Blu-Ray Review: Audrey Rose
The question of what happens to us when we die has taxed the human psyche since the days of early man. The innate need for something more, something better, than…
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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.
Blu-Ray Review: The Sleeping Tiger
Nurture of nature? One of the oldest debates in the book. Are we fated to live out the lives our genes afford us, or is our upbringing instrumental in making…
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Film Review: Final Cut
One of the greatest scourges of modern cinema is that of the remake. Lazy Hollywood producers notice the success of a film that is (usually) made in a language other…
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Film Review: Nocebo
The fashion industry has a myriad of problems which no one seems to want to talk about. From fuelling eating disorders to a needlessly high impact on climate change, it’s…
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Film Review: Return to Dust
Making a film in China is a tricky business at the best of times, but when it’s a period of heightened political activity the censors are on guard for anything…
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Film Review: Soft & Quiet
The concept of shooting a film in one single take is a vast technical undertaking. One which most directors steer well clear of, largely due to the huge amount of…
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Film Review: Good Night Oppy
David Bowie asked “Is there life on Mars?” The answer is possibly not, but there’s evidence to suggest there once might have been. Martians would not have been little green…
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Film Review: Meet Me in The Bathroom
There are few things more exhilarating in music than being part of a scene. A group of likeminded musicians and bands who come together organically, usually around the same people…
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Film Review: Hunt
The political situation in a modern East Asia always seems to be a little precarious, but it’s often tensions between South Korea and North Korea which set nerves on edge.…
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Tokyo Film Festival Review: Peacock’s Lament
While there’s undoubtedly a growing level of hardship in all European countries, I don’t think most people can grasp what absolute poverty looks like. Not just the inability to feed…
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