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Scott Macdonald

A computer science graduate from the University of Edinburgh. Enjoys reading and writing about film. As for my taste...I adore Jean Renoir, Akira Kurosawa, David Lean, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, David Cronenberg, Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Charlie Chaplin, and the great Alfred Hitchcock. His Vertigo is the best film ever made, a gift to the medium that reaffirms the art.

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Latest Film Reviews

  • About Time (2013)
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    This is complete hand-waving trash - he's an ignorant, privileged cocky arsehole and good things happen to him. Pass the sick bucket.

    Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
    A young man who discovers he can travel in time decides to use it to try and get a girlfriend.
  • Of Snails And Men (2012)
    Review preview for Of Snails And Men

    Mostly, Of Snails And Men is a light, entertaining comedy.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    When their factory is threatened with closure, a group of men plan to raise the funds to buy it by selling their sperm.
  • Cycle (2012)
    Review preview for Cycle

    It's a film that's full of visual life, amid the arid, hard surroundings.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    After failing to win a sheep washing competition, a young shepherd considers life in the city.
  • Virgin Forest (2012)
    Review preview for Virgin Forest

    The documentary-style diary is interspersed with striking single shots of nature.

    Scott Macdonald · 2 out of 5
    Thoughts and confrontations about family history at the home of the director's deceased grandmother.
  • Once I Entered A Garden (2012)
    Review preview for Once I Entered A Garden

    The film takes great joy in two old men poring over family connections and the past.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    Conversations across the Israeli-Palestinian divide, and memories of a love affair.
  • Six Acts (2012)
    Review preview for Six Acts

    Director Jonathan Gurfinkel's film rides a deeply uncomfortable societal line between misogynistic conservatism and liberation through feminism.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    A deep dive into the grey area of sexual abuse told through the story of Gili, a teenager who in order to improve her lame social status hooks up with several different boys, all from her new school.
  • Belleville Baby (2013)
    Review preview for Belleville Baby

    A fascinating meta-textual picture.

    Scott Macdonald · 4.5 out of 5
    The director looks back at her youthful romance in Paris with a small-time criminal.
  • Seconds Of Lead (2012)
    Review preview for Seconds Of Lead

    The medium is a time capsule, a documented moment, perpetually frozen in time.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    A cinema projectionist remembers witnessing a massacre.
  • The Sea (2013)
    Review preview for The Sea

    For all its visual skill and mostly good performances, this is a tiresome, dull film.

    Scott Macdonald · 1 out of 5
    An art historian explores haunting memories in the village he visited as a child.
  • Infiltrators (2013)
    Review preview for Infiltrators

    A full picture of the nuts and bolts of people smuggling.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    This documentary follows the efforts by various Palestinians to cross the 7m high wall that separates the Palestinian Territories from Israel.

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