Girl review – sensitively drawn study of social anxiety A troubled mother’s close bond with her daughter is threatened by a school friendship in Adura Onashile’s quietly powerful Glasgow-set debut The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023
Girl review – claustrophobic mother-daughter drama of immigrants in Glasgow Writer-director Adura Onashile draws out brilliant performances in story of a frightened parent restricting her child’s adventures into independence The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2023
Haunted by past horror: the powerful film about a mother and daughter in the Gorbals She won an award for the play Expensive Shit. Now Adura Onashile has made Girl, her debut film about a mother and daughter facing violence and racism in Glasgow. How autobiographical is it? The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023
Robust review – Gérard Depardieu at his larger-than-life best The French star plays an actor who forms a complex friendship with a young security guard in this refreshingly understated comedy drama The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022
Déborah Lukumuena: ‘To be on screen with the body and skin I have is already very political’ She is the youngest ever winner of a César, and wowed critics as Gérard Dépardieu’s bodyguard. Now Lukumuena, one of France’s best young actors, has found her spiritual sister in a Glasgow film-maker The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022
Gérard Depardieu profile: he’s ‘the best and worst of France’ He once downed 14 bottles of wine and counted Putin as a pal. With his new film out, what are we – and the French – to make of him? The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2022