

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: 832
Other Articles: 227

Cottontail
Beautiful Anglo-Japanese debut sees a Tokyo widower adrift in Cumbria with his wife’s ashes

10 to See at Glasgow Film Festival
We take a look at the GFF programme for some choice picks

Elevation
Mountainous post-apocalyptic thriller is made with genre smarts but displays its influences like open wounds



The Virgin of the Quarry Lake
Simple but hugely effective supernatural drama sandblasts all the sentiment from the coming of age narrative

Khartoum
Vital and inspiring first-person perspectives on a war that is in danger of being forgotten


GEN_
Sober but quietly moving documentary of a maverick doctor operating on the edges of populist Italy


Glasgow Frightfest 2025 Line-up Announced
We take a look at the latest installment of the iconic horror festival

Grafted
Impressive skin-peeling body horror debut wears the faces of a thousand influences to good effect

Into the Deep
Yet another dull and generic shark attack flick that barely deserves to swim in the same waters as Jaws: The Revenge

The Girl in the Pool
Former heart throb becomes possible heart attack in passable single-location thriller





The Apprentice
An empty vessel of a biopic offering little insight on its already media-saturated sbject



Samizdat: Eastern European Film Festival
We take a look at the third installment of the Eastern European Film Festival

