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DVD Reviews: Anne and Muriel & A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

Whilst many of Truffaut’s works are well-known, others have faded from memory over the passing of time. Artificial Eye, starting with his first film 400 Blows, are releasing a whole…

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Incoming: A Most Wanted Man

When a half-Chechen, half-Russian, brutally tortured immigrant turns up in Hamburg’s Islamic community, laying claim to his father’s ill-gotten fortune, both German and US security agencies take a close interest:…

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DVD Review: A Jester’s Tale

Karel Zeman was a Czech film maker and master animator. He’s most famous for directing pictures which mixed live-action fantasy with beautiful animation. I was lucky enough to visit a…

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DVD Review: A Birder’s Guide to Everything

Coming of age films arrive in many different shapes and sizes. The most successful ones tend to be those that don’t obviously play-up the traumas of the teenage years. Instead,…

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See: Stephen “Ragga” Marley released video for Rock Stone

Although of course always overshadowed by his father Bob, it shouldn’t be forgotten that son Stephen “Ragga” Marley is an artist of some repute in his own right. Indeed,…

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Not Forgotten: Humble Pie – Smokin’

Humble Pie are a band I had certainly heard of, but beyond knowing that they were the band that post-Small Faces Steve Marriott formed with pre-Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton…

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Track: Maya Vik – Totally Right (Maye Remix)

Norwegian producer Maye is a man on the up. The Oslo producer, apparently named Leif Inge Berdychowski Fosen, started out as a singer releasing an EP along the way when…

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See: Cymbals Eat Guitars release video for “Laramie”

Following the releases of their much anticipated album Lose, out now on Barsuk in their native US and tough love across the pond, comes the Milton Ladd directed video for…

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Film Festival Preview: Celluloid Screams

Celluloid Screams, the Sheffield horror film festival, is back for another year. Taking place at the Showroom Cinema over the weekend of 24-26th October, it’s safe to say that the…

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Track / Video

Say Psych: EP – Remain Distracted EP by Kobadelta

Kobadelta are one of those bands who, to me, seem to have sprung out of nowhere. They seem to be gaining quite a following in their native North East, they…

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DVD Reviews: Anne and Muriel & A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

Incoming: A Most Wanted Man

DVD Review: A Jester’s Tale

DVD Review: A Birder’s Guide to Everything

See: Stephen “Ragga” Marley released video for Rock Stone

Not Forgotten: Humble Pie – Smokin’

Track: Maya Vik – Totally Right (Maye Remix)

See: Cymbals Eat Guitars release video for “Laramie”

Film Festival Preview: Celluloid Screams

Say Psych: EP – Remain Distracted EP by Kobadelta