Tag Archives: Film

BAD ROMANCE at Glasgow Film Festival

Posted on February 4, 2016 by SMW

As a counterpoint to GFF 2016’s Dream Teams of the Silver Screen theme, Physical Impossibility presents an event dedicated to the very worst cinematic couplings. A roster of special guests has scoured the history of cinema to present to you their takes … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Comedy, GFF 2016, Glasgow, Movies, Physical Impossibility, Preview, Star Wars, Zine | Tagged Bad Romance, Becky Bartlett, Cayley James, CCA, Cinema, Craig McClure, Document International Human Rights Film Festival, Dream Teams of the Silver Screen, Film, GFF16, Gigli, Glasgow, Glasgow Film Festival, Grosvenor Cinema, Kate Coventry, Morvern Cunningham, Movies, Nekromantik, Nerdvana, Physical Impossibility, Shona McCombes, Star Wars, VHS Trash Fest | Leave a comment

Matchbox Cineclub presents ALTERED STATES in IMMERS-O-SOUND!

Posted on January 21, 2016 by SMW

In the basement of the Harvard Medical School, Dr Edward Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control and the subject is himself! Ken Russell’s cult classic was originally … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Film, GFF 2016, Glasgow, Matchbox Cineclub, Movies, Preview | Tagged 1980, 2016, Altered States, Cinema, Film, GFF, GFF16, Glasgow, Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow Film Festival 2016, Immersosound, Ken Russell, Matchbox Cineclub, Movie, Movies | Leave a comment

Matchbox Cineclub #12: Spaceballs

Posted on November 12, 2015 by SMW

Love Star Wars? Missed out on tickets for The Force Awakens on opening night? Or maybe you HATE Star Wars? Want to escape the onslaught? We’re excited to announce that Matchbox’s final screening of 2015, on the very day Episode VII … Continue reading →

Posted in Glasgow, Matchbox Cineclub | Tagged 1987, 2015, Bill Pullman, Cinema, Comedy, Cult, Episode VII, Film, Glasgow, John Candy, Matchbox Cineclub, Mel Brooks, Movies, Parody, Preview, Rick Moranis, Spaceballs, Spoof, Star Wars, The Force Awakens, The Old Hairdressers | Leave a comment

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