Scheme Birds
Placed in the hands of such technically skilled filmmakers, this important story simply soars. Jim Ross reviews SCHEME BIRDS.
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Robert The Bruce
ROBERT THE BRUCE find itself caught between two stools, and although well made, that undermines the intimate concept and commanding central performance. Jim Ross reviews at Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Mary Queen of Scots
There are many jewels in this crown, the crown itself just needs a bit of extra polish. Jim Ross reviews MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
Outlaw King
OUTLAW KING is an engaging and well made epic, but – for better or worse – is not redolent with the romanticism that allows historical epics to break out from their niche. Jim Ross reviews.
Begbie: A psychopath in plain sight
TRAINSPOTTING: a film about poverty, choices & identity. Societies allowing Begbie to exist are more brutal & manic than he is, writes Sammy Andie Bennett.
Anna and the Apocalypse
ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE gives the zombie film a surprisingly efficient twist with enormous fun. Murray Ferguson reviews at Discovery Film Festival.
Sophia Carr-Gomm Interview
Sophia Carr-Gomm took the time to talk to Jim Ross about her short THE WIDER SUN, her path to directing as well her future plans as a filmmaker.
Choose Looking Up Old Flames
Jim Ross examines the unique place of TRAINSPOTTING in Scottish pop culture and how T2 TRAINSPOTTING captures the progression of a nation since the original
Under The Skin
UNDER THE SKIN is a curious, disquieting and perplexingly superb piece of guerilla surrealism, writes Jim Ross.
Filth
FILTH is a superbly lurid and comedically pitch-black spiral into a man’s mental hell, with James McAvoy on perhaps his best form to date.