Blu-ray Review: Daisies
I’m a miserable bastard when it comes down to it but one film which will always make me a little giddy is Daisies. Věra Chytilová’s punk masterpiece is brimming with…
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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.
Incoming: Fahrenheit 9/11
Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9” is a provocative and comedic look at the times in which we live. It will explore the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How…
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LFF Review: The Guilty
Nowadays, most thrillers you see on the big screen have eye-boggling budgets, multiple action set-pieces and often big dollops of CGI. However, tension isn’t something that can be merely bought.…
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Blu-Ray Review: McQueen
The fashion industry is hardly the most lively and imaginative world at the best of times. Whilst it’s often dominated by a stuffy and snobbish clique, it’s always one full…
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Blu-ray Review: The Fog
Whether it’s sitting around a camp fire or snuggled-up in front of a fireplace on a dark and stormy night, there’s nothing quite like a ghost story to send a…
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Incoming: Halloween
Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly…
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LFF Review: School’s Out
The continuing appeal and obsession with Twin Peaks, now for another generation, demonstrates how much he love a good mystery. Indeed, David Lynch is the grand master of the abstruse…
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Film Review: Science Fair
The world is a complete an utter mess. As we face a race against time to save our planet from its premature demise, politicians are more interested in money, power…
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LFF Review: Burning
Whilst slick action films, sickly romantic comedies and stylish horrors may dominate at the box office, Lee Chang-dong is arguably the greatest living Korean director. Over a career which has…
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DVD Review: The Dark
When we consider horror cinema, our first thoughts are likely to drift to zombies, monsters, serial killers, the supernatural or paranormal. Whilst our imaginations or fantasies can be frightening, nothing…
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