Category Archives: Reviews

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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Physical Impossibility’s Favourite Films of 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by SMW

I saw a gazillion brand-new films in 2015, and discovered or revisited a gazillion older films too. I enjoyed slogging through submissions for Glasgow Film Festival, previewed the festival for their blog, then saw many more films during the festival itself. Later in the year, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015, Film, Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged 2015, A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence, Bruno Dumont, Cem Kaya, George Miller, It Follows, Jay Dahl, JJ Abrams, John Maclean, Li'l Quinquin, Mad Max: Fury Road, Remake Remix Rip Off, Roy Andersson, Sean S Baker, Slow West, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Tangerine, The Lobster, There Are Monsters, Yorgos Lanthimos | Leave a comment

An Evening with Frederick Wiseman

Posted on November 3, 2015 by SMW

Last week, I was lucky enough to attend An Evening with Frederick Wiseman at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image, hosted by MOMI’s chief curator, David Schwartz. Over a couple hours, the fleet and sharp-witted 85-year-old held forth on his practice and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Reviews | Tagged 2015, Arthur Hiller, Basic Training, David Schwartz, Errol Morris, Frederick Wiseman, In Jackson Heights, Law And Order, MOMI, Museum of the Moving Image, New York, October, Paddy Chayefsky, Stanley Kubrick, The Hospital | Leave a comment

3×3: Slow West (2015)

Posted on June 24, 2015 by SMW

Preview [spoiler free] 1. Slow West‘s Scottish first-time director, John Maclean, cut his teeth making music videos for The Beta Band, for whom he played keyboards, samplers and decks. Forming in St Andrews, they famously benefited from the endorsement of John Cusack’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 3x3, Preview, Reviews | Tagged Cinema, Film, John Maclean, Michael Fassbender, Movie, Review, Slow West | 1 Comment

What does VHS mean to you?

Posted on June 21, 2015 by SMW

What does VHS mean to you? Three quite different but uniformly excellent documentaries at Edinburgh International Film Festival – Remake, Remix, Rip-off (Cem Kaya, 2014), Chuck Norris Vs Communism (Ilinca Calugareanu, 2015) and Stand by for Tape Back-Up (Ross Sutherland, … Continue reading →

Posted in Copywrongs, Edinburgh, EIFF, EIFF 2015, Preview, Reviews, Turkish Remakesploitation | Tagged Chuck Norris Vs Communism, Cinema, Documentary, Edfilmfest, Edinburgh, EIFF, Film, Remake Remix Rip Off, Remakesploitation, Stand by for Tape Back-up, VHS | Leave a comment