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Glasgow Film Festival 2025: THE SURFER
Glasgow Film Festival 2025: THE SURFER

The Surfer feels like a natural fit for Nicolas Cage, and what follows is – for better or worse – pretty much exactly what you would assume from him.

LAST BREATH: An All Killer, No Filler Deep-Sea Docudrama
LAST BREATH: An All Killer, No Filler Deep-Sea Docudrama

Last Breath is a movie that strips away all the Hollywood fluff, but turns in a delightfully-tense docudrama-thriller.

HOUSE OF SPOILS: Mostly Just Rotten Food
HOUSE OF SPOILS: Mostly Just Rotten Food

House of Spoils is striking and interesting at first, but by the time the action comes it is too little, too late.

COMPANION: Not Your Typical Robot Buddy
COMPANION: Not Your Typical Robot Buddy

It’s 97 minutes of pure bonkers cinema and it deserves to be watched by as many people as possible.

THE QUIET ONES: Going Through the Motions

Teal and orange have made a serious comeback, at least in Frederik Louis Hviid’s new…

EAT THE NIGHT: A Clumsy but Emotionally Resonant Gamer Thriller
EAT THE NIGHT: A Clumsy but Emotionally Resonant Gamer Thriller

In the end Eat the Night manages to make myself, a video-game skeptic, more of a believer of its affecting power.

ARMAND: The Performance of Truth

Armand is at its best when it serves as a showcase for its quartet of talented lead actors.

NOVOCAINE: Sometimes Love Don't Feel Like It Should
NOVOCAINE: TRAILER 1

In Novovaine, Jack Quaid joins the growing list of everyman actors headlining fish-out-of-water action movies.

WOLF MAN: is a Dog
WOLF MAN is a Dog

The best that can be said for Wolf Man is that, like its well-intentioned yet nevertheless obviously doomed protagonist, its heart is in the right place. 

BABYGIRL: Who’s Your Daddy?
BABYGIRL: Who’s Your Daddy?

Babygirl’s depictions of kink, while surface-level can ultimately be read as an intricate and compelling portrait of powerplay as direction. 

STRANGE DARLING: A Six Chapter Thriller Masterclass
STRANGE DARLING: A Six Chapter Thriller Masterclass

Strange Darling is fresh and original, a thriller for the ages on an indie budget.

The Coder: Tense, Tight, and Thrilling
The Coder: Tense, Tight, and Thrilling

One of the marks of a good short film is that it leaves you longing for more, and that’s the case with The Coder.

BLACK CAB: The Everything Bagel Of Road Horror

Black Can is worth a one time watch, if for no other reason than to see Nick Frost really let loose.

WOMAN OF THE HOUR: The Right Focus

Woman of The Hour did an amazing job of capturing a time and place while still keeping it relevant for today’s world.

HERETIC: An Admirable But Empty Puzzlebox 
HERETIC: An Admirable But Empty Puzzlebox 

While it may be highly satisfying to watch while its puzzlebox is winding through its narrative gears, Heretic is a box with nothing hidden inside.