You’ve Been Trumped filmmaker Anthony Baxter’s new documentary about Scottish landscape painter James Morrison presents an unexpectedly tender portrait of the artist as an old man. Unlike his previous high-profile films – about former US president Donald Trump’s corporate assault on the Aberdeenshire coastline and a town in crisis thanks to civic negligence of its water system in Flint, Michigan – Eye of the Storm sees Baxter in quieter, more reflective mode in his home town of Montrose. Eye of the Storm, a reference to Morrison’s habit of painting outside in all weathers for most of his career, was filmed by Baxter during the last two years of his life. The Glasgow-born artist, who trained under David Donaldson at the city’s school of art in the early 1950s, died last August at the age of 88 after a career spanning six decades. Morrison’s quest to paint people-free transcendent moments in time and space took him all over the world, but he is best remembered f
New Ayrshire film festival to stream free movies to make cinema experience accessible for all
Four of Ayrshire’s key film exhibitors have teamed up to deliver Ayrshire Flix – a series of free online film screenings using the latest in streaming technology
Hunt For The Wilderpeople will be shown (Image: Dumfries And Galloway Standard)
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Glasgow Film Festival presents Welcome To: a programme shining a light on Black Scottish filmmaking Feature by Jamie Dunn | 02 Feb 2021
Film festivals fulfil many functions. They provide a platform for emerging and established artists to present their new work to audiences. They allow critics to take the temperature on whatâs happening in cinema around the world. They bring the film industry together to discuss the state of their profession and spark ideas off of one another. But perhaps the most important role of the film festival is as a portal to reappraise film legacies or cast a fresh eye over cinema history.