GIFF2019
At Eternity’s Gate
Biopics of well-known figures are a tricky field of filmmaking. You have to justify why you’re telling their story, without falling into blatant sycophantic praise, it’s a balancing act of careful juxtaposition. Something Julian Schnabel […]
Eighth Grade
Bo Burnham’s comedy has always had an introspective raw edge that manages to break through the surreal barrier he builds. His debut feature Eighth Grade doesn’t bother with such protective borders, instead delivering an account […]
Lords of Chaos
Jonas Akerlund’s study of Norwegian Black Metal band Mayhem is a curious biopic that plays with accuracy and taste in its attack on toxic masculinity, and the idiocy of youth. Most people will not be […]
Float Like A Butterfly
Carmel Winters is a multi-award-winning playwright and has delivered a wondrous glimpse into an area of life rarely explored in cinema in new feature Float Like a Butterfly. The world of travellers in rural Ireland […]
Under The Silver Lake
Who is the master of Noir? Well, that depends on who you ask. Traditionalists will go for Raymond Chandler or Alfred Hitchcock, while the more obtuse will scream out for Thomas Pynchon and David Lynch. […]
All Creatures Here Below
David Dastmalchian is normally a bit part actor who you might recognise from his striking looks in films such as The Dark Knight Rises and Ant Man. In All Creatures Here Below he has created […]
Daydream Nation
Concert films are paradoxical in nature, who do you make it for- the fans or newcomers? Paired with the larger issue of really, why even bother when you’ll never beat Stop Making Sense? Okay, so […]
