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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.

Film Review: Buttercup Bill

Intriguingly described as a psycho-sexual drama, Buttercup Bill is certainly a brave first feature from directors Remy Bennett and Emilie Richard-Froozan. Eschewing a linear narrative, it’s a brooding, sweaty and…

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Incoming: L’eclisse

To avoid money issues and have a more comfortable life, Vittoria (Monica Vitti), the daughter of a modest family, lived for three years with Ricardo (Francisco Rabal), a young embassy…

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Incoming: Straight Outta Compton

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful…

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DVD Review: Medium Cool (Masters of Cinema)

Turbulent times often lead to some of the most groundbreaking cinema. 1968 was possibly the most unstable year in post-war American history. The US were on the back foot in…

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DVD Review: Dragon’s Return

Nationalism demands strong heroic (normally male) characters and Eastern European under the post-war regimes were full of ‘men of the people’. Polish cinema in particular is teeming with examples of…

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Incoming: The Wolfpack

Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed the…

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Film Review: The Dance of Reality

23 years is a long time to wait for a film, but then again Alejandro Jodorowsky is no ordinary director. Very few filmmakers have a unique vision, style, individualism and…

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Film Review: The Forgotten Kingdom

Sometimes films just need to breathe. In a world where modern cinema is cluttered with special effects and cynicism, Andrew Mudge’s The Forgotten Kingdom is a breath of fresh air.…

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Film Review: The Treatment

Scandinavian noir might have been the hottest import over the last decade, but before Stieg Larsson changed the face of modern crime dramas, Mo Hayder has writing dark psychological British…

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Incoming: Escobar: Paradise Lost

Nick (Josh Hutcherson) thinks he has found paradise when he goes to join his brother in Colombia. A turquoise lagoon, an ivory beach, perfect waves – it’s a dream for…

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