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Rob Aldam

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Rob worked on a number of online music magazines, both as a writer and editor, before concentrating on his first love - film. After stints as Cultural and Film Editor on local magazines, he took up residency as Film Editor at Backseat Mafia. He specialises in covering world cinema, independent film, documentaries, and championing the underdog.

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Revenge of the Diva

As Andy Warhol so presciently opined, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes”. In today’s fast-paced world, a celebrity is soon forgotten. Even if their fame has…

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Your Turn

Whilst in today’s enlightened society students often get tarnished as drunk, cannabis-smoking layabouts, there was a time in Europe when they were often seen as the group most likely to…

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Midnight Family

Featuring car chases, high jinks and life-threatening situations, Midnight Family is a fascinating glimpse into a morally ambiguous industry.

Incoming: Balloon

Balloon is a German thriller that deals with the crossing of the inner German border of the families Strelzyk and Wetzel from the GDR to West Germany with a homemade…

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Searching Eva

Long gone are the days when you actually had to know someone to get a glimpse into their lives. The internet has allowed us to share our everyday existence with…

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Hi, AI

The relationship between man and machine has always been a complex one. Humans seem to have an implicit need to create in our own image. Whilst at the same time,…

Blu-Ray Review: Escape Room

Humans love a good conundrum. Whether it’s the Sunday Times crossword or taking part in one of the myriad ‘escape rooms’ which have shot up around the world, there’s something…

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: A Wild Stream

Today, time seems to fly by in a dazzling haze. There’s so much going on around us and life moves as such a fast pace that it’s easy to forget…

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Once Aurora

The music industry is a brutal place. Whilst the rise of Youtube, Instagram and other social media provided another route to stardom, the same exploitative industry system of managers and…

Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Brink

The Brink gives him space to breathe and in doing so affords the audience a glimpse into what makes him tick.

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