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Tallinn Black Nights Review: A Vanishing Fog

The Sumapaz Páramo is the largest stretch of alpine tundra ecosystem in the world. This huge swath of Andean moorland is located in the Altiplano Cundiboyacense near the Columbian capital.…

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IDFA Review: Eskape

The Khmer Rouge, also known as the Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. While their period in charge was brief, the impact they had on Cambodians…

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IDFA Review: F@ck This Job

While Russia might claim to be a democracy, not even the most gullible person could seriously believe that there are fair and open elections in the country. Indeed, since he…

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IDFA Review: Four Journeys

Towards the end of the 1970s, the Chinese authorities had a major problem. The population of the country was threatening to spiral out of control and while the birth rate…

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Blu-Ray Review: Devi

Not all directors are equal, or treated equally. Especially in the way their work is perceived of celebrated in the Western world. While the likes of Kurosawa, Truffaut, Hitchcock, Tarkovsky…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Great Silence

Whilst most actors today seem to have been through a PR finishing school on how to answer interview questions, that has not always been the case. There was a time…

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IDFA Review: 1970

The Cold War threw up many challenges but one of the strangest, in hindsight, was the lack of information about the daily lives of people living behind the Iron Curtain.…

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IDFA Review: I’m So Sorry

The climate crisis is reaching a crunch point and there has never been as many people in positions of power wanting to change things for the better. Will the agreements…

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IDFA Review: Trenches

Due to advances in weaponry and military technology, trench warfare became prevalent in 1914 at the beginning of World War I. It started an age of martial attrition, where the…

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Film Review: Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

A global pandemic poses unique challenges for filmmakers. Each country has their own set of rules and regulation, which can change with little or no warning. How could it be…

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