Film Festivals

The Teacher – Glasgow Film Festival Review

Basem (Saleh Bakri) is a Palestinian English teacher, trying to shepherd his young charges through…

Bleeding Love – Glasgow Film Festival 2024 Review

There are some films that are enhanced by their stunt casting. Then there are the…

Lousy Carter – Glasgow Film Festival 2024 Review

Lousy Carter (David Krumholtz) is waiting for the doctor. When he finally turns up, he…

Glasgow Film Festival 2023: The best of the rest of the fest

Here are six other movies from this edition of the Glasgow Film Festival that are…

Lullaby – Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Review

When we meet Amaia (Laia Costa), she’s just given birth to little Jone, and she’s…

The Astronaut – Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Review

Jim Desforges (Nicholas Giraud) is an aeronautical engineer with a dangerous secret. For years, he…

Other People’s Children – Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Review

Rachel (Virginie Efira), a high-school teacher in her early forties, meets Ali (Roschdy Zem) at…

God’s Creatures – Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Review

God’s Creatures begins with the discovery of a body. Another son of the Irish fishing…

London Film Festival 2022: The best of the rest of the fest

Here’s a rundown of some of the other hidden gems from this year’s London Film…

Emily the Criminal – BFI London Film Festival Review

Emily (Aubrey Plaza) never intended to be delivering food to get by at this stage…

Liquor Store Dreams – BFI London Film Festival Review

To be a liquor store owner in America is an unglamorous, exhausting, dangerous prospect. Most…

The Worst Ones – BFI London Film Festival Review

A film crew, led by debut director Gabriel (Johan Heldeburgh), have come to a working-class…