Matthew Keeley

@matthewjkeeley

Matthew is a writer and teacher who studied English Literature and Film and TV at the University of Glasgow. His debut novel, 'Turning the Hourglass', was released in 2019 and his new coming-of-age novel, The Stone in My Pocket, will be published by The Conrad Press in February 2021. He is also a cat person.

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Reviews: 165

Other Articles: 5

Glasgow's Merchant City

Ghosts

Immersive and educational experience is uneven in its effectiveness

Black Bear

Aubrey Plaza is outstanding despite an uneven, odd script

Gunda

Stark documentation of farm animals sets them in affecting new context

The Toll

Confusing genre-blending Welsh film disappoints

Sunday 11:00 – 12:00

Short film explores aftermath of a life-altering event

Phoebe Wynne
Madam

Promise of mysterious elements let down by passive protagonist

The Mark of the Bell Witch

Folklore documentary fails to engage for long

Bridges to the Past

Interesting docu-short collection exploring the progress of LGBTQ people

Love or Something Like It

Strong collection of short films exploring love, secrecy, and intimacy

Pride and Protest

Documentary spotlights the experience of queer people of colour

Online

Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story

Beautiful music documentary captures a surprising and optimistic story

Pier Kids

Documentary uncovers the lives of New York’s LGBT homeless youth

Women in Motion

Collection of short films focuses on transitions and trauma in women

Sister Tempest

Homage to 70s B-movies takes us on a visual trip

Around the Sun

Philosophy-based romance veers into navel-gazing

Clemency

Part legal thriller, part relationship drama never fully engages

Last and First Men

Meditative sci-fi artpiece is thought-provoking and hypnotic

Vision Portraits

Fascinating documentary about blind artists feels incomplete

Mark Haddon
The Porpoise

Genre experiment from popular author loses any initial engagement

I See You

Despite some clever twists, this eerie thriller remains uneven

Tori Amos
Resistance

Part memoir, part political commentary, Amos’s latest book aims to ‘out-create’ oppression

Clown Funeral [via YouTube]

Things We Chose to Save [ONLINE]

Clown Funeral’s interesting premise becomes lost in a dull plot

Jane Healey
The Animals at Lockwood Manor

Impressive debut unravels its mystery at an engaging pace with a nod to the great du Maurier

Glasgow Film Theatre

Make Up

Eerie coming-of-age drama that manipulates horror tropes