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Keir Roper-Caldbeck: Watching Michael Snow's Wavelength (1967) is an unforgettable experience, not necessarily in a good way. Described by one critic as 'The Birth of a Na...
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Gail Tolley: 1. The Scouting Book for Boys Tom Harper makes his feature film debut with The Scouting Book for Boys – a lyrical tale of misguided love set i...
Rebecca Gordon: Returning for a second year of experimentation, fledgling film festival Diversions promises an avant garde feast for the senses. Organised by Edinburg...
Tyler Parks & Nine: “Rich girls only love poor boys in Indian movies. Are you Indian?” asks Jonah. At first glance, the plot of Killer Necklace looks straight...
Juliet Buchan: If the thought of going deep inside the mind of a traveller and experiencing his intrepid memories whilst he enjoys a hallucinogen intrigues you, the ...
Ray Philp: La Maison Jaune is part road movie, part neorealist commentary that revolves around Algerian farmer Mouloud and his efforts to console his wife after ...
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Gail Tolley: It’s still a few months away but preparations for next year’s Glasgow Film Festival are already in progress and we wanted to be the first ...
Jenny Munro: From Godard to gang violence, French cinema has been seducing international audiences for over a century. Now in its 17th season, the 2009 French Film...
Gail Tolley: The UK’s largest African Film Festival is now in its 4th year. It launches to life on the 22 Oct with My Secret Sky, a beautifully shot tale of ...
Gail Tolley: Ah, critics do love a ‘trend’ or better still a new ‘movement’. The latest buzz phrase to get us critics hopping about and cas...
Fiona Williams: The World Development Organisation and Scottish Screen have come together to produce a cinematic green tea of a festival this September in the form of...
Jaco Justice: The inaugural Aberdeen City and Shire Film Festival has kicked off with fine focus as an opening gala screening of locally born director Mark Stirton&...
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Michael Hunter: One of the more interesting shows at this year's international film festival, Playing With the Past is nothing less than a good rummage through the tr...
Keir Roper-Caldbeck: Browsing YouTube the other day, I watched The Big Shave, Martin Scorsese’s extraordinary student film from 1967. The film’s blend of compl...
Chris Buckle: Ever drunkenly pumped coins into a 2p machine to the sound of Deerhunter playing Butlins, or spotted Steve Albini fleecing fans at poker while watchin...
