Incoming: The Salesman
Asghar Farhadi returns with an Oscar-winning exploration of the potent power of pride, guilt and shame. The future looks promising for amateur actors Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti)…
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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.
DVD Review: Mum’s List
Grief, suffering and loss are three of the most powerful emotional triggers in cinema. There have been many films tackling the subject of terminal illness over the years. However, it’s…
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Film Review: The Olive Tree
Socially critical films fare best in times of economic strive and when the political right and nationalism are on the rise. We’re in the midst of one such period and…
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Incoming: Personal Shopper
Writer/director Olivier Assayas (Clouds Of Sils Maria) returns with Personal Shopper, an ethereal and mysterious ghost story. Kristen Stewart stars as Maureen, a young American living in Paris and working…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Chamber
Whether you suffer from claustrophobia or not, it’s a good bet that you feel uncomfortable in a confined space. Film makers have often played on this fear. And a small…
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Incoming: Get Out
Now that Chris and his girlfriend have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate. At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behaviour…
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Film Review: Gleason
As anyone who has spent five days in a dark room at a documentary film festival will attest, it can be extremely gruelling experience. Whilst death is never far from…
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Blu-Ray Review: Two Rode Together
Whilst the buddy movie may seem like a fairly recent phenomenon, it’s a devise which has cut through genre and era since the early days of cinema. Westerns have seen…
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Incoming: A Silent Voice
Shoko, a young Deaf student, transfers to a new school where she is bullied by Shoya for her hearing impairment. While Shoya originally leads the class in bullying Shoko, the…
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Film Review: Uncertain
Uncertain is a town with a, well, uncertain future. On the Texan boarder with Louisiana, it has a population which numbers a mere 94 disparate souls. It’s not a place…
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