Blu-Ray Review: The Chalk Garden
Enid Bagnold’s writing career did not get off to the most propitious start. Whilst working as a nurse during World War I, her critical writings about the hospital administration landed…
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CPH:DOX Review: 70/30
When it comes to environmental issues, Scandinavia is often the most fertile breeding ground for new ideas and movements. This was personified by Greta Thundberg’s ‘school strike for climate’ campaign.…
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Film Review: The Race to Save The World
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015, world leaders made commitments to try and slow, stop and reverse global warming. The Paris Agreement created a roadmap for the…
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Visions du Réel Review: The Last Forest
The Amazon Rainforest is a vital carbon sink and plays a key role in slowing down climate change across the world. According to the World Wildlife Federation (WWF), over 43…
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Visions du Réel Review: Flee
Throughout the current ‘refugee crisis’, which has seemingly been classed as such because it impacts on Europe, the narrative has tended to focus on generalisations. There’s an obvious reason for…
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Visions du Réel Review: Operation Wolf Patrol
According to the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) there are roughly 15 million people taking part in hunting in America. Whilst its popularity is on the wane, this differs…
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Film Review – Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
The release of a feature film is usually the culmination of a huge amount of work and effort by a large team of people. Whilst the public praise for a…
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Film Review: Together Together
Long gone are the days when a nuclear family was the norm and anything else caused comment or even scandal. In most of the Western world, at least. Today, these…
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Visions du Réel Review: Cane Fire
For many, Kauaʻi is like paradise on Earth. The Hawaiian island is often referred to as the ‘Garden Isle’ due to the lush tropical rainforest which covers much of its…
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Visions du Réel Review: Many Chickens, Lots of Luck
When you mention the word ‘documentary’ to most people their first response is often to think you’re talking about some investigative TV programme. As a genre, evidenced by the fact…
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