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Pierre  Clémenti in Wheel of Ashes Pierre  Clémenti was one of the most mercurial personalities on the French film scene of the ’60s and ’70s, and one who embodied the period’s aspirations and contradictions better than most. Lethally handsome, he was being groomed for stardom by the mainstream film industry, but after appearing in a … Continue reading An Evening With Pierre Clementi

David Archibald and Carl Lavery The  social and political upheaval of 1968 didn’t erupt out of nowhere; many of the issues and ideas that would emerge during that year were already there in embryo in 1967, as  explored by Glasgow Rock Dialogues. Glasgow Glam Rock Dialogues is the unlikely but intriguing title of a series … Continue reading Glasgow Glam Rock Dialogues

The Cuban revolution was one of the defining moments for early ’60s politics, one whose repercussions would echo throughout the decade. Fidel Castro’s example would be held up as an example of revolution against colonial interests, and his right hand man Che Guevara would literally become a poster boy for revolution on thousands of bedroom … Continue reading Memories of Underdevelopment

Glasgow Short Film Festival has established itself as one of Scotland’s most consistently interesting and ambitious film festivals, through an imaginative programme with an international reach. Short films often – essentially – break down into two kinds – short narrative films made by younger directors as calling cards into the industry, which may often repeat … Continue reading The Long and the Short of It

Apichatpong Weerasethakul is one of the most remarkable directors working in contemporary cinema.  He has created a dazzling series of narrative features, shorts and installations, united by their playfulness and their sheer visual and aural beauty, which constitute one of the most singular and distinctive bodies of work in twenty first century cinema. His cinema … Continue reading Lucid Dreamer

Radical Film Network Scotland comes back in 2018 with this invitation to reflect on how a radical 1968 inspires the future. RFN 681868 expression of interest pdf Continue reading 18 – 68 – 18: Call for Expressions of Interest

Machines in Heaven interviewed by Brian Beadie  Radical Film Network Scotland isn’t just about film screenings, but about social events allowing filmmakers, activists and academics to meet and discuss issues around radical film. And also to party. Tonight sees a Love Music Hate Racism gig at the QMU, with one of Glasgow’s more interesting younger bands, … Continue reading Love Music, Hate Racism with Machines in Heaven

Stephen Dwoskin was an American avant garde filmmaker who, after training as a painter,  would move to London to help cofound the London Filmmaker’s Co-op. If his early American work would be indebted to, and indeed build on Warhol’s early work, in London he would develop a highly personal style of filmmaking far removed  from … Continue reading Pain Is…

Radical Film Network has begun, and one of the most interesting aspects of the varied programme is Radical Home Cinema, which allows the public to watch films in the homes and workspaces of people involved with radical film. One of the most unusual events on the programme has to be Artful Dodgers, a short satire … Continue reading No Mean Streets

An Interview with David Archibald by Brian Beadie The first Radical Film Network Scotland Festival and Unconference is about to begin, but obviously its very title begs the question; what is a radical film? The notion of radicalism is a much contested one, with one (wo)man’s radicalism another’s retrograde. I spoke to Radical Film Network … Continue reading What is a Radical Film?