Incoming: The Hard Stop
The racially charged police killing of Mark Duggan in August 2011 ignited the worst civil unrest in recent British history. Duggan’s closest friends, Marcus and Kurtis, take us on a…
Share
Film
3336 posts
DVD Review: Love and Peace
Japanese culture, as you probably already know, is distinct and often puzzling. They’re a nation who like pigeon-holing and almost everything you can possibly think of sits neatly into one…
Share
DVD Review: Queen of Earth (Masters of Cinema)
Alex Ross Perry is a name you may not be familiar with but he’s lauded by many film critics as something of a wunderkind. However, his films have not really…
Share
Blu-Ray Review: Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev was considered to be one of the greatest Russian medieval painters of Orthodox frescos and icons. His authenticated work was all carried out in the 15th century and…
Share
Blu-ray Review: Burroughs: The Movie (Criterion Collection)
William S Burroughs was one of the leading players of the Beat Generation. Along with Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke and Jack Kerouac they changed the narrative around 1950s America for…
Share
Blu-ray Review: Highlander 30th Anniversary Edition
There can only be one. Sadly, Highlander was a franchise that didn’t know when to stop. When director Russell Mulcahy returned for the sequel he created something so ridiculous that…
Share
DVD Review: Suture
Film noir was one of the most iconic and stylish film genres of the twentieth century. In the 1990s there was a resurgence of interest with a spate of neo-noir…
Share
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Sour Grapes
Wine has become big business. What was once a gentle hobby for the affluent has now become a huge global economy with hundreds of thousands of dollars changing hands for…
Share
Incoming: Notes on Blindness
In the early 1980s, after decades of steady deterioration, writer and academic John Hull lost his sight. To help him make sense of the ensuing upheaval in his life, he…
Share
DVD Review: The Ones Below
There are many intensely emotional issues surrounding pregnancy and childbirth including huge anxiety and stress surrounding the unknown, self-doubt around whether you’re ready to become a parent and fear regarding…
Share