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Say Psych: Live Review: Julie’s Haircut @ The Peer Hat, Manchester 04.10.2019

Julie’s Haircut are an Italian neo-psychedelic offering who have been around for more years than they would care to admit now, having initially formed back in 1994. Their recent allegiance…

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Not Forgotten: Suede – Dog Man Star

For all the hype around the band, in retrospect Suede’s self titled debut album was pretty damn ordinary, with only a few decent singles to mark the band out as…

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LFF Review: Martin Eden

Jack London was one of the most important and influential American novelists of his generation. His writings embodied the thirst for adventure which epitomised the era but also were a…

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The Romanian new wave is arguably the most interesting current movement in modern cinema. Of those directors working under this banner, Corneliu Porumboiu is possibly the most interesting. With award-winning…

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LFF Review: Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Whilst, to the outside world, the movie business might seem full of glitz and glamour, there’s a lot of sweat and tears which go into making a film. Much of…

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LFF Review: Only the Animals

The French have a knack when it comes to stylish and sexy thrillers. There’s something about the Gallic temperament which provides for scintillating and electric cinema. Over the years we’ve…

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LFF Review: Talking About Trees

The cinema of Sudan is almost completely unknown on a world stage. Whilst not overly surprising for an impoverished African country, this hasn’t always been the case. Years of oppressive…

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LFF Review: Fire Will Come

Crime and punishment. It’s a tale as old as the hills. You do the crime and pay the time. When you’re released, your slate is wiped clean. Fully rehabilitated and…

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LFF Review: The Perfect Candidate

Despite being classed as a friendly nation (aka arms and oil) by most of the Western world, Saudi Arabia has a truly appalling human rights record. Whist the rather Biblical…

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Film Review: Itsy Bitsy

We humans have a strange and wonderful array of phobias. These range from the everyday, such as the fear of flying or needles, to something debilitating like agoraphobia. Probably the…

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Say Psych: Live Review: Julie’s Haircut @ The Peer Hat, Manchester 04.10.2019

Not Forgotten: Suede – Dog Man Star

LFF Review: Martin Eden

LFF Review: The Whistlers

LFF Review: Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

LFF Review: Only the Animals

LFF Review: Talking About Trees

LFF Review: Fire Will Come

LFF Review: The Perfect Candidate

Film Review: Itsy Bitsy