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Lynne Ramsey's bleak, beautifully photographed debut unflinchingly portrays life in a Glasgow housing project during the 1973 garbageworkers strike as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old James Gillespie (William Eadie, in a soulful debut). As the film opens, James is playing with a friend near a filthy canal behind the .. Read more

Starring	Tommy Flanagan, Bill Eadie, Mandy Matthews, Michelle Stewart
Director	Lynne Ramsay
Genres	Drama

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We Need to Talk about Tilda
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Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Tis autumn and the Oscar season is just around the corner. The Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals – and on their heels, London – will give us a preview of what we can expect in the hype and glory department. Autumn also seems to give permission to distributors to raise the IQ bar a degree or ten. According to industry wisdom, there is a significant audience that doesn’t mind smart movies but would prefer to enjoy the... Read more
Best of the Decade
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- 06 Apr 2009
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  Lynne Ramsey's bleak, beautifully photographed debut unflinchingly portrays life in a Glasgow housing project during the 1973 garbageworkers strike as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old James Gillespie (William Eadie, in a soulful debut). As the film opens, James is playing with a friend near a ...