Mickey 17: A Class Focused Takedown of Authoritarianism
Mickey 17 - Video essayist Sage Hayden has argued that all of Bong Joon-Ho’s films, to some extent, tackle class...
Calum Cooper
The Ballad Of Wallis Island Review (Glasgow Film Festival 2025)
The Ballad of Wallis Island was this year’s Surprise Film at the Glasgow Film Festival, and what a charming wee...
Homegrown Review (Glasgow Film Festival 2025)
It’s hard to imagine anyone more detestable than Donald Trump. Whatever your politics, the thought of America being run by...
Sew Torn Review (Glasgow Film Festival 2025)
Some of you may the 1998 film Run Lola Run, a fun, experimental thriller that offered three alternative story...
Harvest Review (Glasgow Film Festival 2025)
Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest, with its atmospheric period setting and lambasting views on capitalism, somewhat reminds this critic of William...
I’m Still Here Review
Director Walter Salles is no stranger to exploring social issues. Not only has he helmed pictures like Central Station and...
Late Night With The Devil Review
Late Night with the Devil is the cleverest found footage film since The Blair Witch Project. Rather than follow the...
Starve Acre Review
Daniel Kokotajilo’s Starve Acre opens with three stanzas from a Neil Willoughby poem, “The Dandelion”. It details an ominous figure...
Film Review – Ikiru (1952)
Akira Kurosawa was one of Japan’s greatest filmmakers. While he’s often celebrated for his bold, ambitious filmmaking, as seen in...
Film Review – Kensuke’s Kingdom (2024)
If you went to primary school in Scotland then chances are you were made to read at least one Michael...
Film Review – Chuck Chuck Baby (2024)
Chuck Chuck Baby is a pensive film about the figurative prisons we make for ourselves. Liberation and self-acceptance can be...
Film Review – Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023)
In a capitalist society, our routines are drilled into us practically from birth. Wake up, go to work, come home,...
2024 Glasgow Film Festival Review – Lo Capitano (2023)
With callous troglodytes like Suella Braverman and her racist rhetoric against immigrants having until recently been in power, the contemporary...
2024 Glasgow Film Festival Review – Lousy Carter (2024)
Lousy Carter earns its title. It’s a cynical, depressing outing that, like its anti-hero protagonist, fundamentally lacks self-awareness. Its goal...