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: 447

Other Articles: 63

Becky

Bereaved adolescent meets Nazi home invaders in gory Grindhouse update

Spiral

Impressive queer take on folk horror with superb central performance

Made in Hong Kong

Cult drama gets through on sheer energy and chaotic exuberance

Sanzaru

Modern haunted house tale of real delicacy and empathy

Interview

Xia Magnus

Film in the Time of Corona. We speak to writer and director Xia Magnus about his debut feature Sanzaru and the future of indie cinema after the pandemic

Lucky

Absurdist thriller with a bluntly feminist message

Mara

Painfully derivative horror wastes a great premise

She Dies Tomorrow

Impressively independent but frustratingly amorphous existential drama

Buster Keaton: 3 Films (Volume 3)

Another fine ‘trip-tych’ of Buster Keaton at his pratfalling best

News

Save Monkey Barrel Fundraiser

Edinburgh venue announces fundraiser packed with Fringe favourites

Random Acts of Violence

Life imitates art imitating life in brutal postmodern slasher

Free Country

Detective thriller rich in period detail but light on sleuthing

Five Graves to Cairo

Weirdly comic wartime drama from the great Billy Wilder

The Man Who Laughs

Classic silent melodrama is deeper than its uncanny hero suggests

The Pool

Intentionally ridiculous high-concept creature feature is tremendous fun

Impetigore

Intriguing Indonesian horror only mildly marred by some sloppy writing

Lake of Death

Beautiful but generic Norwegian horror fails to make a splash

Opinion

The Wee Review BFI Japan Countdown

Our writers count down their favourite Japanese films

Three Outlaw Samurai

Angry and class-conscious samurai debut dismantles the Japanese codes of honour

Three Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations Starring Bela Lugosi

Iconic horror star in trilogy of adaptations of an iconic horror writer

Life is a Long Quiet River

Beloved French child-swap comedy too scattershot for genuine insight

Mr Vampire

Decidedly daft Hong Kong classic that animated a wave of east Asian supernatural comedies

The Beach House

No safety in self-isolation in this indie gem of microbial menace

Hiroshima

Sober, sombre depiction of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath