Incoming: Hampstead
An American widow finds unexpected love with a man living wild on Hampstead Heath when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home. Hampstead is out in…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Sorrow and the Pity
With the passing of each year it feels like our collective knowledge of the events of World War II dissipates. Whilst understanding of the major events will always be there,…
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Film Review: Summer in the Forest
For centuries, society’s response to people with learning difficulties normally varied between outfight ridicule and locking them up. They were routinely abandoned in asylums and treated to a mix of…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Almost Heaven
Despite being one of the most populous, powerful and rich countries in the world, there’s a huge problem with youth poverty in China. Indeed, the Communist Party has spent billions…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Amityville Horror
The most famous house in the history of horror film-making is undoubtedly 112 Ocean Avenue, Long Island, New York. The publication of The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson in 1977,…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Radio Kobanî
Documentaries set in the midst of conflict or in former war zones are almost always concerned with the roles of the victors and the vanquished, the soldiers or the survivors.…
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Blu-Ray Review: Daughters of the Dust
Tales of the future and the past, of traditions and progress, have long fascinated film-makers. In America, much of Afro-Caribbean culture and history stems from slavery. Cinema has focussed mainly…
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Incoming: The Book of Henry
Sometimes things are not always what they seem, especially in the small suburban town where the Carpenter family lives. Single suburban mother Susan Carpenter (Naomi Watts) works as a waitress…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Departure
Whilst there’s still a distinct gender imbalance in cinema, particularly behind the camera in big budget movies, things are slightly more balanced in documentary film-making. Indeed, the likes of Laura…
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Brimstone & Glory
Documentaries are often stigmatised as being dry, overly-dependent on factual information and nothing more than something you’d watch on TV. Obviously, that opinion is nonsense, but it’s fair to say…
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