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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.

LFF Review: Ex-Libris – The New York Public Library

Libraries have played pivotal roles within societies dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks, ancient Egyptians and even the Sumerians. In more modern times, they’ve been a vital…

Film Review: Pecking Order

There’s nothing like a bit of competition to get the blood flowing. It’s an area where documentaries often come into their own. As humans, we’re determined to win, whether were…

Blu-Ray Review: The Legend of the Holy Drinker

Whilst he’s best known for playing a replicant in Blade Runner or a mysterious black knight in Ladyhawke, Rutger Hauer has had an eclectic and highly durable career in front…

Incoming: Brimstone

Our heroine is Liz (Dakota Fanning), a young and beautiful woman who is being hunted by a vengeful Preacher (Guy Pearce) – a diabolical extremist and her nemesis. But Liz…

Blu-Ray Review: The Suspicious Death of a Minor

The first gialli films are considered to be Mario Bava’s The Girl Who Knew Too Much and Blood and Black Lace. However, it was Dario Argento’s The Bird with the…

Incoming: Last Days in the City

Downtown Cairo, 2009. Khalid, a 35 year old filmmaker is struggling to make a film that captures the soul of his city while facing loss in his own life. With…

Blu-Ray Review: See No Evil (Indicator Series)

The loss of a sense is an obviously devastating and life changing experience. Whilst the body and mind can gradually adjust, there’s a period where every day becomes a new…

Incoming: Our Last Tango

Written and directed by German Kral (The Last Applause, Música Cubana), Our Last Tango tells the life and love story of Argentina’s most celebrated tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and…

Incoming: Tramontane

Tramontane, literally ‘one who lives on the other side of the mountain’, tells the story of Rabih, a blind musician searching for his true identity after discovering his identification card…

Film Review: On Body and Soul

Dreams still remain one of the most mysterious aspects of sentient life. There’s a whole section of literature purely concerned with trying to decode them. We’ll probably never know if…

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