Cold

Cold (Kuldi) – Review

“Scandi noir” feels like it’s been around forever. Viewers and readers alike indulge in tales of bitter winters, detectives who are seen as outsiders or unorthodox, grisly murder scenes and thick, co...
Mr and Mrs Stodola

Mr. & Mrs. Stodola – Review

We’ve all become a bit obsessed with true crime in the last few years. There are countless podcasts, documentaries, interviews, books to satiate our taste for the macabre. Are you even a true crime f...
The G

The G – Review

This review contains spoilers. They say that revenge is a dish best served cold. But nobody ever said anything about it being grandma doing the serving. In an unusual spin on the classic revenge dram...
Love Lies Bleeding

Love Lies Bleeding – Review

This review contains mild spoilers If you watched Rose Glass’s debut, Saint Maud, there’s a strong chance you left the cinema in a state of shock and disorientation. Striking in its visuals and bolst...
Holy Spider

Holy Spider – Review

There’s something about those five little words, based on a true story, that really draws viewers in. Especially when we feel like we are being given access to a different side of the story. Ali Abba...
Wild Men Glasgow Film Festival

Wild Men – Review

The mid-life crisis has become something of a cliché. Both in real life and in films and television. Men, typically, ditch their wives for a younger model and start buying shiny red sports cars, whic...
Vicious Fun

Top Ten Films of 2021 – Mary’s Picks

Whilst this year really does feel like we are firmly stuck in The Matrix, the good news is that cinemas have been open again for several months. Other restrictions have remained in place but cinema, ...

The Many Saints Of Newark – Review

The first questions that come to mind when the topic of a Sopranos film comes up are the obvious and totally legitimate ones. Is the film relevant to the overall arc of the entire saga? and if it suc...
The Kid Detective Amazon

The Kid Detective – Review

There are plenty of movies about bright child stars struggling to adapt with obscurity or notoriety in childhood. They usually roll out plenty of tropes around alcoholism, dingy apartments, failing c...
Wildland Kod & Blod

Wildland (Kød & Blod) – Review

Already drawing comparisons with the Oscar-nominated, Animal Kingdom, Jeanette Nordahl’s directorial debut is exciting both the Glasgow and Berlin festival circuit. Focusing on the experiences of orp...