GFF Review: The Braves
While we can’t choose our family, we can decide who we want to spend our time with. In this sense, close friendships are often stronger than blood ties. They have…
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GFF Review: La Civil
Mexico has many social, economic and political problems but one of the most pernicious and devastating is that of kidnappings. It has been an ongoing problem, but one which has…
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GFF Review: Silent Land
White European privileged is often understated, it’s hard to accurately quantify the benefits and entitlements afforded by dint of birth. One is tourism. We love to travel. To experience a…
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GFF Review: Asteroid
Although the concept of leaving your family to earn a living elsewhere will be alien to many in the Western world, it’s a daily reality for countless people in poorer…
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GFF Review: Her Way
Often described as the oldest profession in the world, prostitution has been viewed and treated very differently throughout the ages. Today, in some places it has now been legalised. Affording…
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GFF Review: Once Upon a Time in Uganda
While everyone has heard of Hollywood and Bollywood, much, much less is known about the smaller film industries around the world. Indeed, the whole continent of Africa is often forgotten.…
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GFF Review: A Quiet Girl
Traditionally, films made within Britain, or even in the British Isles, are filmed in English. The logic being that they will be easier to sell to UK and international markets,…
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GFF Review: Yuni
All people are born equal. It’s a nice sentiment but ludicrous to believe that it’s actually true in practice. Where you’re born in the world makes a huge difference to…
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Glasgow Film Festival Preview
Glasgow Film Festival returns to Scotland’s biggest city between 2-13 March at Glasgow Film Theatre and Cineworld Renfrew Street, as well as partner cinemas across the UK and online. This…
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Glasgow Film Festival Review: The Man Standing Next
After the end of Korean War, it took a while for the South to get back on its feet. While the country made great steps forward both economically and technologically…
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