Connor Lightbody
REVIEW: FALLING INTO PLACE, Sweet modest romance
To direct a good film takes gargantuan effort. To write it and also be the lead actor in it adds insurmountable pressure onto a...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: AMERICAN DREAMER, Dinklage Wasted in dry comedy
Peter Dinklage is one of the finest actors within this current generation of actors. He brings gravitas and personality to every single...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
INTERVIEW: Sean Garrity & cast on THE BURNING SEASON
Sean Garrity’s The Burning Season is a romance that is structured into a prologue and seven chronologically descending chapters. It...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
INTERVIEW: Aylin Tezel & Chris Fulton on FALLING INTO PLACE
Aylin Tezel achieves great things as writer, director and lead in modest romance Falling Into Place, a film that finds two artists...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 142 min read
REVIEW: VELVET GOLDMINE, Queer Glam Tableau
Todd Haynes’ roaring and vivacious Glam Rock drama Velvet Goldmine begins with a phrase: “although what you are about to see is a work of...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: MOTHERS' INSTINCT, Hammy Thriller
Mothers’ Instinct, Benoît Delhomme’s directorial debut, is a remake of French-spoken 2018 film Duelles. Duelles, which was based on the...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: THE SMALL BACK ROOM, Feverish Restoration
The directors of WW2-set drama The Small Back Room, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, are predominantly known for their famous works...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: LOST SOULZ, Good Vibes
Experiential cinema like Lost Soulz can only thrive when focused on interesting protagonists. For Katherine Propper, her protagonists – a...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 142 min read
REVIEW: DARK MATTER, Slow-Burn Sci-Fi
Multiversal stories, similar to that of Dark Matter, have quickly become populist content in recent years. This is thanks, in part, to...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: PRESUMED INNOCENT, Throwback Thriller
In 1987, Scott Turow’s novel, the legal thriller ‘Presumed Innocent’, was released to vast acclaim, spending 45 weeks on the New York...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
FEATURE: Glasgow Film Festival curtain raiser
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 142 min read
REVIEW: ROGUE, Doctor Who
The 2005 reboot of Doctor Who has always had a romantic streak.. Assuming we discount the 1996 TV movie with Paul McGann’s iteration of...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 142 min read
REVIEW: FURIOSA A MAD MAX SAGA, Explosive prequel cheapens Fury Road
What is the purpose of a prequel? You might say it is to further deepen the lore of a character, or to add context to the world that the...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: ALL THAT WE LOVE, understated grief dramedy
Grief is not a finite resource. It is used in abundance as a base for art as it is an emotion that is universally felt and resonates with...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: LINDA PERRY LET IT DIE HERE, immeasurably moving documentary
There is a reason you’ve probably never heard the name Linda Perry. The singer/songwriter has spent her life hiding from the spotlight,...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: GRIFFIN IN SUMMER, Awkward and uncomfortable coming-of-age
The coming-of-age genre has always explored teenage sexuality. More often than not, it is a genre filled with thoughtful ideas,...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: DOT AND BUBBLE, Doctor Who
Holding a mirror up to society is typical of science fiction. For the last decade or so, it’s been a little less common in Doctor Who, as...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: 73 YARDS, Doctor Who
For all its mysteries and sci-fi shenanigans, Doctor Who usually has an answer. Whether that is the Bad Wolf arc, references to...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: BOOM, Doctor Who
Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat returns to the show after seven years away with Boom, an episode that feels like a compendium...
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Connor Lightbody
Jun 141 min read
REVIEW: THE DEVIL'S CHORD, Doctor Who
There is a phrase in pop culture that originates from an episode of Happy Days:: jumping the shark. It implies a breakdown between the...
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