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Image is from the film 'Redemption of a Rogue' (2021). A man wearing a black coat without a hood stands in the rain. Behind him stands four children who all are all wearing hooded coats.

GFF REVIEW: ‘Redemption of a Rogue’ (2021) is an Intriguing Premise but a Lacklustre Film

By: Jack Cameron 15th Mar 202111th Mar 2021

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Writer/director Phillip Doherty makes his feature debut with Redemption of a Rogue, a story about a long-absent son returning to his hometown hoping to make amends.

Image is from the film 'Killing Escobar' (2021). A man wearing a beige shirt and a straw hat sits in a car.

GFF REVIEW: ‘Killing Escobar’ (2021) is a Questionable Documentary About an Assassination Attempt in the Amazon

By: Jack Cameron 14th Mar 202111th Mar 2021

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Certainly ‘Killing Escobar’ is a unique story, but it isn’t nearly as strange or as impressive as the film wants you to think it is.

Image is from the film 'The Man Standing Next' (2021). A man in a suit stands in front of a sleek black car.

GFF REVIEW: ‘The Man Standing Next’ (2020) is a Tale of Intrigue and Espionage delivered at a Snail’s Pace.

By: Jack Cameron 13th Mar 202111th Mar 2021

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With a huge cast of characters, each with their own loyalties and motivations, ‘The Man Standing Next’ feels very similar to the intrigue of a royal court.

GFF Review: ‘Dreams on Fire’(2021) is a Neon-Drenched Exploration of Tokyo Dance Culture

By: Jack Cameron 12th Mar 202111th Mar 2021

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‘Dreams on Fire’ is a film that’s clearly entranced with its subject matter and it’s designed to make its audience feel exactly the same way.

Image from the documentary 'Eye of the Storm' (2021). Eldery painter James Morrison sits in a close up, wearing an apron as he talks to someone behind the camera.

GFF REVIEW: ‘Eye of the Storm’ (2021) is an Endearing Look at an Artist Late in His Career

By: Jack Cameron 5th Mar 20211st Mar 2021

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Eye of the Storm is an account of the highly celebrated Scottish landscape artist James Morrison in what would, sadly, turn out to be the final months of his life.

Image from the film 'Iorram (Boat Song)'. Three boats sit in the water, a fairly small blue boat sits at the centre, with a smaller brown boat to its left. Between them, two men on a lifeboat paddle towards the bigger boat.

GFF REVIEW: ‘Iorram (Boat Song)’ (2021) is a Gentle Collage of Living History

By: Jack Cameron 4th Mar 20211st Mar 2021

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Iorram is a piece of actual history presented as cinema. Or more accurately, as its subtitle suggests, as a piece of traditional poetry and song.

Image from the film the film 'The Sowrdsman'. Two men in ancient Korean dress are fighting one another, their swords hitting in the middle.

GFF REVIEW: ‘The Swordsman’ (2020) is Enjoyable but Nothing New

By: Jack Cameron 2nd Mar 20211st Mar 2021

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Despite how snugly The Swordsman fits within this oft-explored genre, it is nonetheless a solidly entertaining piece of work with well-developed characters.

Image from the film Creation Stories. A man and woman sit at a coffee table, both are looking at something to their right that seems to be funny.

GFF REVIEW: ‘Creation Stories’ (2021) is a Self-Indulgent Disappointment

By: Jack Cameron 25th Feb 202122nd Feb 2021

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Taking an exciting and fascinating part of British musical history the film chooses to explore it and explain it through one specific pair of rose-tinted glasses.

Food, Femininity and First Time Filmmaking: An Interview with Lucy Brydon, Director of ‘Body of Water’

By: Sophie Butcher 7th Mar 20208th Mar 2020

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Lucy Brydon talks to Flip Screen about her debut feature ‘Body of Water’, the experience of premiering it at GFF, and being a first time filmmaker.