Five to see at GFF, 27 Feb: Neil Young's Human Highway
It's the penultimate day of Glasgow Film Festival, but the gems just keep coming. There's feisty festival hit Mustang, acutely observed documentary Finders Keepers, and a rare chance to see Neil Young's sureal comedy Human Highway
Human Highway
GFT, 3.30pm & 11pm
You have to see this! Neil Young and Dean Stockwell direct and star alongside Dennis Hopper, Russ Tamblyn and new wave outfit Devo in what Young described as “a sort of day-in-the-life concept, all taking place in one day, just a regular day, the day the earth suddenly ended in a world war. It was a comedy.” It’s screening twice today: as a matinee and a late night screening. Why not see it both times? You might not get another chance.
Finders Keepers
CCA, 6.30pm
When a junk trading entrepreneur finds a mummified leg inside a grill he'd bought at auction, his initial surprise is overcome by an unfathomable desire to milk it for TV exposure. Don't be fooled by its outlandish premise; Finders Keepers is a tale of Southern families in decline, reminiscent of Gone with the Wind and the literary works of William Faulkner.
Read our full Finders Keepers review
Journey to the Shore
GFT, 6pm
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is the master of dread and unease, even when he’s making intricate family dramas (see Tokyo Sonata). Journey to the Shore, the story of a piano teacher who’s reunited with her missing husband when he returns as a ghost, looks like it combines his more mature style with his J-horror roots.
Danny Says
GFT, 7.45pm
We’ve been hearing great things about this doc following label executive Danny Fields, who seems to have been at the epicentre of every notable music moment of the 60s and 70s.
Mustang
GFT, 8.30pm
Five orphaned sisters find themselves under lock and key as their strict guardians try to marry them off one by one. This Turkish festival hit has been described as 'a prison movie with a spiky sense of humor,' and we hear the performances from the young cast are as ebullient as the subject matter is grave. It's one of ten films eligible for the annual GFF Audience Award.
Read our interview with Mustang director Deniz Gamze Ergüven
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