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: 573

Other Articles: 85

Her Way

Sex work drama sands away some rough edges leaving a slightly uncomfortable crowd pleaser

Yuni

Charming and candid coming-of-age story tells a familiar narrative very well

Bird Atlas

A deceptively light anti-capitalist drama with a philosophical birdsong backdrop

Interview

Interview: Lynne Davison

“I want my stories to follow people home.” We speak to the director of Mandrake about her debut film screening at Glasgow Frightfest

Interview

Interview: Bryony Dixon on Lydia Hayward

We speak to the of curator of silent film at the BFI National Archive about the career of pioneering 1920s screenwriter Lydia Hayward

The Scary of Sixty-First

Insufferable and glib comedy horror fails at every turn

Preview

Hippodrome Silent Film Festival Preview

We take a look at what’s coming up at the 12th HippFest in Bo’Ness

Preview

Sands International Film Festival Preview

We take a look at the inaugural instalment of Scotland’s newest film festival

Hellbender

The Adams’ DIY familial brand continues to impress

They Live in the Grey

Artful supernatural chiller succeeds despite conflicting narrative impulses

Opinion

10 Films to Look Forward to at Glasgow Film Festival

Film editor Kevin Ibbotson-Wight chooses some potential highlights from the upcoming Glasgow Film Festival

Slapface

Bleak fable asks a little too much of its witchy central metaphor

Emily the Criminal

Sparse and entertaining neo-noir figures out whether only crime can pay

Alice

Modern blaxploitation fable falls between two conflicting modes of storytelling

Opinion

Sundance 2022 Round-Up Part 3

A summary of some of the other films from day three of Sundance

Neptune Frost

Insane Afrofuturist musical is a beautiful mess

Hatching

Cracked body-horror fable is a spectacular debut

Babysitter

Lunatic satire on misogyny and sexual liberation will be the most acquired of tastes

Dual

Deadpan style isn’t enough to carry this high-concept sci-fi comedy

Opinion

Sundance 2022 Round-Up Part 2

A summary of some of the other films from day 2 of Sundance

Speak No Evil

Horror of manners is socially excruciating, unspeakably cruel, and rather brilliant

Call Jane

Abortion drama with curiously low stakes for such an urgent subject

Opinion

Sundance 2022 Round-Up Part 1

Brief roundup day one of Sundance 2022

The Worst Person in the World

Masterful deconstruction and restoration of the hoary old rom-com