Film Review: The Propaganda Game
North Korea is one of the most fascinating countries in the world for me. This is largely due to the lack of information we have about the State. Indeed, much…
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Film Review: Mavis!
There are many rich musical traditions which came to prevalence during the 1950s and 1960s but Gospel is not one much celebrated outside of certain circles in America. The Staple…
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Film Review: Only The Dead
There have been many films about the folly and horror of war. Over the last few years these have tended to focus on the rise of daesh and the continuing…
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Film Review: Nina Forever
Largely driven by the popularity of The Walking Dead, zombies have become big business. There’s been a strong take on the genre in cinemas as well. Whilst Shaun of the…
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Film Review: In Search Of A Lost Paradise
The Russian expressionist painter, Oscar Rabine, is known best to the anglophone world for being the primary instigator of the infamous Bulldozer Exhibition of 1974. However, it is his late…
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Film Review: Meru
There are a wealth of films around the subject of climbing, mostly focussing on the man’s quest to conquer the peaks. Height is often the main driver, with the vast…
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Film Review: Uzumasa Limelight
As The Artist proved, cinema audiences have a thirst for film nostalgia. The golden days of Hollywood may be long gone but the memories of the great films and film…
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Film Review: Sword of the Assassin
When the subject of Asian cinema arises, your thoughts will likely be drawn to the powerhouses of Japan, China, South Korea and Hong Kong. Maybe, even Thailand or Taiwan, but…
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Film Review: Rams
If you’ve read Halldór Laxness’ Independent People you’ll have a good idea of the relationship between Icelandic farmers and their sheep. Fast-forward almost a hundred years and there are still…
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Film Review: Backtrack
After seeing the marketing behind Michael Petroni’s new film Backtrack you could be forgiven for assuming that it’s a horror or thriller. Despite a few early ‘jumps’, Backtrack is more…
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