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…
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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.
Blu-Ray Review: The Whispering Star/The Sion Sono
Sion Sono must be one of the hardest working directors currently ploughing his own unique and occasionally unwanted furrow in Japanese cinema. His films are usually, without fail, loud, brash,…
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Film Review: Western
Globalization has inexorably changed the face of the world. Since the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the membership of the (now) European Union has grown from six…
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Film Review: The Titan
As human beings, we seem to be doing our level best to destroy our planet as fast as we can. Any measures to slow-down climate change or which try and…
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Film Review: Even When I Fall
Two of the biggest social problems in the modern world are those of people trafficking and modern slavery. There are networks of criminal gangs who smuggle the innocent across borders…
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Film Review: A Gentle Creature
The spectre of authoritarianism, totalitarianism and dictatorships has cast a pall over much of Eastern European literature and film-making for generations. It has created some dour, depressing and downbeat work.…
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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…
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Incoming: Custody
After a bitter divorce, Miriam (Drucker) and Antoine (Ménochet) battle for sole custody of their son, Julien (Gioria). Miriam claims the father is violent but lacks proof. Antoine accuses her…
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Full Frame Review: Capturing the Flag
American politics has been in a state of flux for the last few years, culminating with the surprise victory of Donald Trump to become the 45th President of the United…
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Incoming: Ghost Stories
Phillip Goodman, professor of psychology, arch-skeptic, the one-man ‘belief buster’ – has his rationality tested to the hilt when he receives a letter apparently from beyond the grave. His mentor…
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