Incoming: Demolition
Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), a successful investment banker, struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash. Despite pressure from his father in law Phil (Chris Cooper) to pull it…
Share
Posts by author
Rob Aldam
3316 posts
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.
Film Review: A Flickering Truth
War is always costly and the human toll is normally devastating to those countries, communities and groups involved. However, the cultural cost of conflicts is less widely reported. Terror groups,…
Share
Incoming: Son of Saul
Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and Golden Globe, Son of Saul is Hungarian director László Nemes’ blistering debut feature, a courageous and unflinching reimagining of the Holocaust…
Share
Film Festival Preview: Derby Film Festival 2016
2016 is the third year of Derby Film Festival in its current guise. After successfully building on the impressive iD Fest and incorporating Fantastiq Film Festival into the programme, it’s…
Share
DVD Review: Mysterious Object at Noon
Apichatpong Weerasethakul is easily the most renowned director working today in Thailand’s independent cinema. Operating outside of the studio system, he’s achieved his greatest successes with Uncle Boonmee Who Can…
Share
Incoming: Arabian Nights: The Desolate One
The latest from Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Our Beloved Month of August) Arabian Nights (As mil e uma noites) is probably this year’s most ambitious cinematic undertaking, and the most talked…
Share
DVD Review: The Zero Boys
The ’80s was the decade where action films first came to the fore. Whilst Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee may have pioneered the first Asian invasion of martial arts films,…
Share
DVD Review: The Ninth Configuration
A quick look at William Blatty’s writing credits will give you an idea of what to expect from his first film, The Ninth Configuration. Blatty is best known for his…
Share
Incoming: Bastille Day
Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar,…
Share
Film Review: Kicking-Off
football fans are a peculiar lot and being rational doesn’t really go hand in hand with supporting a club. The anger, the humiliation, the indignity, the depression; anyone supporting one…
Share