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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.
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Monopoly of Violence

  • June 10, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
riot police
The past few years has seen unrest break out in many placed around the world. One of the constants has been the reaction of the police. There have been almost…
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A picture of the original workers in 2005
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Factory to the Workers

  • June 9, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
The transition from communism to capitalism in the former Soviet Central and Eastern European states was far from smooth. The dissolution of the USSR and the break-up of the Eastern…
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Dwight and Jessie
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Tribeca Review: My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To

  • June 9, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
It’s natural for siblings to squabble and bicker. The power dynamic between brothers and sisters is often established in early life and usually remains until they’re old and grey. Whilst…
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Blu-Ray Review: Flowers of Shanghai

  • June 9, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Hou Hsiao-Hsien is arguably the greatest Taiwanese filmmaker of all time. He’s definitely the director who has had the most influence on a global scale, especially during the 1980s and…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review – Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

  • June 7, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
If the past decade has taught us anything it’s that racism is alive and well and thriving in America. The death of George Floyd might be the tipping point to…
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Poupelle and Lubicchi
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IFFR Review: Poupelle of Chimney Town

  • June 7, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Whilst those of us in the West were brought up on a diet of Disney (and for younger generations, Pixar and Dreamworks), the experience was very different to that in…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: My Dear Spies

  • June 6, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Now that many records have been digitised and access may only be a few clicks (and a few more pounds) away, more and more people have begun to research their…
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An astronaut in space
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Sheff Doc/Fest Review: Who We Were

  • June 6, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
On Earth at least, human beings are the only sentient lifeforms who spend a large proportion of their lives thinking about the bigger picture. Contemplating those pressing questions around life…
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Captain Ramadan and Zebiba
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Lift Like A Girl

  • June 6, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
One of the ways in which many societies has changed over the last few decades is in the relationship between women/girls and traditionally macho sports. Whilst there was an initial…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Splinters

  • June 5, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Memories are precarious things. They can be elusive and fragmentary, especially when up against the sands of time. Our minds are tricksters, constantly finding new and imaginative ways to pull…
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