Blu-Ray Review: The Party and The Guests
They say that the pen is mightier than the sword and It’s true that, in the long run, it’s better to win hearts and minds than use intimidation, violence and…
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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.
Sundance Review: The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future
Considering how much evolution we’ve gone through to get where we are today, it’s more than a little amusing that, as a species, we’re often resistant to change. So, when…
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IFFR Review: The King of Laughter
The early Twentieth century was boom time for theatres and playhouses. The Belle Epoque was in full swing across Europe and economic prosperity was on the rise. Technical and scientific…
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IFFR Review: France
While she’s best known for high profile roles in Blue is the Warmest Colour and as Dr. Madeleine Swann in the Bond films, Léa Seydoux has been working in the…
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Glasgow Film Festival Preview
Glasgow Film Festival returns to Scotland’s biggest city between 2-13 March at Glasgow Film Theatre and Cineworld Renfrew Street, as well as partner cinemas across the UK and online. This…
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IFFR Review: Barbarian Invasion
Acting has to be the strangest profession. You can spend years of your life pretending to be someone else, to the degree that the general public will assume you are…
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Blu-Ray Review: Snowtown
Much of Australia is arid, inhospitable and entirely unforgiving country. Twenty percent desert, the majority of the central belt is uninhabitable and yields little or no rewards. It’s this climate…
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Film Review: In the Strange Pursuit of Laura Durand
Fandom and celebrity obsession in the 1990s looked very different to it does today. There was no social media or online presence. No instant way to discover facts about a…
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Film Review – Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street
Whilst it might not have had the same cultural impact in the UK as in the US, Sesame Street is one of those rare TV programmes which is universally remembered…
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Sundance Review: Girl Picture
Growing up has perhaps never been more difficult than it is today. While, in theory, young people have never had so much opportunity and connectivity, this all comes at a…
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