How the soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 cult film, set against the backdrop of the 70s porn industry, helps to cement it as a modern classic.
How David Fincher channelled the real-life obsession of those investigating the Zodiac serial killings of the late 1960s into one of the best crime thrillers of the 21st century.
Why Robert Altman made Raymond Chandler’s classic 1950s noir novel as a 70s detective story.
Can a Frat Pack comedy from the director of The Hangover really be one of the best films set in the seventies?
A mini round-up of more films from this year’s Glasgow Film Festival programme.
The Glasgow Film Festival ends with a gala screening of Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s debut film, a searing summer drama that centres on the disintegration of a Croatian family after they are visited by an old friend.
Paul Morris is the writer-director-actor-editor-cinematographer-composer behind Angry Young Men, which premiered at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival.
Paul Morris’ surreal scheme epic sees the gang hierarchy of fictional Scottish town Mauchton disturbed by a new arrival.
Nabil Ayouch’s fictionalised take on the true story of Moroccan kids who discover rap music at a youth club may have worked better as a documentary.
Erin Vassilopolous’ Hitchcockian twin-swap noir is more Psycho than The Parent Trap.
Agnieszka Woszczynska’s debut film follows a Polish couple’s trip to a rural part of coastal Italy that quickly becomes a holiday from hell.
Paul Verhoeven’s racy historical drama about a 17th century nun’s journey from saint to sinner is too silly to be anything other than a well-executed satire.
Sean Baker’s latest film sees ex-pornstar Mikey Sabre return to his hometown after a twenty-year stint in LA. In a sure-to-be career reviving performance, Simon Rex’s Sabre (steady on) searches for the next hustle that will let him leave small-town Texas for good.
Joachim Trier’s odyssey through four years of the life of Julie - a near-thirty-year-old woman struggling with an internal battle about what she wants from adult life - will resonate with every young person who watches it.
Kamila Andini’s social drama is a light-hearted portrait of an Indonesian teenager as she struggles with an internal dilemma that forces her to choose between the traditions of her Islamic community; or freedom.
Jono McLeod’s documentary about the ‘Peter Pan of Bearsden Academy’ is hilarious and oddly heart-warming.
