find them.
  • Infectious Nihilism And Small Metallic Pieces Of Hope (2021)
    Review preview for Infectious Nihilism And Small Metallic Pieces Of Hope

    There's a whole set of semiotics, tracksuits and jackets, Berghaus and Buckfast.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    An impressionable youngster is thrust into a dangerous and adult world when he is initiated into a gang made up of older locals.
  • Life Of Riley (2022)
    Review preview for Life Of Riley

    It is a film made hard to read, hard to endure.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A headstrong homeless man must take responsibility for his own actions after his dog is hurt.
  • Scottish Mussel (2015)
    Review preview for Scottish Mussel

    For a debut this shows impressive grasp of a variety of locations, even that whole 'children and animals' thing.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A Glaswegian chancer who moonlights as an illegal pearl fisher in the Highland streams falls for a beautiful English conservationist.

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