For mental health awareness week, Calum Cooper discusses RWBY: Volume 9 and the arc of self-acceptance that defines the central character of Ruby Rose. Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Week: How RWBY Volume 9 Explores Trauma and Self-Acceptance
Film critic Calum Cooper reviews Suzume, the newest anime fantasy epic from Makoto Shinkai, director of such films as Your Name. Continue reading Suzume (2022) – Review
Year: 2023 Runtime: 85 minutes Director: Maite Alberdi Writer: Maite Alberdi By Rosa Parra “The Eternal Memory,” directed by Maite Alberdi, follows a married couple who endure the hardships of caring for one suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Augusto Gongora once was one of Chile’s most prevalent news commentators and an important contributor reporting on the dictatorship of Pinochet and its fall. Paulina Urrutia is an … Continue reading Review: The Eternal Memory
Year: 2021 Runtime: 78 minutes Directors: Erin Bernhardt and Din Blankenship By Morgan Roberts How do we unlearn hate? How do we break past our prejudices to love those who look and live differently than us? In the documentary film, “Refuge,” we see just that. Chris Buckley is a veteran who returned from combat, traumatized and looking to make sense of what he endured. Instead, … Continue reading Film Review: Refuge
Calum Cooper interviews Tereza Nvotova, director and co-writer of Slovak gothic horror film Nightsiren. Continue reading GFF2023 Interview: Tereza Nvotova – Director of Nightsiren
Film critic Calum Cooper reviews the suspenseful “Our Father, The Devil”, now playing at the Glasgow Film Festival. Continue reading GFF2023 Review: Our Father, The Devil
Film critic Calum Cooper reviews Alauda Ruiz de Azua’s feature debut Lullaby, which has been praised by Pedro Almodovar as the best debut in Spanish cinema for some time. Continue reading GFF2023 Review: Lullaby
Film critic Calum Cooper reviews the slasher prequel to “X”, “Pearl”, which features zany kills, a magnificent Mia Goth performance and playful odes to the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Continue reading GFF2023 Review: Pearl
Film critic Calum Cooper reviews Carol Morley’s newest film, the eccentric “Typist Artist Pirate King”, which is currently playing at the Glasgow Film Festival. Continue reading GFF2023 Review: Typist Artist Pirate King
Film critic Calum Cooper reviews the emotionally visceral and eloquently written “La Maternal”, which is currently playing at the Glasgow Film Festival. Continue reading GFF2023 Review: La Maternal
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