Blu-Ray Review: Iron Monkey
When it comes to the Hong Kong film industry, I’d argue that no one who has been more important and influential over the last 35 years or so than Tsui…
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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 Waldheim Waltz
With populism on the rise and the likes of Donald Trump in power in America and Sebastian Kurz in Austria, we’re in an incredibly dangerous period in world politics. At…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: On Her Shoulders
The media are fickle creatures. When a story or an issue is hot, they’re falling over themselves to cover every aspect and angle. When interest wanes, it almost feels like…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Quiet Earth
Writers have long had a fascination with the concept of a post-apocalyptic world where only one, or very few, human(s) remain(s). As far back as 1826, Mary Shelley broached the…
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Incoming: The Happy Prince
In a cheap Parisian hotel room Oscar Wilde lies on his death bed and the past floods back, transporting him to other times and places. Was he once the most…
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Blu-Ray Review: Last House on the Left (1972)
Until very recently when the likes of It Follows, Get Out and A Quiet Place have attracted wide and varied audiences, horror movies were often sniffed at by mainstream audiences…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Too Beautiful – Our Right to Fight
Whilst Cuba is a relatively small and poor county it has always punched above its weight in the Olympics. This is primarily down to their prowess in the boxing ring.…
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DVD Review: The Wound
Over the course of human history, taking the journey into manhood has been a pivotal moment in a boy’s life. Whilst the developed world has largely left this tradition in…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Three Identical Strangers
When an incredible story appears in the news, and then becomes even more extraordinary, you would naturally assume that a documentary will follow in due course. However, this is not…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Cleaners
When the scandal broke about Cambridge Analytica harvesting Facebook data in order to influence election campaigns, it was hardly the first negative press the company had received. Indeed, the major…
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