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Articles by Paul Risker

Exploring Perception and the Root of Weirdness: Olivier Assayas on Personal Shopper

March 23, 2017 Paul Risker 0

Olivier Assayas’ ghost story intertwined with the day to day of personal shopper Maureen Cartwright (Kristen Stewart) intrigues through the contradiction of the enthralling […]

The Gauntlet of Emotion: Ben Parker on his Claustrophobic Feature Debut The Chamber

March 23, 2017 Paul Risker 0

FrightFest has always tried to instil an emphasis on family – individuals connected by a shared affection for genre cinema. Writer-director Ben Parker’s […]

Confronting Media Representation: Ossama Mohammed on Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait

March 23, 2017 Paul Risker 0

Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait offers the audience an intimate perspective of the war torn city of Homs. Wiam Bedirxan and Ossama Mohammed have […]

No Longer the Mosquito: Director Stephen Kijak on the Revelatory Experience of We Are X

March 23, 2017 Paul Risker 0

Stephen Kijak’s documentary We Are X (2016) offers an up-close portrait of the iconic Japanese rock band X Japan. His preceding music documentaries […]

Glasgow 2017: “You learn, you grow, you emerge”: Hope Dickson Leach on The Levelling

February 17, 2017 Paul Risker 0

The Levelling (2017) is a film constructed around mystery, yet Hope Dickson Leach’s feature debut uses this as a device to accentuate the […]

Glasgow 2017: The Radiant and Haunting Past: Rachel Lambert on ‘In the Radiant City’

February 14, 2017 Paul Risker 0

Rachel Lambert’s directorial feature debut In the Radiant City (2016) is a poetic blend of atmosphere and emotion. Its movement between the past […]

Filmmaker as Optimist: Aram Rappaport on the Loneliness and Self-Doubt of The Crash

February 13, 2017 Paul Risker 0

The contemporary world continues to awake to the threat of cyber-attacks, the recent incident during the U.S election evidencing the significant threat to […]

The Lyricism of Chinese Whispers: Unifying Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes in Brexit Britain

February 13, 2017 Paul Risker 0

“I thought about adults. I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped in adult bodies…” – Neil Gaiman, […]

The Vengeful Call of the Female Loner – Alice Lowe the Making of Prevenge

February 12, 2017 Paul Risker 0

While pregnancy is typically seen as a cause for celebration, here at FrightFest, where we lean towards ‘The Dark Heart of Cinema’, we […]

Visceral Filmmaking: Ralitza Petrova on Godless and Approaching Film as an Artist

February 3, 2017 Paul Risker 0

Cinema is still only a youthful art form, and one some filmmakers will describe as an amalgamation of the other artistic mediums. To […]

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