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Cowboys (2021) Review – GFF
Cowboys (2021) Director: Anna Kerrigan Screenwriter: Anna Kerrigan Starring: Steve Zahn, Jillian Bell, Sasha Knight Cowboys is one of those remarkable little films that slowly creeps up on you. With breathtaking scenery and a stellar cast to grab and hold your attention, it seems to present itself as a classic American road movie. However, over…
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Voice of Silence (2021) Review – GFF
Voice of Silence (2020) Director: Hong Eui-jeong Screenwriter: Hong Eui-jeong Starring: Yoo Ah-in, Yoo Jae-myung, Moon Seung-ah, Lee Ka-eun Voice of Silence is the feature debut from Hong Eui-jeong, included in the Glasgow Film Festival programme as part of their spotlight on South Korean cinema. It is a fairly low-stakes and often gentle crime drama…
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Review
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Director: Wes Anderson Screenwriters: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola Starring: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Frances Mcdormand, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward Wes Anderson’s career dipped slightly in the middle to late 2000s with The Darjeeling Limited and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou earning relatively mediocre reviews, yet…
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Sweetheart (2021) Review – GFF
Sweetheart (2021) Director: Marley Morrison Screenwriter: Marley Morrison Starring: Nell Barlow, Jo Hartley, Tabitha Byron, Sophia Di Martino, Samuel Anderson, Ella-Rae Smith, Steffan Cennydd Being forced on a seaside holiday with your entire family as a painfully awkward teenager is a British right of passage. It’s even worse for the kids submerged in any kind…
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Enemies of the State (2020) Review
Enemies of the State (2020) Director: Sonia Kennebeck Starring: Paul DeHart, Leann DeHart, Joel Widman The world seems to have an insatiable appetite for true crime stories. Documentaries and docuseries which delve into some of the most unpleasant and mysterious acts of human behaviour are almost never-ending, as is our curiosity as we consume reams…
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Tom and Jerry (2021) Review
Tom & Jerry (2021) Director: Tim Story Screenwriters: Kevin Costello Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Colin Jost, Rob Delaney, Ken Jeong, Pallavi Sharda What could one hope to expect from a Tom and Jerry “live-action” film? Most animation-meets-reality films are rather bland, formulaic cash-ins on famous cartoon characters, and it’s hard to say Tom…
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Bliss (2021) Review
Bliss (2021) Director: Mike Cahill Screenwriter: Mike Cahill Starring: Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek, Nesta Cooper, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. During the 2000s, the pseudo-independent film studios of the time bought up high concept festival films like never before, and as a result the sci-fi-leaning dramas that kept audiences engaged almost exclusively through mysterious and often flabbergasting…
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Riders of Justice (2021) Review – GFF
Riders of Justice (2020) Director: Anders Thomas Jensen Screenwriters: Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann, Andrea Heick Gadesberg, Nicolas Bro “Nothing is for certain,” says an old man to his granddaughter, convinced that her wish for a new bicycle will come true. Little does she know just how…
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The Mauritanian (2021) Review – GFF
The Mauritanian (2021) Director: Kevin Macdonald Screenwriters: Michael Bronner, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani Starring: Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Levi From the moment The Mauritanian begins, there is a strong sense of being in good hands. Kevin Macdonald, back with his first drama feature following close to a decade of documentaries,…
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Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021) Review – GFF
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021) Directors: Celeste Bell, Paul Sng Screenwriters: Celeste Bell, Paul Sng Starring: Celeste Bell, Marianne Elliott-Said, Ruth Negga When we think of punk, we think of the male figureheads whose brash and aggressive anti-establishment ideology found resonance with the disenfranchised youth of the 1970s. Regarded as some of the…