 By Adam Ray Palmer
For a debut feature-length movie, Paradise (A New Life) is certainly a great start for any filmmaker. Davide Del Degan has been highly spoken about in his homeland, and now his debut movie is doing the speaking for him around the world. 6/3/2020 GFF'20: Denmark film review. By Adam Ray Palmer
Whenever Rafe Spall is on the silver screen, I like to try and catch it. So, when I found Glasgow Film Festival were showing Denmark, I was all in. Starring an array of British talent, Denmark comes to the festival in the ‘Local Heroes’ category, hoping to pick up traction for a UK release soon.  By Adam Ray Palmer
This is Jeremy Teicher’s (director) third feature-length film following his 2012 movie, Tall as the Baobab Tree, and his 2016 effort, Tracktown – also based on ‘Olympic dreams’ so to speak. Set at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, a young cross-country skier bonds with a volunteer doctor after her competition ends in the Athlete Village.  By Adam Ray Palmer
Craig Roberts, actor-turned-writer-turned director, arrives at the 2020 Glasgow Film Festival with his second feature-film from behind the camera, Eternal Beauty. In an honest and refreshing approach, Eternal Beauty tackles a few tough social subjects with an array of talent on the bill including Sally Hawkins, David Thewlis, Alice Lowe and Billie Piper. 2/3/2020 GFF'20: Eden film review. By Adam Ray Palmer
Snævar Sölvason, writer/director hailing from Iceland, brings us his third feature-film in the strand of the aptly named ‘Iceland’ at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival. Eden stars Sölvason’s common collaborator Hansel Eagle and Icelandic actress Telma Huld Jóhannesdóttir in her third full film. 29/2/2020 GFF'20: Escape From Pretoria. By Adam Ray Palmer
Francis Annan’s apartheid thriller was the movie I was most excited about from this year’s edition of the Glasgow Film Festival. I’m a big fan of Daniel Radcliffe, and the Escape From Pretoria narrative would have anyone interested who love a true-life, slow-burning action film. 23/2/2020 Parasite film review. By Adam Ray Palmer
This is certainly a late review when it comes to the Oscars, but an on-time one when it comes getting people to the theatres to see it. As you may know by now, Parasite is a multi-Oscar-winning film that picked up the big three of Original Screenplay, Best Director and the coveted Best Picture award. Let’s be honest, the above sentence is surely enough to make you go see it… 15/2/2020 Weekend Reviews episode #3 By Adam Ray Palmer
This feature does exactly what it says in the title. Some reviews of films, from over the weekend – basically. No matter the genre, nor the year… I basically watch a streaming service, or a DVD, and do a little bite-sized reviews for you to agree or disagree to. Out of the three, let me know which film you prefer! 10/2/2020 Uncut Gems film review. By Adam Ray Palmer
The Safdie brothers, a writing/directing pair, are back in 2020 with their sixth feature film as a collaboration for the online giants, Netflix. After a couple of weeks in cinemas, Uncut Gems made its way onto the streaming service last weekend and everyone around the world could enjoy the same cinematic anxiety together. Let me explain…  The last decade has seen a lot of things. Things that the world is definitely proud of, and certainly others that we are not so.
One thing that in the last decade that has been a constant joy is the making of many great movies. And as it is now 2020, we didn’t think we could allow the 2010s to leave us without a little celebration… |
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