Jackson Caines - The Glass Magazine

Glass interviews Maori Karmael Holmes, CEO and Artistic Director of BlackStar Film Festival

August 13, 2020

THE Philadelphia-based BlackStar Film Festival describes itself as “an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global communities of color, showcasing films b...

Glass explores the best recent foreign language films

Jackson Caines

July 9, 2020

Culture, Feature

The most interesting new films are being made in languages other than English. Don’t let a prejudice against subtitles stop you from seeing them What, if anything, do you remember from the Golden G...

Glass reviews White Riot – Rubika Shah’s film about the Rock Against Racism movement

Jackson Caines

May 5, 2020

Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Feature

“We want rebel music, street music. Music that breaks down people’s fear of one another. Crisis music. Now music. Music that knows who the real enemy is. LOVE MUSIC. HATE RACISM.” - Rock Against Racism statemen...

The Glass guide to the top 10 long films to watch in isolation

Jackson Caines

April 30, 2020

Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Feature, Film

SOMETIMES one film just isn’t enough, especially when you have a lot of free time on your hands, but maybe it can be with the latest Glass Guide. Ranging from 152 minutes to 572 minutes, we have selected the to...

Glass interviews Hong Khaou about his new film Monsoon

Jackson Caines

October 10, 2019

Feature, Film

LONDON-BASED filmmaker Hong Khaou won critical acclaim for his 2014 debut feature, Lilting, a touching low-budget drama which examined the emotional turmoil following the death of a young Chinese-Cambodian-Brit...

Glass speaks to director Peter Mackie Burns about his new feature Rialto

Jackson Caines

October 8, 2019

Feature, Film

PETER Mackie Burns’s 2017 debut feature Daphne won plaudits for its portrayal of a complex female protagonist in crisis. He spoke to Jackson Caines about his new film Rialto, a Dublin-set drama which puts mascu...

Glass reviews Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory

Jackson Caines

August 22, 2019

Culture, Feature

IN A global film market saturated with new releases, a new Pedro Almodóvar title remains an event. His 21st feature finds him in a reflective mood, confronting memory and mortality in a film that is elegant, su...

Glass reviews the Harry Wootliff film – Only You

Jackson Caines

July 18, 2019

Cinema, Culture, Feature, Film

CAN love survive when the dreams that sustained it start to fade? Can any amount of passion overcome the dispassionate laws of biology? Imagined futures and present realities clash harshly in romantic drama Onl...

Glass reviews The Kindergarten Teacher

Jackson Caines

March 15, 2019

Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Feature

IN THE Kindergarten Teacher’s first scene, protagonist Lisa (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is opening the classroom blinds at the start of the school day. It’s the first of a few smart symbols in Sara Colangelo’s assured ...

Glass reviews Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War – the geopolitical is personal

Jackson Caines

August 14, 2018

Culture, Feature, Film

–You and me, we’re like America and Russia We’re always keeping score We’re always balancing the power And that can get to be a cold, cold war Joni Mitchell, ‘Blue Motel Room’ WITH its drawn-out tensions...

A trip to La La Land – Glass reviews the newly released musical

Jackson Caines

January 18, 2017

Cinema, Culture, Feature

ARRIVING in cinemas cresting a tidal wave of hype, La La Land promises to be the feel-good musical balm to soothe audiences rattled by 2016. Its massive anticipation rests both on director Damian Chazelle’s sta...

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