Andrew Murray

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Glasgow

Big vs Small

Minna Dufton’s inspirational documentary Big vs Small centres around Portugal’s first female big wave surfer, Joana Andrade. She’s…

By Andrew Murray
Glasgow

Back to the Wharf

After his place at university is unfairly given to someone else, exemplary student Song Hao’s (Zhang Yu) day…

By Andrew Murray
Glasgow

The Swordsman

The clash of swords rings loudly in writer-director Jae-Hoon Choi’s energetic action outing, The Swordsman. The film sees…

By Andrew Murray
Glasgow

Handsome

Alex has Down’s Syndrome. His older brother Nick, now in his mid-20s, cares for him around the clock.…

By Andrew Murray
Glasgow

Black Bear

Nothing in the woods is as it seems in Black Bear, the mesmerising new feature from writer-director Lawrence…

By Andrew Murray
Glasgow

Jumbo

Jeanne (Portrait of a Lady on Fire’s Noémie Merlant) lives with her promiscuous mother (Emmanuelle Bercot) and works…

By Andrew Murray
Glasgow

Da Capo

Tae-il (Hong Isaac) is a talented musician who has begun to become disenchanted with the industry as he…

By Andrew Murray
Glasgow

My Wonderful Wanda

When single-mother Wanda (Agnieszka Grochowska) takes a job caring for the elderly Josef (Andre Jung), all seems well.…

By Andrew Murray
Glasgow

The Toll

Brendan (Kill List’s Michael Smiley) is a toll booth operator in a small Welsh town. His quiet and…

By Andrew Murray
Glasgow

The Mauritanian

Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch star in Kevin Macdonald’s latest film, The Mauritanian, a biopic based on the…

By Andrew Murray