Chloe Walker

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Chaos Walking Review

It’s the near future. Todd (Tom Holland) lives on a world inhabited solely by men,…

Book Review: Common Ground by Naomi Ishiguro

Common Ground follows Stan and Charlie, who we meet as teenagers living in the suburban…

Book Review: In The Garden – Essays on Nature and Growing

It’s always a jolt to find the words ‘lockdown’ or ‘pandemic’ in a recently released…

The Columnist Review

Femke (Katja Herbers), a columnist for her local newspaper, is no stranger to death threats.…

Glasgow Film Festival 2021: the best of the rest of the fest

So many movies, so little time to write about them all. Here’s a brief round-up…

Surge – Glasgow Film Festival Review

Joseph (Ben Whishaw) mans the metal detectors at Stanstead Airport. He doesn’t have any friends,…

Book Review: Yolk by Mary H. K. Choi

Twenty year-old Korean-American Jayne is just about holding it together. She lives in a tiny,…

Book Review: Land Of Big Numbers by Te-Ping Chen

The ten stories in Te-Ping Chen’s collection, Land Of Big Numbers, are all about modern…

Jumbo – Glasgow Film Festival Review

In Jumbo, a young woman named Jeanne (Noémi Merlant) falls in love with a fairground…

Riders of Justice – Glasgow Film Festival Review

When his wife is killed in a train accident, deployed soldier Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) returns…

Shorta – Glasgow Film Festival Review

Young Arabic immigrant Talib Ben Hassi (Jack Pedersen) lies in critical condition in the hospital…

The Mauritanian – Glasgow Film Festival Review

Mohamedou Ould Salahi (Tahar Rahim) was imprisoned and tortured at Guantanamo Bay for years, under…