Graeme Strachan

@The_reviewist

Graeme Strachan is a writer based in Edinburgh. He has been a critic and reviewer for over 15 years, covering film, theatre, video-games and restaurants. He also likes to dabble in film and television production during the day.

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Sacrilege

Watching this film is a more horrible experience than the nightmarish fates the characters experience

Kate

Assassin action drama a derivative waste of good talent

Hall

Indie horror starts well but unfortunately drifts into mediocrity

Chernobyl 1986

Entertaining, if ridiculous, tribute to the true heroes of the Chernobyl disaster

Prince of Muck

A sombre reflection on the passage of time, wearing down all things

The Road Dance

This cold and harrowing story is almost as dreich as the Hebrides it is set in

Absolute Denial

A clumsy and starkly drawn story of man’s relationship with technology

Martyr’s Lane

A modern take on a proper old fashioned ghost story

Mad God

30 years of nightmares and artistry captured in a hellscape of pure gonzo

Pig

A deep tale of grief, loss, love and human connection

Lapsis

Good ideas and worthy ideals, let down slightly by messy execution

Irezumi

Simple, sordid tale of vengeance, told with a zesty, lurid camp

Awake

An ironically titled snooze-fest of a horror film

Our Midnight

Brave effort to contend with vast, wide and difficult human topics

Gagarine

A touchdown which grounds itself in glory

The Old Ways

A novel Latin American twist on the old staple exorcism horror

Father

A parable about conviction and peaceful protest standing up against corruption

The Grand Budapest Hotel

It’s difficult to overstate the sheer delight that suffuses almost every second of this film

Sator

A slow burn of a film, filled with a sickly creeping dread

The Ascent

A desolate and unforgiving passion play rendered through the storms of a Soviet winter

The Dig

A gentle and quiet tale of subtle brilliance

Southland Tales

A beautifully unwatchable mess on a biblical scale

The Blackout: Invasion Earth

A shamelessly gung-ho alien invasion movie, with a distinctly Russian twist

Mouchette

An abstract study of poverty and domestic drudgery