

GFF 2016 - John McPhail Review 2 - High Rise
John McPhail / Where Do We Go From Here at GFF Hey hey y'all,
John here so lets chat "High-rise" So on thursday night i spoiled my First A/D by taking him to see the Scottish premiere of Ben Wheatley's "High Rise" (i know I'm too kind). First off, I'm going to say I'm a fan of the bold Ben, so when i saw this was coming to the Glasgow Film festival i wanted to make sure i got tickets, and apparently so did everybody else. "High Rise" was one of GFF's most popular ticket sal

Attitude and Ideas: Year Zero Tartan Features 2017 Review
Attitude and Ideas: Year Zero Tartan Features 2017 Review “Great art always comes from attitude and ideas” so said the Gang of Four. This is also true of film but with the important addition of tenacity. The Cambridge dictionary defines tenacity as ”the determination to continue what you are doing” Ideas alone are just not enough when making, promoting and distributing independent films on your own – something we learned when we started in 2013. Attitude is great if you have

Review: TF11 - Teenage Superstars by The List
Thanks to Eddie Harrison for this review. Original article is here: https://film.list.co.uk/article/92608-teenage-superstars/ EIFF 2017: Lucid and entertaining exploration of the 90s Scottish music scene, from Grant McPhee 'Artful desperation' is how Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore neatly characterises the Scottish music scene of the early 90s in one of the key interviews featured in Grant McPhee's documentary. Teenage Superstars is McPhee and co-writer Angela Slaven's follow up

Teenage Superstars Nominated for Best Documentary and Audience Award at EIFF 2017
Teenage Superstars has been nominated for Best Documentary and the Audience Award (which it's sister film won in 2015) at Edinburgh International Film Festival http://www.screendaily.com/news/edinburgh-international-film-festival-unveils-2017-line-up/5118606.article BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM Titles include: Amazona (UK) Becoming Cary Grant (UK) Correspondences (UK) Delicate Balance (UK) Donkeyote (UK) The Farthest (UK) The Inertia Variations (UK) Last Men in Aleppo (UK) L