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Matchbox Cineclub #11: The World’s Greatest Sinner

Posted on October 22, 2015 by SMW

Matchbox Cineclub‘s November screening will be the original punk rock movie – Timothy Carey’s The World’s Greatest Sinner (1962), a masterpiece of outsider art, DIY cinema and maverick midnight madness – and a sizzling tincture of sex-death-rocknroll, politics, religion and ssSIN! Timothy Carey … Continue reading →

Posted in Glasgow, Matchbox Cineclub, Preview | Tagged 1962, Absolute Films, Cinema, cult film, DIY Cinema, Film, Glasgow, Matchbox Cineclub, Midnight Movie, Movies, Outsider Art, The Old Hairdressers, The World's Greatest Sinner, Timothy Carey | 1 Comment

9999 | Document Film Festival 2015

Posted on October 14, 2015 by SMW

For me, Ellen Vermeulen’s 9999 (2014) is the key film of Document – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2015. That’s perhaps a less grand claim than it seems, so let me explain why. This was my first year on … Continue reading →

Posted in Glasgow, Preview | Tagged 2015, 9999, Belgium, CCA, Cinema, Document, Documentary, Ellen Vermeulen, Film, Film Festival, Glasgow, Human Rights, International Human Rights | Leave a comment

Matchbox Cineclub #10: NIGHTBREED The Director’s Cut

Posted on September 19, 2015 by SMW

Matchbox Cineclub‘s October screening is the director’s cut of Cliver Barker’s Nightbreed (1990). Nightbreed was intended to be the Star Wars of horror movies. Directed by Barker (Hellraiser) from his novel Cabal, it’s a creature feature where the many, many … Continue reading →

Posted in Glasgow, Matchbox Cineclub, Preview | Tagged 1990, 2015, Clive Barker, Danny Elfman, David Cronenberg, Erin McGrath, Halloween, Horror, Matchbox Cineclub, Nightbreed, NIghtbreed: The Director's Cut, October, The Old Hairdressers | Leave a comment

Matchbox Cineclub #9: House (Scalarama 2015)

Posted on September 10, 2015 by SMW

Matchbox Cineclub’s September screening, part of Scalarama 2015, will be Nobuhiko Obayashi’s House (1977). House is a Japanese film about a group of schoolgirls terrorised by a haunted house, which is also the very least of it. It was a struggling Japanese film industry’s … Continue reading →

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Scalarama 2015: Scaledonia | Glasgow

Posted on September 2, 2015 by SMW

Scalarama is a month-long homage to the spirit of London’s dearly departed Scala Cinema, celebrating independent cinema by promoting DIY events, pop-up screenings and generally making no distinction between high and low art, all in the name of a borderline-worrying obsession … Continue reading →

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