DVD Review: The Green Prince
There are many different angles of approach to storytelling in a documentary. Some directors opt for style over substance, whilst others indulge in a one-sided polemic. In The Green Prince,…
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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.
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Cartel Land
The War on Drugs is not a conflict that either America or Mexico are winning. Mexican drug cartels control 90% of cocaine which enters the US market. Whilst the Mexican…
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Film Festival Preview: EIFF 2015
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is renowned for unearthing the best in new cinema. It has a reputation of screening a remarkable range of British and international cinema, providing…
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Incoming: London Road
After two sell-out runs at the National Theatre, the feature film adaptation of London Road reunites the award-winning team, directed by Rufus Norris. London Road is out in cinemas on…
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Incoming: The Look of Silence
Through Joshua Oppenheimer’s work filming perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered and the identity of the men who killed him. The…
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Film Review: Queen and Country
In 1987 John Boorman directed Hope and Glory. It was a semi-autobiographical account of a young boy growing up in London during The Blitz. It earned him Academy Award nominations…
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Incoming: Gascoinge
Twenty five years ago the national game was unloved and beset by problems. One event – the performance of the England team at the Italia 1990 World Cup – changed…
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Film Review: Black Coal, Thin Ice
Offbeat is a word regularly used in relation to Asian cinema, and there’s often much lost in translation. Black Coal, Thin Ice, the new film by Diao Yinan, the director…
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Film Review: Shooting For Socrates
We love to back the underdog, especially when it comes to sport. Football has many tales of heroism, from FA Cup giant killings to the meteoric rise of the likes…
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Film Review: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
I’m showing my age here, but I miss video. The humble VHS may have been as compact as a brick, have a picture which often resembled the end of the…
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