Film Review: Belle
While for decades animation was derided as being solely the province of children, increasingly filmmakers are using it to impart serious messages to a much wider demographic. Japan tends to…
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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: Potato Dreams of America
Growing up in the West, I think it’s impossible to fully understand what it was like to have spent your formative years in a country which was behind the Iron…
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Film Review: Memoria
While the name Aphichatphong Wirasetthakun may not be familiar to most, on the festival circuit and within cinephile circles he’s considered to be one of the best filmmakers currently working…
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Film Review: Cow
Andrea Arnold is undoubtedly one of the greatest living British filmmakers. While she has always been brimming with ideas and opinions, the Dartford native has been on a long journey…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Gunfighter
During the 1950s and 1960s, there were few more popular actors in Hollywood than Gregory Peck. He starred in a number of films, across several genres, becoming both a heartthrob…
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Sundance 2022 Preview
Every January in Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival comes to town. It’s the largest independent film festival in America and prides itself on screening a diverse range of…
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Film Review: A Hero
Few directors have been more successful over the last decade or so than Asghar Farhadi. The Iranian filmmaker is one of the few people to win two Oscars, for A…
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Film Review: Boiling Point
If you’ve ever had a job in a busy restaurant kitchen, you’ll know what a unique working environment it is. One which feels like organised chaos, at peak times, and…
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Blu-ray Review: Dillinger
America has a long and complex history with its outlaws. This fascination dates back all the way to the time of colonisation and the Old West. The likes of Jesse…
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Blu-Ray Review: Hiroshima Mon Amour
In the final year of World War II, mankind did something which, in retrospect, seems almost unthinkable. The dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945, resulting in…
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