Category Archives: Movies

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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Big Screen Comedy at Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2016

Posted on March 7, 2016 by SMW

Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) 2016 starts on Thursday 10/03 and runs till Sunday 27/03. As well as live shows from the likes of Frankie Boyle, Ardal O’Hanlan and Dylan Moran (and a shit-ton of shows from less well-established names), … Continue reading →

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Hail, Caesar! Programme Note for GFT

Posted on March 3, 2016 by SMW

Hail, Caesar! (Dir. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, 2016) is screening at GFT from Friday 4th March to Thursday 17th March. 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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