Stories By Awais Irfan
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘Radioactive’ review: Dir. Marjane Sartrapti (2020) [GFF]
In the post Me Too era, we’ve began to see a lot of strong female-led stories making their way onto the...
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Film Reviews
/ 5 years ago‘Run’ review: Dir. Scott Graham (2020)
Just last year, the lyrical genius of Bruce Springsteen inspired coming-of-age drama Blinded by the Light; now, The Boss’ music is...
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘The Death of Dick Long’ review: Dir. Daniel Scheinert (2020) [GFF]
Back in 2016, the Daniels (Scheinert and Kwan) gave us the delightfully idiosyncratic Swiss Army Man. Now the former half of...
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Film Reviews
/ 5 years ago‘Dark Waters’ review: Dir. Todd Haynes (2020)
Todd Haynes is perhaps one of the most reliable filmmakers working today; from the soul-igniting Carol to the thrilling Safe and...
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘Parasite (B&W)’ review: Dir. Bong Joon-ho (2020) [GFF]
Hot on the heels of its sweep at the 2020 Academy Awards, Bong Joon-ho’s much-lauded Parasite returns to the big screen...
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘Promising Young Woman’ review: Dir. Emerald Fennell (2020) [GFF]
Promising Young Woman review: Promising Young Woman is not only the name of Emerald Fennell’s jet-black comedy/thriller, but it’s also an...
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Film Reviews
/ 5 years ago‘Lost Transmissions’ review: Dir. Katharine O’Brien (2020) [GFF]
For her directorial debut, Lost Transmissions, director Katharine O’Brien recounts the affecting story of a music producer suffering from schizophrenia. At...
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Interviews
/ 5 years agoSimon Pegg & Katharine O’Brien talk mental health, music and ‘Lost Transmissions’ [GFF]
During a break from M:I 7, Simon Pegg made his way to dreich GFF and embraced the rain for the premiere...
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘Our Ladies’ review: Dir. Michael Caton-Jones (2020) [GFF]
Our Ladies review: For his latest endeavour, home-grown filmmaker Michael Caton-Jones adapts Alan Warner’s beloved cult novel Sopranos – recounting the...
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Film Festivals
/ 5 years ago‘Gutterbee’ review: Dir. Ulrich Thomsen (2020) [GFF]
For Ulrich Thomsen’s sophomore feature, he presents a social satire in which a German sausage maker takes on a group of...
