Tag Archives: Films

Show + Tell

What’s the best film you’ve never heard of? Our new Show + Tell event (at ISO Design, Glasgow on 23/10) invites guests simply to share a trailer and some of their unique perspective on cinema. Confirmed guests for the first Show + Tell … Continue reading

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Anti-Villains: Queer Villains

“The sexuality of LGBTQ+ villains is often framed as central to their untrustworthiness and threat to society. But can we look past Hollywood’s broad strokes and find something that resonates with our own messy experiences? From Norman Bates and Tom … Continue reading

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Anti-Villains: Embracing the Matrix

“You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.” Almost twenty years have passed since a man of limited emotional range but impeccable hair chose the red pill offered … Continue reading

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Anti-Villains: In Defence of the Heathers

“Blunt, brutal, fashionable and framed for us to hate them. The three namesakes of Heathers do not deserve to shoulder the blame for the social structures Veronica and problematic fav JD fight again, there is a bigger villain at work here; the … Continue reading

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Elle Programme Note for GFT

Sean Welsh is right about films. Continue reading

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