The story of banned film Weekender is told in documentary I Am Weekender https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/i-am-weekender-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #gff23 #documentary #censorship #film

You can now listen to me, Garry Arnot, and Amanda Rogers summarise our #GFF23 experiences and review TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING, OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN, SANCTUARY, and THE MARCH ON ROME on Cinetopia podcast. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cinetopia/episodes/March-2023-on-EHFM-Glasgow-Film-Festival-special--Berwick-Film-and-Media-Arts-Festival--Save-Filmhouse-campaign-e216c49
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"When I was a child, I believed everything was possible...I always had this image of...being in a leading role like this" - Thorvaldur Kristjansson discusses A Letter From Helga https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-03-26-interview-with-thorvaldur-kristjansson-about-a-letter-from-helga-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #GFF23 #literature #Iceland #film

"While a specific killer may not be unmasked, toxic masculinity and its co-conspirator the patriarchal society stand in the dock - and the case against them is damning." - we take a look at The Night Of The 12th https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-night-of-the-12th-2022-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #GFF23

A Tunisian man struggles with desperate poverty after his father dies in debt, leaving him to look after his sisters, in Harka https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/harka-2022-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #GFF23 #Tunisia #poverty #film

A forbidden love affair brings long-repressed desperation to the surface in a remote Icelandic community, in A Letter From Helga https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/a-letter-from-helga-2022-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #GFF23 #romance #film #Iceland

An awkward relationship forms when a struggling photographer discovers that he's the only person who can see his recently deceased friend, in The Civil Dead https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-civil-dead-2022-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #GFF23 #ghost #film #cinema

The Glasgow Film Festival is celebrating the return of audiences to pre-pandemic levels https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2023-03-16-gff-audiences-return-to-pre-pandemic-lrevels-news-story-by-jennie-kermode #GFF23 #film #cinema #movies

A child with a hyperacute sense of smell has a series of magical experiences in The Five Devils https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-five-devils-2022-film-review-by-andrew-robertson #GFF23 #film #cinema #movies

TLDR

Loved:
Smoking Causes Coughing
Sisu
#chadgetstheaxe
Irati
Onyx the Fortuitous & the Talisman of Souls
Here for Blood

Liked:
Pensive
Hunt Her Kill Her
Little Bone Lodge

Meh:
Mother Superior
13 Exorcisms

Pants:
Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey
Consecration

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Little Bone Lodge: The twists aren’t particularly twisty but the cast and evolution of character roles throughout make it well worth watching.

Here for Blood: Glorious, gory and hilarious home invasion by cultists goes awry riot that prompted much cheering and applause from the audience.

13 Exorcisms: Objectively well-made, with a brilliant lead performance but offers little you haven’t seen before.

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Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls: 80s aesthetic and tone (think House II meets Labyrinth meets Beetlejuice), laughs out loud galore, and Jeffrey Combs hamming up to perfection. What’s not to love?

Consecration: Messy religious horror that relies too heavily on a shallow understanding of its subject and a complete disregard for how murder investigations and forensics work.

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Irati: Basque folklore meets eco-horror in a gorgeous historical fantasy. Also included an amusing typo in the subtitles that I’m surprised didn’t get a bigger laugh.

Hunt Her Kill Her: The acting a dialogue is a bit ropey but the pacing and atmosphere are solid, the kills are satisfying and I’m a sucker for improvised weapons.

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Mother Superior: Atmospheric gothic horror where the real-life historical context keeps things intriguing, but the occult elements can feel a little forced at times.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey: Gets off to a promising start but once the novelty of Pooh and Piglet wears off all that’s left is generic and dull.

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#chadgetstheaxe: Joyfully self-aware meta horror comedy in the same vein as Deadstream. If you’re a fan of one, be sure to check out the other.

Pensive: Takes a while to get going, but once it hits its stride we’re treated to an interesting slasher/cautionary tale about the dangers of Nice Guys™ and disrespecting folk art.

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Smoking Causes Coughing: Gloriously bonkers and otherwise impossible to describe without spoilers. Go in blind. Go in as blind as blind can be.

Sisu: Can you set a spaghetti western in WWII Lapland? Yes. Yes you can. Do you want to see Nazis being killed off in gratuitously satisfying ways? Of course you do!

#FrightFest #GFF23

Biopic Chevalier takes on the life of the composer and son of an enslaved plantation worker Joseph Bologne https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/chevalier-2022-film-review-by-andrew-robertson #GFF23 #film #music #cinema

"We really tried to find the humanity in the slasher film" - Jonas Trukanas on Pensive (aka Rupintojelis) https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-03-12-interview-with-jonas-trukanas-about-pensive-aka-rupintojelis-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #GFF23 #Frightfest #horror #film

When killers target a remote home, they are surprised to discover that the babysitter due to work there has asked her wrestler boyfriend to take her place - it's Here For Blood https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/here-for-blood-2022-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #GFF23 #Frightfest #wrestling #film

"I think it's really good to understand how easy it is to be manipulated, to be confused, and possibly fall into the trap" - Marie Alice Wolfszahn on Mother Superior https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-03-11-interview-with-marie-alice-wolfszahn-about-mother-superior-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #GFF23 #Frightfest #horror #film