Category Archives: Zine

Anti-Villains

Posted on February 28, 2018 by SMW

The anti-villain is the inverse of the anti-hero, the opposite of the Rebel Heroes of Glasgow Film Festival’s retrospective strand. They’re the complicated or conflicted baddie or the sympathetic antagonist. To explain this concept, for Anti-Villains at Glasgow Film Festival, we developed … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017, Cinema, GFF 2018, Glasgow, Movies, Physical Impossibility, Zine | Tagged Anti-Villains, Duel In The Sun, GFF18, Glasgow, Glasgow Film Festival, Gregory Peck, Physical Impossibility, The Boys From Brazil, The Gunfighter, To Kill A Mockingbird | Leave a comment

Anti-Villains at Glasgow Film Festival

Posted on February 4, 2018 by SMW

Physical Impossibility are teaming up with Glasgow Film Festival again, to bring Anti-Villains to their 2018 Behind The Scenes strand! Our team of six invited guests will each present on the best-worst baddies, the loveable scum of the cinematic earth. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, GFF 2018, Glasgow, Movies, Physical Impossibility, Preview, Zine | Tagged Anti-Villains, Cinema, Film, GFF18, Movie, Movies, Panel, Physical Impossibility | Leave a comment

Physical Impossibility #4: Guide to World Cinema

Posted on October 27, 2017 by SMW

Sometimes, certain types of films rely on a very particular set of temporal and geographical circumstances to flourish. From 1985 Winnipeg to 1980s Paris, from Communist Yugoslavia to Giallo Italy, from the transgression of New York to the heroic bloodshed of 90s … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017, Cinema, Movies, Physical Impossibility, Zine | Tagged Black and white, Cinema, Cult, Cult Cinema, Giallo, Glasgow, Hong King Action Cinema, illustration, Movies, Physical Impossibility, Winnipeg, World Cinema, Yugoslavia, Zine | Leave a comment

PATSIES! A Celebration of the Cinematic Loser

Posted on February 12, 2017 by SMW

Sean Welsh is right about films. Continue reading →

Posted in 2017, Cinema, GFF 2017, Glasgow, Movies, Physical Impossibility, Zine | Tagged CCA Glasgow, Claire Biddles, Craig McClure, Dr Becky Bartlett, Edward Ross, Film, Filmish, Films, FWYL, GFF17, Glasgow Film Festival, Kate Coventry, Loser, Losers, Morvern Cunningham, Movie, Movies, Patsies!, Sad Girl Cinema, Sean Welsh, University of Glasgow, VHS Trash Fest, Video Namaste, Zine | Leave a comment

Bad Romance + Happy Endings

Posted on February 27, 2016 by SMW

On Tuesday 23rd February, Glasgow Film Festival hosted Physical Impossibility’s first live event, Bad Romance. We had eight speakers – Claire Biddles, Craig McClure, Shona McCombes, Cayley James (via video from Toronto), Morvern Cunningham, Kris Petrov (heroically subbing for Kate Coventry), Dr Becky … Continue reading →

Posted in GFF 2016, Glasgow, Physical Impossibility, Zine | Tagged Bad Romance, Brief Encounter, Cayley James, CCA, Cinema, Claire Biddles, Craig McClure, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Film, GFF, GFF16, Glasgow, Glasgow Film Festival, Happy Endings, Kris Petrov, Morvern Cunningham, Physical Impossibility, Shona McCombes, The Apartment, The Graduate, The Last Unicorn | Leave a comment