Incoming – Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
A documentary feature on Jane Jacobs, Robert Moses and their epic battles for the right to the city in the 20th century, and how those struggles inform, define and frame…
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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: Phenomena
Dario Argento describes Phenomena as his favourite film. Free from the usual restraining elements of family or collaborators, he allows his imagination and inventiveness to run riot. Whilst this makes…
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Blu-Ray Review: Brain Damage
Frank Henenlotter is a name you may not be familiar with unless you’re a devotee of horror cinema. However, for genre fans he’s an extremely popular figure; still regularly attending…
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Incoming: Burden
A probing portrait of Chris Burden, an artist who pushed the limits of creative expression and risked his life in the name of art. Burden is out in cinemas from…
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Blu-Ray Review: Melody
You may never have heard of a 1971 film called Melody but it marked an important moment for the British Film Industry. A new wave of screenwriters, producers and directors…
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Film Review: Harmonium
When considering Japanese cinema, the first things which spring to mind are likely to be samurais, Yakuza or devils. However, the Japanese have produced some incredibly powerful and touching family…
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Incoming: Mindhorn
When MI5 Special Operative Bruce Mindhorn was captured in the late 1980s, his eye was replaced by a super-advanced optical lie detector, which meant he could literally “see the truth.”…
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Film Festival Preview: Sci-Fi London 2017
Taking place over 10 days across the capital, Sci-fi London is an international science fiction and fantastic film festival. Comprising a whole host of World, European and UK Premieres, along…
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Incoming: Lady Macbeth
Rural England, 1865. Katherine (Florence Pugh) is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, and his cold, unforgiving family. When she embarks on a passionate…
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Blu-Ray Review: Tampopo (Criterion Collection)
The Japanese have a very special relationship with food. Often bathed in tradition and ceremony, food and drink are oft en as much about spirituality or religion than fulfilling a…
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