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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.

Incoming: Ran

The final masterpiece from legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, Ran, which translates as ‘turmoil’, is Kurosawa’s meditation on Shakespeare’s King Lear crossed with the history of Japan’s 16th century Civil…

Incoming: Black Mountain Poets

Two professional con artist sisters Lisa and Claire go on the run after being caught trying to steal a JCB. They decide to lie low by assuming the identities of…

DVD Review: Jeruzalem

Innovations in technology, significantly driving down costs and allowing the entire post-production process to be carried out in your living room, have opened the gates of film-making up to a…

DVD Review: Sunset Song

The translation of great works of literature to the big screen has rarely been a smooth one. Shakespeare has probably turned in his grave more often than any, but there…

Incoming: Papusza

Papusza is based on the true story of the Roma poet Bronisława Wajs (1908-‐1987). The film follows Papusza’s life from birth to old age: arranged marriage as a small girl,…

Incoming: Victoria

Victoria, a young woman from Madrid, meets four local guys outside a nightclub. Sonne and his friends are real Berliners who promise to show her a good time and the…

Blu-ray Review: The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection

Rainer Werner Fassbinder will be an unfamiliar name to many but the German director was highly prolific, completing forty film in a career spanning just 15 years. He was possibly…

DVD Review: Death Walks Twice

Giallo movies reached their peak in the early 1970s. The Italian slasher genre has a special place in the heart of many film fans due to its heady mix of…

Incoming: The Club

A group of priests of various ages lives together with Mónica, a nun, in a house on the Chilean coast. When they are not praying and atoning for their sins,…

Incoming: Disorder

Following a tour of duty, Special Services soldier Vincent (Schoenaerts) takes a job in security for a wealthy Lebanese businessman and his family. During a lavish party one night, at…

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