Kevin Ibbotson-Wight
@weaklemondrink
Borders-born Edinburgh based worker/ writer/ runner/ sleeper. A good book, a good film, or a good show and I'm a very happy chap.
Reviews: 871
Other Articles: 267
My Name is Alfred Hitchcock
Engaging, career-spanning examination of Hitchcock’s work with a curious but entertaining conceit
Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Preview
We look ahead to the latest installment of the excellent Glasgow Film Festival
Sundance 2023 Round-Up Part 4
Yet another round-up from Sundance finds a varied selection of films and various degrees of quality
Sundance 2023 Round-Up Part 3
Both qualified failures and qualified successes in our third installment of quick-capsule reviews
Animalia
Stunningly beautiful metaphysical sci-fi fever dream contains unfathomable mysteries and whispers of more to come
In My Mother’s Skin
Frustrating pacing blunts the potency of a strikingly dark and violent fairy tale
Polite Society
Wonderfully dynamic and restlessly inventive comedy, action thriller, family drama, and everything in between
birth/rebirth
Ferocious and deeply troubling medical horror finds a new way to deal with the theme of trauma
Run Rabbit Run
Australian Mummy-issues horror pales considerably next to other films dealing with similar themes
Sometimes I Think About Dying
Quiet and thoughtful little character piece that sadly fails to strike a real chord
Adura Onashile
We speak to the writer and director of Girl about the Glasgow-set drama screening at Sundance and opening Glasgow Film Festival
Dreaming Walls
Elegiac ode to the counter-cultural hotspot the Hotel Chelsea, and the residents who are left long after its heyday
Sorry About the Demon
Comedy-horror is as breezy as its title suggests, but brings enough scares to keep most inner demons sated
