[Contains spoilers]TW: self-harm, body horror, blood, suicide, mental abuse, physical abuse Rose Glass’ new horror Saint Maud (2019) focuses on … More
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Film Review: Resin – as part of the Glasgow Film Festival 2020
Daniel Borgman’s Resin (2019) explores the relationship between nature and society, as it centres around a family living in isolation … More
Film Review: The Translators – as part of the Glasgow Film Festival 2020
[Content warning for the film: suicide] Régis Roinsard’s thriller The Translators (2019) brings together nine translators from different countries into … More
Film Review- Finnish Exposure: Films from the Arctic
The CCA’s Finnish Exposure: Films from the Arctic screening began with breath-taking Finnish scenery and a pair of young ballerinas dancing … More
Film Review: A Dog Barking at the Moon – in association with Scottish Queer International Film Festival
[Content warning for the film: homophobia, emotional and physical violence] In Lisa Zi Xiang’s semi-autobiographical film A Dog Barking at … More
Film Review – I Shot Andy Warhol
[Content warning for the film: transphobia, violence, misogyny, drug use] The art scene of 1960s New York City and the … More
Film Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire – in association with the French Film Festival
[Content warning for the film: suicide mention, abortion] A young woman dressed in 18th century clothing jumps off a boat … More
Delirium, en masse: the fascinating and spectral phenomenon of mass hysteria
Witches, clowns and uncontrollable dancing: Halloween or mass hysteria? Defining the latter is difficult, given that each manifestation falling within the phenomenon’s sphere of … More