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Glasgow Film Theatre

A Small Garden By The Window Review

This charming short packs a cozy punch, all whilst making a vital statement on the climate change crisis

Counterstrike

A solid, unpretentious piece of action entertainment

The Gorge

Fun but largely forgettable and disposable entertainment

Zero

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

La Dolce Villa

Your gran will probably enjoy and have forgotten this film in a week’s time

Ebony & Ivory

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

Eden Court

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Iranian Society exposed and damned in this fine picture

The Last Showgirl

Will wash the taste of Showgirls out of the mouths and minds of audiences

Stationed at Home

Impressive and visually gorgeous ensemble piece achieves much on a shoestring

On Falling

The dehumanising machinery of the economy depicted as a 100-minute breakdown

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

Memoir of a Snail

Insurmountable heartbreak delivered at a snail’s pace

Andrea Gets a Divorce

Arch approach mars this sardonic comedy of (accidental) crime and punishment

Ghost Cat Anzu

This Totoro-like mascot is a law-breaking, outrageously likeable charm-machine

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bittersweet return for Bridget Jones

Cottontail

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

Elevation

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

Bubble & Squeak

Limp absurdist comedy has nothing to offer besides an appealingly silly concept

Presence

A stylistically-interesting if narratively-inconsistent supernatural chiller