‘The Commitments’: Ian La Frenais interview
❉ The likely lad and one half of writing duo Clement & La Frenais, looks back on bringing Roddy Doyle’s book to screen.
MOVIES
Blood Hunger: Restoring the films of José Larraz
❉ James White, Head of Restoration at Arrow Films discusses the story behind restoring Vampyres, The Coming of Sin and Whirlpool!
GFF Frightfest: ‘The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion’
❉ Korean genre-mashup pinballs between Bourne style actioner, X-Men style origin story and teen melodrama.
GFF Frightfest 2019: ‘The Dead Center’
❉ This is horror done on a low budget that manages to impress on a number of levels, writes Iain MacLeod.
Neil Breen Spectacular, Pt 4: ‘Pass Thru’
❉ Time travelling A.I. and denim advocate Neil Breen returns to his native environment of the Nevada Desert to save the day by murdering 300 million people!
Glasgow Film Festival: ‘Border’ (‘Gräns’)
❉ A singular piece of cinema from John Ajvide Lindqvist, the writer of Let The Right One In.
Glasgow FrightFest: ‘Freaks’ reviewed
❉ The legendary Bruce Dern keeps the audience on edge and newcomer Lexy Kolker gives a fantastic performance.
Interview: Perry Blackwater – ‘The Rusalka’
❉ Perry Blackwater tells us about The Rusalka, screened as part of Arrow Video FrightFest Glasgow 2019.
‘The Hole in the Ground’
❉ ‘The Hole In The Ground’ is a startlingly assured first film that marks Cronin as a name to watch.
Interview: Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein
❉ The FREAKS directors talk about making impossible ideas believable, and casting Bruce Dern.