Rory Ford

Rory Ford is a freelance journalist based in Edinburgh. He has been a professional journalist for more than 20 years and has written for The Scotsman, The Scottish Sunday Times, Scotland On Sunday and The Edinburgh Evening News, where he was both arts editor and - later - the regular film reviewer. Read more of his work at Contently.

Latest Film Reviews

Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts (2017)

Review preview for Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts

It's as if I Spit On Your Grave has been transformed into a Kabuki drama.

Rory Ford · 3 out of 5

A woman seeks revenge after she is raped.
The Pillar Of Salt (2018)

Review preview for The Pillar Of Salt

All art is, by it's very nature, indulgent but this 70-minute suffocatingly dull tone poem is SO indulgent it's akin to masturbating furiously in public.

Rory Ford · 1 out of 5

Story of a reclusive woman who, on rare trips outside her home, searches for her twin sister.
Minus One (2017)

Review preview for Minus One

While the subject matter is grimly earnest there's a pleasantly breezy touch to Oğuz's script.

Rory Ford · 3 out of 5

Police officers face a life-changing night when they pick up a semi-paralysed, mentally unstable man.
Winter Brothers (2017)

Review preview for Winter Brothers

Palmason accentuates the tedium by holding almost every shot far longer than necessary or shooting scenes in pitch black mines or against stark landscapes white with lime dust.

Rory Ford · 2 out of 5

Two brothers embark on a violent feud with another family.
Western (2017)

Review preview for Western

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.

Rory Ford · 3.5 out of 5

A group of German construction workers on a job in Bulgaria begin to compete for the approval of the locals.
My Short Words (2017)

Review preview for My Short Words

The film certainly wears its metaphors on its sleeves - you have to admire that.

Rory Ford · 2 out of 5

Three kids decide to go on a bike ride to swim in a lake... but the journey won't be as easy as they think.
Ghost Rider (2007)

Review preview for Ghost Rider

Honestly, the full import of all this was lost on me, but since writer/director Mark Steven Johnson seems similarly confused about the whole deal, let's just call it even.

Rory Ford · 3 out of 5

Biker sells soul to the devil in Marvel Comic book adaptation.
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (2001)

Review preview for Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut

Donnie Darko is probably the best evocation of the twilight zone of adolescence yet put on film.

Rory Ford · 4 out of 5

Extended version of the cult movie about the twilight zone of adolescence.