Tag Archives: Glasgow Film Theatre

The Tree of Life (2011)

Posted on December 2, 2016 by SMW

Sean Welsh is right about movies. Continue reading →

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Chi-Raq Programme Note for GFT

Posted on December 2, 2016 by SMW

‘In da year 411 BC, before baby Jesus, y’all, Da Greek Aristophanes penned a play satirizin’ his day. And, in the style of his time, ‘Stophanes made dat shit rhyme…’ Chi-Raq (Spike Lee, 2015) is screening at GFT from Friday 2nd December to Thursday 8th December. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Film, GFT, Glasgow, Movies, Programme Note | Tagged 2016, Aristophanes, Chi-Raq, Chicago, GFT, Glasgow, Glasgow Film Theatre, Kevin Willmott, Lysistrata, Nick Cannon, Programme Note, Spike Lee, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes | Leave a comment

Hunt For The Wilderpeople Programme Note for GFT

Posted on September 16, 2016 by SMW

Hunt For The Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi, 2016) is screening at GFT from Friday 16th September to Thursday 22th September. 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.

Posted in Film, GFT, Glasgow, Movies, Preview, Programme Note | Tagged 2016, Barry Crump, Cinema, Film, GFT, Glasgow, Glasgow Film, Glasgow Film Theatre, Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Julian Dennison, Movies, New Zealand, Physical Impossibility, Programme Note, Rachel House, Rhys Darby, Rima Te Wiata, Sam Neill, Taika Waititi, Wild Pork and Watercress | Leave a comment

New Stockists

Posted on June 10, 2014 by SMW

I’m happy to announce that Physical Impossibility‘s newest stockist is Forbidden Planet, Glasgow – a shop I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time in ever since I was a knee-high to a Mr Mxyzptlk cut-out, so it’s very cool to see the zine … Continue reading →

Posted in Copywrongs, Edinburgh, GFT, Glasgow, Larry Cohen, Popcorn Droppers, Zine | Tagged Cinema, Copywrongs, Film, Forbidden Planet, Glasgow, Glasgow Film Theatre, illustration, Movies, New York, Physical Impossibility, Popcorn Droppers, Stockists, Zine | Leave a comment

INTERVIEW: David Bruce on Glasgow Film Theatre, 1974

Posted on May 5, 2014 by SMW

David Bruce, former chair of GFT, once director of the Scottish Film Council and Edinburgh International Film Festival and author of Scotland – The Movie, gave up his time to speak to me recently on the subject of the 1974 opening of Glasgow Film Theatre. … Continue reading →

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