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INTERVIEW: Des Mangan (Hercules Returns)
Des Mangan is the man behind Double Take, the comedy troupe who gave us cult comedy Hercules Returns (David Parker, 1993), which Physical Impossibility is presenting at the Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow, for one night only on Saturday 26/09 as part of Scalarama 2015. … Continue reading
Disreputable Trash
Matchbox Cineclub‘s September screening was Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s House (1977). It was part of the annual UK-wide Scalarama film festival which aims to celebrate independent cinema and DIY, pop-up cinema culture, often with a focus on what The Skinny called “the kind of disreputable … Continue reading
3×3: Slow West (2015)
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
Matchbox Cineclub #1: The Beaver Trilogy & Rubin And Ed
“My cat can eat a WHOLE WATERMELON!” On Thursday night, at The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, we launched the latest Matchbox Cineclub venture – a monthly movie night. Despite torrential rain and gale force winds, I’m delighted to report it went off … Continue reading
Nick Cave’s Gladiator 2
“I wanted to call it Christ Killer.” Nick Cave In a 2006 interview with Variety, musician Nick Cave was quoted saying, “The last thing I ever wanted to get involved with is Hollywood. The way it works is that people … Continue reading
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