Morven Mackay.

SNACK Magazine • 10th March 2023

Butcher’s Crossing – Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Review

Based on a John Williams novel of the same name, Butcher’s Crossing depicts the brutality and greed that almost decimated the buffalo population in the American west in the late 1800s.

SNACK Magazine • 9th March 2023

I Like Movies – Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Review

Chandler Levack’s debut feature I Like Movies transports us to 2003 where we meet Lawrence Kweller, a 17-year-old budding film bro in his final year of high school. With graduation just months away – and his dream of NYU film school set to cost a pretty penny – Lawrence gets a job in a bygone place where any cinephile of the naughties would; a video store.

SNACK Magazine • 2nd March 2023

God’s Creatures – Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Review

What would you do for the people that you love? It’s a question that has been asked and answered throughout history and cinema. For many, their reply is easy: anything. But where do you draw the line? In God’s Creatures, we see the consequences of going too far.

SNACK Magazine • 1st December 2022

SNACK Shorts: Laps

SNACK Magazine • 18th November 2022

Interview: Charlotte Wells & Frankie Corio – Aftersun

It’s not often an indie film – particularly a directorial debut – becomes one of the most anticipated features of the year. For some, a combination of luck and star power can propel them forward, but for others, it’s their ability to turn a specific experience into a familiar one that makes people stop and take notice. There is no doubt that for Aftersun, written and directed by Charlotte Wells, it is the latter. It’s not hard to see why. Aftersun is a tale of sun-faded memories that will likel

Take One Action! • 24th September 2022

Beyond the Review: Morven Mackay on 'Delikado'

We are honoured to publish this reflection as part of Take One Action’s ‘Beyond the Review‘ initiative, supported by the Year of Stories 2022 Community Stories Fund. In August 2022, we hosted a two-part workshop – delivered by by gal-dem’s First Person editor, film critic and author Katie Goh – that invited participants to explore the way personal writing and film criticism can meet. Born out of the workshops, these commissions invite a reflection on the connections between local struggles and g

SNACK Magazine • 8th September 2022

Interview: Martyn Robertson – Ride the Wave

Alone off the coast of his wee home in Tiree, Ben Larg found refuge in surfing. The sport was how he coped with the isolation he felt from his peers and, as his talent grew, so did his ambition.

SNACK Magazine • 2nd September 2022

SNACK magazine: Issue 43 – September 2022

The September 2022 issue of SNACK features interviews with: Soccer Mommy, Gentle Sinners, Plus the SNACK Student Guide 2022

Brig Newspaper • 26th April 2022

Severance is utterly outstanding ★★★★★

Every day Mark. S (Adam Scott) wakes up in an elevator on the way to his office with no memories from his outside life. At the end of the day, he doesn’t get to leave. Not really. Instead, his outside self – his outtie – takes over. At some point, Mark’s outtie decided to receive the surgical procedure known as severance, a disturbing and ethically questionable process that divides your work life and your personal life via a chip in your brain – the ultimate work/life balance. For the ‘outties

Brig Newspaper • 21st April 2022

Students report issue with study space plugs

Recent complaints from students highlight issues with plugs in the study spaces in the atrium.

Brig Newspaper • 29th March 2022

Oscars 2022: What the hell happened the other night?

Cringey hosts, bad jokes, and literal on-screen assault made the 2022 Oscars a night to remember for all the wrong reasons.

Brig Newspaper • 25th March 2022

The Worst Person in the World: Film of the year? ★★★★★

With standout star Renate Reinsve leading an incredible cast and crew, you would be remiss not to see this fantastic film by Joachim Trier.

Brig Newspaper • 14th March 2022

My Old School ★★★☆☆: The thrilling story of a real Scottish scandal

My Old School is a fun yet intense telling of a Bearsden Academy scandal that became the stuff of legend across Scotland. Part of Brig's coverage of Glasgow Film Festival.

Brig Newspaper • 6th March 2022

The Outfit ★★☆☆☆: Glasgow Film Festival

The Outfit is a stylish whodunit-esque gangster film set in the 1950s. Mark Rylance stars as Leonard, a former Saville Row Tailor trying to get by in Chicago while dealing with the politics of the city’s seedy underground. In the back of his shop there’s a lockbox looked after by the Boyle family.

Brig Newspaper • 17th February 2022

What are the changes to Tik Tok’s community guidelines?

Tik Tok has just changed its community guidelines. You probably got the banner when you opened the app and clicked ok (who reads them anyway) but what do the changes mean for your user experience?

Brig Newspaper • 11th February 2022

Fubar calls for end to vaccine passports over concerns for Night-Time hospitality

Stirling nightclub Fubar has called on MSPs to challenge the use of vaccine passports in Scotland.

Brig Newspaper • 10th February 2022

Pam & Tommy: Is it worth the watch?

Based on the article “Pam and Tommy: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Infamous Sex Tape” from Rolling Stone in 2014, Pam & Tommy tells the story of the infamous 90s sex tape scandal between Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee Jones. The Baywatch star and Mötley Crüe drummer got married back in 1995 after just four days of dating. The pair quickly became pregnant with their first son. It wasn’t long after that a sex tape of the two was leaked. People didn’t believe they had nothing to do with its

Brig Newspaper • 3rd February 2022

Is Too Good To Go worth it in Stirling?

When Too Good To Go launched in 2016, it wasn’t long before it started soaring in popularity. Its simple goal – to reduce food waste by allowing businesses to sell surplus food at a discounted rate – had clearing caught people attention.

Brig Newspaper • 3rd February 2022

What is Sci-Fi’s issue with fat people?

When we first meet Baron Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, the weight of his presence is felt instantly. He sits alone in a vast room, his naked figure peeking out from behind a wall of mist. As the camera slowly approaches him, it’s not his power we are encouraged to look at, it’s his body.

Brig Newspaper • 31st December 2021

Brig’s best of 2021: Film

With 2021 finally over, Brig looks back at the best films released this year.