Category Archives: GFT
Wuthering Heights Programme Note for GFT
Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights (2011) is screening at GFT in Glasgow from Friday 11th November until Thursday 24th November. My accompanying programme note will be available at screenings and online here. GFT archives all its programme notes at their site here.
REVIEW: We Need To Talk About Kevin
In a nuanced adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s high-school massacre novel, Lynne Ramsay looks beyond the tabloid headlines to craft a typically lyrical meditation on motherhood and the performance of family life. As in the book, easy explanations for such a … Continue reading
The Tree of Life Programme Note for GFT
Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011) is playing at GFT from Friday 8th to Thursday 21st July and I’ve written the programme note that you should be able to pick up at every screening. They keep them online too, and … Continue reading
Senna Programme Note for GFT
Asif Kapadia’s Senna (2010) is playing at GFT until 16th June and I was asked to provide the programme note (those A4 handouts you get at a screening). GFT’s intention behind these things is to “enhance the film viewing experience … Continue reading
Coverage of the Glasgow Film Festival 2011
Last month, I was an official blogger for the Glasgow Film Festival 2011, a great excuse to take in films, events and gigs and write about them with a free hand, albeit unpaid. Prior to the start of the festival, … Continue reading
Physical Impossibility 