
GFF2023 Review: Lullaby
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 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
Year: 2022 Runtime: 87 minutes Directed by Jub Clerc Written by Jub Clerc and Steve Rodgers Actors: Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Ngaire Pigram, Mark Coles Smith, Tasma Walton, Carlos Sanson Jr., Andrew Wallace, Pedrea Jackson, Mikayla Levy By Sarah Manvel Most movies about teenagers get it wrong. Either the teens are treated like little kids, behaving perfectly and being perfectly cared for, or they are treated like … Continue reading Sweet As: Berlinale 2023 Review
Film critic Calum Cooper reviews Tereza Nvotova’s gothic horror film Nightsiren, which is currently screening at the Glasgow Film Festival. Continue reading GFF2023 Review: Nightsiren
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
Film critic Calum Cooper reviews comedy drama Miss Viborg, which is currently up for the audience award at the Glasgow Film Festival. Continue reading GFF2023 Review: Miss Viborg
Film critic Calum Cooper reviews Rebecca Zlotowski’s heartwarming new film “Other People’s Children”, currently playing at the Glasgow Film Festival. Continue reading GFF2023 Review: Other People’s Children
Year: 2023 Runtime: 95 minutes Director: Elizabeth Banks Writer: Jimmy Warden Actors: Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ray Liotta, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Brooklyn Prince, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Margo Martindale By Caelyn O’Reilly As Anne Boleyn probably once said, execution is everything. Every year, dozens of movies with attention-grabbing animal attack premises flop onto streaming services (I remember the days when they clogged up … Continue reading Review: Cocaine Bear
Film critic Calum Cooper reviews Sophie Linnenbaum’s debut The Ordinaries, which is up for the audience award at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival. Continue reading GFF2023 Review: The Ordinaries