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Matchbox Cineclub #8: Wedding In Blood
Matchbox Cineclub’s August screening, presented in association with Alliance Française de Glasgow, will be Claude Chabrol’s Wedding In Blood (Les Noces Rouges, 1973). It’s a rare chance to see Claude Chabrol’s classic portrait of an amour fou with deadly consequences in provincial France, starring Stéphane Audran and Michel Piccoli. The … Continue reading
Matchbox Cineclub #7: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Our July screening at The Old Hairdressers will be WD Richter’s The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), an inter-dimensional sci-fi-action-adventure-rock-n-roll-comedy-romance – pretty much the ultimate 1980s cult film. The screening takes place at 7pm on Thursday 16/07, upstairs … Continue reading
Matchbox Cineclub #5: Turkish Star Wars
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
Matchbox Cineclub #3: Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Our March screening at The Old Hairdressers will be William Klein’s Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (Qui êtes vous, Polly Maggoo?, 1966). The screening takes place at 7pm on Thursday 19/03, upstairs in the gallery area of the bar. Klein’s rarely-seen film has been … Continue reading
Glasgow Film Festival 2015
A few days on and with the excellent It Follows just announced as the winner of the inaugural Glasgow Film Festival Critics’ Choice Award, this seems like a good time to take a quick look back at GFF15. At the end … Continue reading
Physical Impossibility 