TIFF Review: Quickening
The journey faced by migrants leaving their home, families and cultures behind for a new and/or better life is long and often winding. The difficulties of integration. Of learning a…
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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.
TIFF Review: Benediction
Whilst poetry today is normally consigned to the specialist sections of bookstores, if stocked at all, at the time of World War I it was still popular. Especially in the…
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TIFF Review: Julia
If you turn on your TV set today, you’ll not need to channel hop for too long before you encounter a cookery show. They’ve become a staple of daytime television…
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TIFF Review: Lo Invisible
Whilst most new mothers experience what is often jokingly called the ‘baby blues’, postpartum depression is no laughing matter. Affecting over one in ten women, it’s much more invasive than…
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TIFF Review: Inexorable
During the 1990s, erotic thrillers were big business. The likes of Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, Disclosure, Body of Evidence and The Last Seduction were not only critically acclaimed and successful…
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Open City Docs Review: Songs for the River
I don’t think any of us will ever forget 2021 and the impact that COVID-19 has had on all our lives (even if we sometimes struggle to remember what came…
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TIFF Review: Listening to Kenny G
I have a distinct memory, from childhood, of hearing Kenny G’s Songbird in an electronics shop. I must have been about 10 years old, but that song seemed to be…
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TIFF Review: Kicking Blood
Vampire myths and legends are part of folklore in almost all corners of the world. In Europe, they often reflected the prejudices and fears of the society in which they…
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TIFF Review: Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
The Western world prides itself (often incorrectly) on being progressive, tolerant and inclusive. However, as the recent judgement in Texas highlights, hard won women’s rights can easily be eroded and…
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TIFF Review: Maria Chapdelaine
The colony of New France was established in 1534 with permanent settlements springing up at the beginning of the next century. The area changed name, boundary and ownership several times…
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