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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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IFFR Review: Homeless

  • June 5, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Han-gyeol and Go-woon
The ‘developed world’ is in the middle of a housing crisis. With populations on the rise, increasing migration and jobs becoming increasingly centralised in large cities, the pressure on available…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Charm Circle

  • June 5, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
As the sayings go, blood is thicker than water and you can choose your friends but not your family. Whilst we might consider ourselves to be enlightened and evolved creatures,…
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Mother and daughter
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IFFR Review: Nudo Mixteco

  • June 4, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Mexico, in many ways, has a PR problem when it comes to portrayals of the country on the big screen. More often than not, the Latin American country features for…
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Caught in the act
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IFFR Review: Bloodsuckers

  • June 3, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Popular culture has a habit of returning to ‘classic’ literature again and again. Whether that’s to place the characters and plot within a different timeline or re-examine the contents from…
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IFFR Review – Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

  • June 3, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Genre film fans tend to be a rather avid bunch. Staunchly faithful to, and rabid defenders of, our favourite films, we naturally have a preference when it comes to sub-genres.…
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Blu-Ray Review: Lake Mungo

  • June 3, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Whilst found footage was an intriguing concept at first, most genre film fans soon became weary of its lazy application. Indeed, whilst the likes of Rob Savage’s Host demonstrates that…
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left by her father to fend for herself
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IFFR Review: The Day is Over

  • June 2, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Traditionally, when focusing on youth the cinematic gaze has rested squarely on boys. Boys were the ones with rampant imaginations and a fearlessness which made for great cinema. This was…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest 2021 Preview

  • June 2, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
Sheffield Doc/Fest has taken a new direction under the curation of Director Cíntia Gil. Whether by intention or through necessity, given both editions under her curatorship have been during lockdown…
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IFFR Review: Birds of America

  • June 2, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
One of my local galleries houses John James Audubon’s beautiful Blue Crane, Or Heron. It’s a picture which has always fascinated me. It’s a magnificent work of art but it’s…
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Olga and the evil drummer bunny
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Film Review: Caveat

  • June 2, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
There’s a tendency today, especially within mainstream genre cinema, to rely on jump scares and manufacturing tension using abrasive soundscapes and invasive camera techniques. This can often leave a bad…
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