20 Films To See At The Glasgow Film Festival

Griff the Invisible

The Film: An ordinary Aussie ( True Blood 's Ryan Kwanten) dons a superhero disguise to try and make something of his boring life.

Where and When? Cineworld Renfrew St, Thursday 24th February, 18:30 + Friday 25th February, 20:45

Hobo With A Shotgun

The Film: Rutger Hauer's hobo, fed up with taking other people's shit, grabs a shotgun and goes loco.

You Instead

The Film: An American pop star (Luke Treadaway) accidentally gets handcuffed to a rock chick at a music festival.

Battle Royale 3D

The Film: Kinji's Fukasaku's cult classic about a class of Japanese teenagers forced to fight to the death... now in 3D.

The Eagle

The Film: The Festival's Closing Gala is Kevin MacDonald's long-awaited swords-and-sandals epic about a centurion (Channing Tatum) in Roman-occupied Scotland on the hunt for his father's missing legion.

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

The Film: Infernal Affairs ' Andy Lau plays Detective Dee in this explosive blend of period mystery and action movie.

Profondo Rosso

The Film: aka Deep Red , this is the story of a music teacher (David Hemmings) investigating a series of brutal murders linked by an eerie child's tune.

Upside Down: The Creation Records Story

The Film: Documentary charting the rise and fall of the 1990s most hedonistic record label, home to Oasis, Primal Scream and Super Furry Animals.

How I Ended This Summer

The Film: Things get complicated between two Russians working on an Arctic island when one fails to pass on some devastating news to his colleague.

Superman 2: The Richard Donner Cut

The Film: The planned sequel to the Man of Steel blockbuster that was refilmed and recut after original director Donner was fired and replaced with Richard Lester.

Rubber

The Film: A psychic tyre seeks vengeance on mankind when it sees its fellow rubber rings being left to burn.

New Low

The Film: Twenty-something romantic Wendell is crippled by comic indecision between two would-be girlfriends.

Beyond

The Film: Austere Swedish drama about a woman (Noomi Rapace) reunited with the mother she never knew she had.

Heavy Metal

The Film: The 1981 animated anthology of stories from cult magazine Heavy Metal, including WWII zombies and robot sex.

Mother's Day

The Film: Yet another horror remake, this time of the 1980 slasher flick about a family of nutters led by their psycho mom.

I Saw The Devil

The Film: Korean revenge thriller about a secret agent who goes rogue to catch the serial killer who murdered his fiance.

Meryl Streep Season

The Film(s): Some of Streep's finest roles, from The Deer Hunter to The Devil Wears Prada , via Sophie's Choice and A Cry in The Dark (pictured).

Island

The Film: A young woman (Natalie Press) travels to a remote Scottish island to seek revenge on the mother (Janet McTeer) who abandoned her.

William S Burroughs: A Man Within

The Film: Documentary about the hugely influential Beat author, whose drug-fuelled writing inspired countless writers, directors and musicians.

Battleship Potemkin (with Zombie Zombie)

The Film: Sergei Eisenstein's 1926 masterpiece of Soviet montage and massacre gets a sonic overhaul from live band Zombie Zombie.