Graeme Strachan

@The_reviewist

Graeme Strachan is a writer, editor, and journalist based in Edinburgh. He has been a critic and reviewer for over 15 years in areas including theatre, video games and restaurant critique; and likes to dabbles in film and television production. He lives in hope for the day where he finds a more profitable use for his Classical Studies degree than obscure questions in a pub quiz.

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The Last Days of American Crime

The Showgirls of action movies

The Cameraman

As much a delight as when it was filmed almost a century ago

The Droving

A low budget folk horror that’s well worth seeking out

The Final Wish

If you’re craving a demonic horror, be careful what you wish for

Destry Rides Again

A smart and revolutionary Western that deserves its place in the annals of the genre

The Iron Mask

It’s hard to dislike this charming but vapid fantasy schlock

The Wolf Hour

Too weary, slow and dreary to save itself from mediocrity

Edinburgh Filmhouse

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

The powerful magic of believing in your own dreams against all odds

Manon

A fascinating artefact of French post-war cinema

Edinburgh Filmhouse

A Hidden Life

A commanding tone poem on the nature of conscience

Congo

An occasionally compelling if ultimately unsatisfying re-telling of true events.

Edinburgh Filmhouse

Knives Out

A modern movie twist on the traditional whodunnit

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The great expose of the dark underside of the American dream re-released in pristine form

Prey

Some good ideas and performances wasted in a bog-standard horror film

Apollo 11

A stunning documentary celebration of one of mankind’s greatest achievements

Edinburgh Filmhouse

Farming

An unfocused but intriguing autobiography of troubled youth

Rabid

A campy but fun low-rent remake of the 1970s body-horror classic

Thunder Road

A brutally funny exploration of the fragility of modern masculinity

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The hard hitting tale of Aboriginal oppression and violent revenge still packs a punch

Klute

Jane Fonda excels in this seminal 70s neo-noir thriller

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

The LGBTQI cult classic musical gets a fabulous Blu-ray treatment

Weird Science

A solid package of a lesser film from a legendary 80s director.

Coming Home

Jane Fonda’s Vietnam veteran passion project is still moving 40 years on.

Edinburgh Filmhouse

Memoir of War

Marguerite Duras’ autobiographical howl of pain fails to translate to the big screen, despite some fine performances