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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: 855
Other Articles: 264

Zero

High-concept actions suggests potential for greatness but frustratingly takes its foot off the accelerator

Interview

Jed Hart

‘I think it’s quite a universal theme that we’ve tapped into’. We chat to the writer and director of nightmare neighbour drama Restless ahead of its screening at Glasgow Film Festival

Ebony & Ivory

There’s no perfect harmony in this deranged take on the first meeting between Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder

Interview

Damon Hill & Simon Lazenby

‘Everyone has got their inner story, their inner motivation.’ We chat to racing legend Damon Hill and producer Simon Lazenby about compelling new documentary, Hill

Spilt Milk

Deceptive kid detective tale walks an ambitious tonal tightrope and survives the odd wobble

Hill

A gripping sports documentary made with incisive storytelling nous

Elevation

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

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

Dark Match

Satan and suplexes combine in this horror homage to the DIY wrestling scene of the ’80s

Grafted

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