2019 Glasgow Film Festival – Papi Chulo (2018)
John Butler, a GFF veteran, returns to helm an Irish production a very American story: the friendship between a gay...
Ewan Wood
Film Review – Threads (1984)
Threads is perhaps the most distressing film I have ever watched, and certainly not Christmas Eve viewing (which was a...
EIFF’ 2018 Review – The Parting Glass (2018)
The Parting Glass is the debut feature from Stephen Moyer, a familiar tale of the grieving process. It’s a film...
EIFF’ 18 Review – Two for Joy (2018)
Writer and director Tom Beard’s first feature is a bleak family drama powered by some brilliant performances. Everything is left...
EIFF’18 Review – Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
Sometimes you don’t want to be challenged by a film, you want something that will take you on an endearing...
EIFF’ 18 Review – Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
The words ‘Scottish Christmas Zombie High School Musical’ may not get you drooling with excitement but if that bizarre genre...
EIFF’ 18 Review – Calibre (2018)
Calibre is the debut from writer and director Matt Palmer, best known for a number of horror shorts. It has...
Eiff’ 18 Review – Whitney (2018)
Whitney is the second on-screen look at Whitney Houston in less than a year, following Nick Broomfield’s Whitney: Can I...
EIFF’ 18 Review – Blood Feast (2018)
Blood Fest is the latest production in the horror-comedy genre from YouTube giants Rooster Teeth. It’s a film clearly made...
Film Review – My Generation (2017)
David Batty’s My Generation is a love letter to the 1960s, to the generation of Michael Caine, working-class Cockneys who...
Film Review – Space Truckers (1996)
You get what you see with Space Truckers, a film best enjoyed with a beer. Low budget and low brow,...
Film Review – Kills On Wheels
The English title of Kills on Wheels is both self-explanatory and misleading at the same time. Sure, it is a...
Film Review – I,Tonya (2018)
I must confess I knew nothing of the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan scandal before going to see I, Tonya. I was...
Review – Bloodlands (2017)
Bloodlands is Albania’s first horror film and the second from Australian director Steven Kastrissios. Although to shoe horn it into...