Lights, Camera, Action!: A Preview Of Glasgow Film Festival 2023…
One of the sure signs that Spring is coming is the start of the annual Glasgow Film Festival, this year running from Wednesday 1st to...
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Apr 9, 20215 min
Modern Girls, Modern Boys: How Gregory’s Girl Promised A New Scotland...
"The nicest part is just before you taste it, but that can’t go on forever." (1) The post-punk era of the late seventies and early...
May 26, 20202 min
Drive Time: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Run Director Scott Graham…
Scott Graham credit: Pete Copeland Back in March Ali spoke to director Scott Graham about his latest feature Run, which follows on from...
Mar 9, 20202 min
The GFF 2020 Podcasts: The This World Won’t Break Interview…
For the last in our series of Glasgow Film Festival 2020 podcasts Ali spoke to director Josh David Jordan, actor & producer Jessica Marie...
Mar 5, 20202 min
The GFF 2020 Podcasts: An Interview with Run Director Scott Graham…
Scott Graham credit: Pete Copeland For the latest in our series of Glasgow Film Festival podcasts, Ali spoke to director Scott Graham,...
Feb 25, 20202 min
Lights, Camera, Action!: A Preview Of Glasgow Film Festival 2020…
If it’s February in Glasgow it can only be the Glasgow Film Festival, the perfect place for the more discerning film fans to take shelter...
Feb 22, 20202 min
The GFF 2020 Podcasts: An Interview With Writer & Photographer David Pratt…
For the latest podcast Ali spoke to foreign affairs writer & photographer David Pratt about the film Pictures From Afghanistan, which is...
Mar 7, 20192 min
New Gold Dram: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Film Director Andrew Peat…
For the latest podcast Ali met up with the film director Andrew Peat at Glasgow’s CCA before the Glasgow Film Festival premiere of his...
Feb 19, 20191 min
Lights, Camera, Action!: A Preview Of Glasgow Film Festival 2019…
If it’s February in Glasgow it can only be the Glasgow Film Festival, the perfect place for the more discerning film fans to take shelter...
Nov 6, 20182 min
Films & Festivities Down The Firth: A Preview Of The Dunoon Film Festival…
Now firmly established as one of Scotland’s finest, the Dunoon Film Festival is back this coming weekend (9-11 November) with a fantastic...
Sep 3, 20182 min
A Life In Film: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To May Miles Thomas…
May Miles Thomas (left) about her incredible film Voyageuse and the issues and themes it addresses, such as family, sibling rivalry,...
Feb 26, 20184 min
You Have Been Watching…You Were Never Really Here.
Lynne Ramsay is to film what The Blue Nile are to music – discuss. She has made four films in 18 years, and it’s been seven between her...
Feb 14, 20182 min
Lights, Camera, Action!: A Preview Of Glasgow Film Festival 2018…
If it’s February in Glasgow it can only be the Glasgow Film Festival, the perfect place for the more discerning film fans to take shelter...
Feb 27, 20173 min
You Have Been Watching…Benny
Any informed discussion of the greatest all-time Scottish sports stars will throw up familiar names. Alongside the likes of Alan Wells,...
Feb 21, 20173 min
You Have Been Watching…The End Of The Game
Our first film review of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival is of David Graham Scott’s The End Of The Game. And what a place to start....
Feb 3, 20174 min
You Have Been Watching…T2 Trainspotting
The sweat wis lashing oafy this boy. Was T2 Trainspotting a terrible idea, destined to disappoint and lessen the memory of seeing the...
Nov 24, 20163 min
You Have Been Watching… 16 Years Till Summer
I don’t normally bring anything directly personal into a review – it’s rarely relevant, but I want to make the point that sometimes a...
Mar 4, 20165 min
You Have Been Watching…Where You’re Meant To Be & Hamish
At the recent Glasgow Film Festival an unlikely hero emerged in the formidable form of Sheila Stewart, the legendary Scottish folk...
Dec 11, 20155 min
You Have Been Watching…Sunset Song
I know from various conversations I have had since it was first announced that there was to be a film version of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s...
Nov 8, 20155 min
You Have Been Watching…Kill Your Friends
There have been some rather sniffy reviews about the film version of John Niven’s novel Kill Your Friends (and you can take that as a pun...
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