Category Archives: Glasgow

Going Clear Programme Note for GFT

Posted on June 25, 2015 by SMW

Going Clear (Dir. Alex Gibney, 2014) is screening at GFT until Thursday 2nd July. My accompanying programme note will be available at screenings – you can download the physical version here and there’s an online version at GFT’s blog here. GFT archives all its programme notes online here. … Continue reading →

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EIFF REVIEW: The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)

Posted on June 17, 2015 by SMW

Pitchy is probably the best word for Robert Carlyle’s The Legend of Barney Thomson, the opening film of 2015’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. Having made the not unusual (nor unforgivable) choice to direct himself in the title role, Carlyle delivers a comedy jet black in … Continue reading →

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Matchbox Cineclub #5: Turkish Star Wars

Posted on May 1, 2015 by SMW

Our May screening at The Old Hairdressers will be Çetin Inanç’s Turkish Star Wars (Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam, 1982). The screening takes place at 7pm on Thursday 21/05, upstairs in the gallery area of the bar. Back in 1982, big western movies didn’t get screened in … Continue reading →

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Jauja Programme Note for GFT

Posted on April 18, 2015 by SMW

Jauja (Dir. Lisandro Alonso, 2014) is screening at GFT until Thursday 23rd April. My accompanying programme note will be available at screenings – the physical copy is a little edited for space (though not by me and I’m a little scared to … Continue reading →

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ZINE: Physical Impossibility #3: Copywrongs

Posted on March 28, 2015 by SMW

The next issue of the Physical Impossibility zine is all about Copywrongs, and features writing and art inspired by films which have flaunted copyright in one way or another. Films like FW Murnau’s Nosferatu, which barely survived being wiped from history by … Continue reading →

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