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Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Apollo 11
Using just historic recordings and archive footage, Miller and his team have created a compelling and exhilarating piece of cinema.
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: The Brink
The Brink gives him space to breathe and in doing so affords the audience a glimpse into what makes him tick.
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Hail Satan?
One of the most amusing documentaries you’re liable to see this year.
Film Review: Last Breath
Contracting ‘the bends’ is a real hazard for all deep-sea divers. Saturation diving allows specialised commercial operators to work at great depths in a pressurised environment. It’s a risky vocation which can be incredibly dangerous. It’s also an area which is highly regulated and extremely health & safety conscious. However, regardless of how many precautions …
Human Rights Watch Film Festival Review: Minding the Gap
Today, America finds itself in a strange position as a country riven by conflict. Whilst Donald Trump’s politics and persona are well and truly hideous, his success has highlighted the large minority of society who feel ignored, betrayed and unrepresented by the political elite. There are few areas where this economic and social decline has …
Film Review: Maiden
The first Whitbread Round the World Race was held in 1973. 17 yachts and 167 crew took part in the gruelling challenge which encompassed 50,000 kilometres of often tumultuous ocean. Sailing itself was a very male-dominated world at the time but it was almost unheard of for women to crew, let alone captain, at the …
Blu-Ray Review: Matangi/Maya/M.I.A
Over the course of the last decade, the portrayal of refugees in the UK media has been simplistic, to say the least. The entire debate has been focused on those making dangerous journeys across half the world to seek haven from wars, violence and poverty. They tend to be lazily lumped together, with little or …
Film Review: The Price of Everything
Whilst the debate about what constitutes art rumbles inexorably on, what it means to be an artist has undeniably changed in our contemporary materialistic world. Although artists have always had patrons, the relationship between art, money and collectors has undoubtedly shifted. Today, art has become a commodity. To be bought, sold and invested in. Pieces …
Film Review: Black Mother
There are many types of documentaries out there. Some are heavily reliant on archive footage to tell a story whilst others have the benefit of having the central protagonist on hand to spill the beans. A few brave souls go a step further and create something which sits somewhere betwixt film and art. The ‘Qatsi’ …
Film Review: Science Fair
The world is a complete an utter mess. As we face a race against time to save our planet from its premature demise, politicians are more interested in money, power and wars than doing anything productive to help. Funding in science, research and development is down. We need ideas. We need a new direction and …