Film

David Tennant will bring the curtain down on this year’s Glasgow film festival with the world premiere of his latest movie about a pioneering psychiatrist from Govanhill. The former Doctor Who takes on the lead role alongside Michael Gambon, Elisabeth Moss and Gabriel Byrne. Mad to Be Normal is about the life of RD Laing, who was seen as a radical when he set up a … [Read more...] about David Tennant to attend Glasgow Film Festival closing gala premiere

Benny is an education in the art of boxing, an unflinching look at the unimaginable depravity of Glasgow’s slums during the Great Depression, and an insight into the triumphant rise and tragic fall of the people’s champion, Benny Lynch. The documentary follows the story of the pint-sized 5ft 4in boxer – born in the Gorbals on August 2, 1913 – his astonishing success, and his … [Read more...] about Glasgow Film Festival Review: Benny

Patriots Day, directed and co-written by Peter Berg, is electrifying, violent, unnerving, and thoughtful – emerging as an unprecedented highlight of the Glasgow Film Festival. The film documents the Boston Marathon bombings and the city-wide manhunt that ensued when two bombs were detonated 12 seconds apart on April 15, 2013. Considering how recent this tragedy was – in … [Read more...] about Glasgow Film Festival: Patriots Day Review

One of the defining movies of 1980s pop culture, The Lost Boys celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2017. To mark the occasion, Glasgow Film Festival teamed up with Empire magazine for a screening of Joel Schumacher’s horror-comedy cult classic. Having previously hosted a “secret location” screening of Con Air in an airplane hangar, the special event say the audience arrive at … [Read more...] about Glasgow Film Festival: Special screening of The Lost Boys

Olivier Assayas’s Personal Shopper, starring Kristen Stewart, gives audiences an alternative look at the paranormal. This film is one that is hard to distinguish in terms of genre as we flit between moments of suspense building, uncomfortable silence, and that tense, eerie feeling that someone is watching you (characteristic of Hitchcock). Yet, there are many traditional horror … [Read more...] about Glasgow Film Festival Review: Personal Shopper