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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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

Tremors

Still as fresh, as fun, and as hilarious as the day it was made

Josep

An occasionally touching, and often harrowing experience

Schoolgirls

A soulful and realistic, if broadly unsatisfying, portrayal of 1990s Spanish adolescence

Versus

Cult classic looks dated but remains a landmark of lo-fi excess

Trial By Fire

Good performances let down by workmanlike pacing and unimaginative structure

Cinema Paradiso

Glorious film delights in all that is magical about the cinema

Dead Slow Ahead

An uncanny and dreamlike vision of an everyday technological wonder