Film Review: The Ciambra
After shaking of the yoke of dictatorship and censorship, the post-War period in Italy was a fertile time for film-making. From the neo-realism of Rossellini and Visconti, through the classics…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Time Trial
When it comes to sports documentaries, cycling has always been one of the most popular disciplines. Whilst this might have something to do with the rigours and hardships of becoming…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Shirkers
At some times in our lives, most of us will have had a dream of becoming a film star, making a film or writing a screenplay or novel. Sadly, whist…
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Blu-Ray Review: No Way Out
Joseph L. Mankiewicz was a true Hollywood all-rounder. As a writer he penned forty-eight screenplays during his career, winning numerous awards and accolades. He produced over twenty films, including The…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Into the Okavango
Africa is a continent which continues to be picked apart for its natural resources, whether that’s precious metals and minerals or its vast array of magnificent wildlife. Botswana is renowned…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Preview: Worlds of Ursula K. le Guin
In the male dominated world of science-fiction literature during the 1960s and 1970s, Ursula K. le Guin was an undoubted star. Considered by many to be one of the most…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: A Northern Soul
I lived in Hull in the late ‘90s and for one reason or another saw quite a lot of the city. Apart from having the ‘biggest council housing estate in…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Preview: What is Democracy?
Democracy is good. For decades this has been a universal truth widely accepted by those living in a country with a democratic system of government, and even those who do…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Defiant Ones
In 1964, Sidney Poitier became the first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field. He went on to become one of the…
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Blu-Ray Review: Vigil
Whilst he may not be a familiar name to most outside of his homeland, Vincent Ward is without question one of the most influential and important film directors ever to…
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