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IFFR Review: Lone Wolf

Whilst today’s Hollywood spies may skydive onto buildings, drive sportscars at precarious speeds and use a myriad of imaginative gadgets, the stories themselves are often just variations on well-worn themes.…

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Sundance Review: Wild Indian

When Europeans arrived on the shores of North America, they were surprised to discover myriad tribes of Indigenous Peoples, but their coming usually signalled death, in one way or another.…

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Sundance Review: Try Harder!

There’s huge competition between high school students to gain admission to Ivy League colleges in the US. Year on year, the number of applications rise whilst acceptance rates often fall.…

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Sundance Review: Rebel Hearts

One of the main criticisms which can be levelled at any major religion is that it has failed to keep up with the times. Whether that’s in the way they…

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Sundance Review: Bring Your Own Brigade

In 2018, the Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive fire in California’s history. It claimed the lives of 86 people and ravaged four towns in Butte County. The…

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Sundance Review: Captains of Zaatari

Millions upon millions of children around the globe grow up dreaming of becoming a professional footballer. The same dream has been passed down from generation to generation. Today, wherever you…

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Sundance Review: One for the Road

Since Henry Ford revolutionised the manufacturing process and greatly reduced the cost of buying a car, America has been obsessed with automobiles and dreams of the open road. This love…

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Sundance Review: Taming the Garden

With every minute, hour, day and week that goes by, the richest and most powerful people in the world simply just get richer and more powerful. Whilst the poor just…

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Sundance Review: At the Ready

During the 2016 Presidential election campaign Donald Trump repeatedly turned his attention to the US/Mexico border; most famously with his white elephant border wall. Since entering the race and throughout…

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Sundance Review: On the Count of Three

Despite the amount of progress that has been made, particularly in the developed world, it’s still often considered a social taboo to talk about suicide. This is especially the case…

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