Category Archives: Film

The Neon Demon Programme Note for GFT

Posted on July 7, 2016 by SMW

The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016) is screening at GFT from Friday 8th July to Thursday 14th July. My accompanying programme note will be available at screenings and there’s an online version at GFT’s blog here. GFT archives all its programme notes online here.

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Tale of Tales Programme Note for GFT

Posted on June 16, 2016 by SMW

Tale of Tales (Matteo Garrone, 2015), an adaptation of Giambattista Basile’s Pentameron from the director of Gomorrah (2008), is screening at GFT from Friday 17th June to Thursday 30th June. My accompanying programme note will be available at screenings and there’s an online version at GFT’s … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare On Film Programme Note for GFT

Posted on April 1, 2016 by SMW

The new, 4K restoration of Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) is screening at GFT from today, Friday 1st April, to Thursday 7th April. It’s part of GFT’s Shakespeare on Film season, for which they’ve also programmed screenings of Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood (1957), West Side Story (Jerome … Continue reading →

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Randian Subtext

Posted on March 29, 2016 by SMW

I made this for everyone who enjoyed Henry Cavill’s recent press tour more than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. I’m unjustifiably proud of having coming up with this*, so I guess that’s at least one emotion I have in common with Zack … Continue reading →

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Matchbox Cineclub: Double Take In Outer Space

Posted on March 8, 2016 by SMW

Matchbox Cineclub‘s March screening, in association with Glasgow International Comedy Festival, is the world premiere of Double Take In Outer Space (Des Mangan, 2016) on Thursday 17/03/16 at the Old Hairdressers, Glasgow. Based on Starcrash (Luigi Cozzi, 1978), it’s a dub parody pseudo-sequel to Hercules Returns (David Parker, 1993), which Physical Impossibility … Continue reading →

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