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EEFF Review: Charismata
When it comes to crime drama, modern British TV series often offer a no-nonsense approach to investigating murders. In many way, that’s part of their charm. Real people trying to unmask real criminals. Life isn’t always that straightforward, however. Neither is the human brain. It’s liable to play tricks on us. With the right stimulus, …
EEFF Review: Blue My Mind
The teenage years are one of the most difficult periods in everyone’s lives. Memories of that period can resemble a horror film which is too traumatising to ever think about, let alone mention. It must be doubly-hard going through it as a girl. Without even contemplating the the myriad changes taking hold of the body, …
EEFF Review: Another News Story
Whilst the profession of journalism has never exactly had a good reputation, its kudos is probably at a record low at the moment. UK journalists are often referred to as ‘parasites’. However, foreign reporters largely escape this criticism. The refugee crisis, which is still ongoing but you’d hardly know it as it no longer seems …
EEFF Review: The Outsider
Tom Meadmore made small waves with his debut film, the rip-roaring How to Lose Jobs & Alienate Girlfriends. Working as a television editor in his native Australia, he was determined to make his own film. So much so that he ended up making a documentary about two musicians chasing their dream. Unfortunately for Tom, they …
Film Review: The Marriage
It would be naïve to think that, despite the major steps forward taken over the past couple of decades in the UK, there’s no longer any stigma attached to homosexuality. However, we’re a long way ahead of many other countries and states. Whilst Kosovo, for example, may have legalised same-sex marriage in 2014, it doesn’t …
EEFF Review: Punk Voyage
In 2012, a door was opened into a strange universe. A domain only known to a small but vocal number of initiates. The phenomenon that is Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät, Finland’s most bad-ass punk band, were introduced to the world in the brilliant Punk Syndrome. Pertti, Kari, Toni and Sami taught us to avoid pedicures at …
EEFF Review: Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts
The Wild West may be a long-forgotten and largely fictionalised part of America’s past, but its mythology and tropes still captivate film-makers today. However, whilst American society has left (most of) that period of its history behind, many of the characteristics of that time are still at play in less developed countries. Indonesia, for example, …