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Festivals
Glasgow Film Festival’s Industry Focus programme announced
Amma Asante, Alice Lowe, Sacha Polak, Vicky Knight, Hope Dickson Leach and Claire Pijman are among the guests sharing insights and taking part in discussions during GFF19's three-day industry event Read more »| 05 Feb 2019 -
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Johnny Flynn to play David Bowie in biopic Stardust
Singer and actor Johnny Flynn, who starred in British thriller Beast and Glasgow-set comedy Lovesick, will play David Bowie in biopic Stardust; Bowie's son, Duncan Jones, criticised the project Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
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Glasgow Film Festival announce 2019 line-up
Pop-up screenings of Fight Club, The Matrix and Blair Witch Project are on the cards at the 15th Glasgow Film Festival, as well as visits from actors and filmmakers like Michael Palin, Carol Morley, Alice Lowe and Simon Amstell Read more »| 23 Jan 2019 -
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Watch trailer for Wild Rose, Glasgow's answer to A Star Is Born
Jessie Buckley stars as a Glasgow pub singer with dreams of Nashville in the knockout comedy-drama Wild Rose Read more »| 23 Jan 2019 -
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Oscar nominations betray #MeToo and #OscarsSoWhite
Two years on from Moonlight’s landmark Best Picture win, 2019’s Best Picture contenders like Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody are looking rather retrograde, while once again female filmmakers are ignored Read more »| 22 Jan 2019 -
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Bo Burnham brings Eighth Grade to Glasgow Film Festival
The US stand-up star is coming to Glasgow Film Festival to present Eighth Grade, his tender and funny first feature film about a shy young girl trying to survive middle school Read more »| 18 Jan 2019
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John Wick: Chapter 3 trailer - Keanu Reeves is back
Things get even more hairy for Keanu Reeves’ expert-assassin in the wild first trailer for the third John Wick movie, titled John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Read more »| 17 Jan 2019 -
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Watch the first trailer for the Robert Pattinson-starring High Life
The great Claire Denis ventures into sci-fi with this space-bound film starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche and Mia Goth Read more »| 16 Jan 2019 -
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Bill Murray reunites with his Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola
Fifteen years after the brilliant bittersweet drama Lost in Translation, Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola will work together on a new movie, called On the Rocks Read more »| 16 Jan 2019 -
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Jason Reitman directing a Ghostbusters Sequel
Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray could be back to vanquish ghosts in this second sequel to the original and much-loved 1984 comedy Read more »| 16 Jan 2019 -
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Peter Parker visits Europe in the first Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer
See New Yorker Spider-Man out of his element fighting Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio in Venice and London Read more »| 15 Jan 2019 -
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Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo reunite in horror Velvet Buzzsaw
Gyllenhaal and Russo star in Dan Gilroy's horror set within the LA art world Read more »| 10 Jan 2019 -
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Filmhouse’s new House Guest is… The Skinny!
We've programmed an eclectic series of films to screen at Filmhouse throughout February, from Martin Scorsese’s prescient satire The King of Comedy to riotous music-filled comedy The Blues Brothers Read more »| 09 Jan 2019 -
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BAFTAs 2019: The Favourite rules, but female directors shut out
Yorgos Lanthimos’s vicious comedy starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz lead the BAFTA race with 12 nominations Read more »| 09 Jan 2019 -
Festivals
Jonah Hill’s directorial debut Mid90s to open Glasgow Film Festival
The Superbad actor’s first effort as director kicks off the 15th edition of GFF, while an adaptation of Kieran Hurley’s hit play Beats, about 90s rave culture, will close proceedings Read more »| 08 Jan 2019