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Film Review: Initiation

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Blu-Ray Review: Carla’s Song

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Film Review: Zana

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With the rapid pace of progress in science, technology and medicine, along with the absence of any recent major wars, life expectancy is steadily rising around the world. It’s now not unusual for people to live to one hundred, but longer lifespans bring their own problems. Governments have yet to come up with a way …

Whilst it’s a truism that Americans like their politics, they absolutely adore their political dynasties. The Clintons are the latest in a line of families who have coveted the most powerful seat in the country. However, whilst the Bush clan are their closest recent competitors, it will forever be the Kennedys who inspire such love …

A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a …

There have been many different responses to mental illness throughout the ages. In the ancient world it was often conflated with divine communication. In mediaeval times, it was largely viewed as demonic or diabolical possession. As we entered the latter part of the last millennium, we increasingly chose to lock-up ‘the insane’ in establishments like …

Throughout history, disagreements between families, friends or neighbours have often escalated rapidly to become all our feuds. The resulting acrimony, destruction and bloodshed is often way out of proportion to the original dispute. This has been reflected in art throughout the ages, from Romeo and Juliet through Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? to Bad Neighbours. …

2018 will go down as a landmark in the history of cinema. Finally, after so many false starts and aborted attempts, we’ll be able to see The Man Who Killed Don Quixote on the big screen. It’s a film Terry Gilliam has been trying to make since 1989. There have been countless close calls over …

If you ever happen across a man laid in the middle of the pavement or cavorting up a tree, there’s a fair chance that it’s Andy Goldsworthy. The British artist has based his remarkable career on his relationship with nature and the environment around him. The celebrated and award-winning land artist, sculptor and photographer even …

The collateral damage of civil war is all-encompassing and unforgiving; a brutal setting for tense negotiations, especially when the results could have monumental consequences. The Negotiator is in cinemas from 10 August.

One of the most compelling and consistent motifs to be found in cinema is that of the fish out of water. It’s a premise which works particularly well in comedies. The likes of Back to the Future, Enchanted, Pleasantville, Big, The Gold Rush and The Jerk all use the notion of a person thrown into …

In the history of South American cinema, Paraguay has traditionally been merely a footnote. However, the 21st century has seen an upturn in fortunes. Whilst this has been a slow and gradual process, today it’s not that uncommon to stumble across the country’s output at a film festival. Remarkable given it was only in 2015 …