DVD Review: Wake in Fright (Masters of Cinema)
As the opening credits roll over a rural Australian backwater, don’t let the jaunty music lure you into a false sense of security. There’s an uncomfortable ride in store for…
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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: The Borderlands
I’m struck by the thought, after the first five minutes of The Borderlands, that I may be about to watch another sub-par found footage film. It’s a genre which periodically…
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Film Review: Starred Up
Prison dramas are not my cup of tea in all honesty, but there’s been a few impressive exception in the last year years from Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet to the…
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Film Festival Preview: ShAFF 2014
What started back in 2003 as a series of grass route rock climbing talks morphed into the inaugural Sheffield Adventure Film Festival in 2006. It has continued to grow in…
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Preview: LaDIYfest Film Night: Transamerica
Fortnightly feminist film nights return to Harrisons 1854 in Sheffield courtesy of LaDIYfest. To celebrate LGBT History Month they asked people to nominate their favourite LGBT-themed films. As a result,…
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20 Feet from Stardom Screening – 2nd March
Ahead of the Oscars tomorrow night, Sensoria are screening the favourite to win the Best Documentary Feature, 20 Feet From Stardom. Morgan Neville’s feature focuses on the unsung heroes or…
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