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Film Review: Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins

The state of politics across the world is probably at its most lamentable levels since World War II. To say that it’s a profession which is currently attracting intellectuals would…

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Film Review: Dog Soldiers

There was a period during the first decade of the new century that Neil Marshall was the great hope of British genre cinema. With the release of The Descent back…

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Film Review: Honest Thief

Liam Neeson is not a man you want to get on the wrong side of. Despite being almost seventy, the Northern Irish actor seems to attract trouble. If Eastern Europeans…

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Film Review – Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

There are many kinds of artists and there are many kinds of photographers, but there are few who pushed the limits of acceptability quite like Helmut Newton. The German-Australian visual…

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Film Review: Mafia Inc.

The Cosa Nostra, or the Sicilian mafia, can trace their routes back to the 19th century. From those shoots have sprouted numerous crime families, or syndicates. These early organisations were…

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LFF Review: Notturno

Gianfranco Rosi is a filmmaker whose focus has squarely been on the underdog. Whether that’s migrants searching for a new home or squatters living on the fringes. The Italian documentarian…

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LFF Review: Identifying Features (Sin Señas Particulares)

Hundreds of people die every year trying to make the journey north across the US/Mexican border. It’s a journey which is fraught with danger and the odds of successfully avoiding…

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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Filmmaker’s House

Documentaries, probably more than any other genre, span a large spectrum of different elements and sub-genres. Whether that’s in how the film itself is made or the rationale behind its…

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Blu-Ray Review: Eraserhead

There aren’t many film directors who are truly one of a kind. David Lynch sits firmly in this camp. Whilst you often hear something described as ‘Lynchian’, it almost always…

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LFF Review: Another Round

Mads Mikkelsen is an actor who will be familiar to UK audiences. Whilst he’s appeared in a number of huge Hollywood films, including Rogue One and Doctor Strange, it’s on…

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