Father (Otac) – Review
Desperate poverty makes desperate people do desperate things. Srdan Golubovic’s Father makes that clear from it’s shocking opening scenes, wherein a starving, distressed mother pours petrol on hersel...
Category Archives: Glasgow Film Festival
Riders of Justice – Review
The revenge movie. It tends to follow a pretty bog-standard formula. Something bad happens to a person and – having grieved or recovered (or just gotten angrier) – they embark on a trail of death and...
The Mauritanian – Review
What does it take to break the human spirit; our trust in the justice system; our faith in humanity? Does everyone have the right to a defence? Rooted in angry, grieving and frightened post 9/11 Amer...
Enemies of the State – Review
Sonia Kennebeck’s documentary opens with a well-known quote from Oscar Wilde – “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” And, honestly, never has a sentence been more applicable to a series of eve...
Minari – Review
When you think of the recent run of A24 movies, you think of horror (Midsommar or Hereditary); chaos (Uncut Gems) or existentialist arthouse (The Lighthouse). Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari – which is alre...
Denmark – Review
Many a World Happiness Index has placed Denmark within the Top 10 best countries in the world to live in. The Danes, it seems, have got it so right with their chunky knit sweaters and love of hygge. ...
Moviescramble Podcast – Ep17: Glasgow Film Festival Roundup
Join Mary and John as we take a look back at the 2020 Glasgow Film Festival. We have a chat about the ten days of cinema and then chose our personal highlights of the festival. Find us on iTunes: htt...
The Mortuary Collection – Review
Director Ryan Spindell appeared at Fright Fest on Saturday night to chat to the eager, hyped up horror fans about his feature film. By all accounts, it has been years in the making and – what w...
Resin (Harpiks) – Review
There are a plethora of films – everything from The Village to Leave No Trace – about families cutting themselves off from modern society in order to establish a new way of life in the mi...
The Cleansing Hour – Review
The opening scene of Damien LeVeck’s The Cleansing Hour has all the hallmarks of a good exorcism horror. There’s flickering lights; sulphurous reactions to holy water; contorted bodies; a...