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: 269

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

Inferno of Torture

Blood, tattoos and bare flesh galore in Japanese counter-cultural weirdness that lives up to its title

Zombie for Sale

Festival favourite zom-com is a pale imitation of the films that spawned it

Saint Frances

Surprisingly bold and frank depiction of a woman’s summer of upheaval

Fanny Lye Deliver’d

Politics and religion are inseparable in moody, ambient folk horror

A Foreign Affair

Admirably audacious romantic comedy from one of the greats

Throw Down

Distinctive and idiosyncratic judo drama

The Specialists

Solid French western from the spaghetti legend Sergio Corbucci

Blood Quantum

Canny Native American bite at the zombie genre with impressive brutality

Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse

Slow cinema meets folk horror in strange and unsettling Alpine fable

Danger Close

Effective meat and potatoes combat thriller

Kwaidan

Richly theatrical anthology of uncanny Japanese ghost stories

Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain

Landmark Hong Kong wuxia is messy, demented fun

Why Don’t You Just Die

Hilarious Russian splatterfest with ingenious storytelling

The Wind

Largely bloodless and cack-handed European-set slasher

Rio Grande

Assembly-line studio western with a focus on family dynamics

Faith Based

Gently satirical comedy on the Christian film industry lacks bite but has charm to spare

Cineworld

The Other Lamb

Blunt but effective symbolism abounds in poetic cult drama

Glasgow Film Theatre

The Perfect Candidate

Charming, direct drama sees a Saudi woman take on local politics