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Matchbox Films

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Film Review: Zana

  • March 30, 2021
  • Rob Aldam
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The Yugoslav wars were horrific and a damning indictment on the impotence of the (then) European Communities to take action. Less than fifty years after the Holocaust we let a…
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Film Review: The Shepherd (El Pastor)

  • May 26, 2017
  • Rob Aldam
There’s something about rooting for the underdog which brings people together. Whilst traditionally cinema has reflected this in sport movies (such as Rocky, A League of Their Own or Cool…
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Film Review: The Student

  • February 28, 2017
  • Rob Aldam
Since 9/11, the rise of religious fundamentalism has (if you believe the news) been spiralling out of control. Almost all the media attention has fallen on Islamic terrorism, whilst many…
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Film Review: The Black Hen

  • December 6, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
There are many casualties of war but it’s often civilians who withstand the worst of the hardships and atrocities. For children growing-up amidst conflict it can be scary, puzzling and…
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DVD Review: Jeruzalem

  • March 30, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
Innovations in technology, significantly driving down costs and allowing the entire post-production process to be carried out in your living room, have opened the gates of film-making up to a…
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DVD Review: Grazing the Sky

  • January 20, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
Going to the circus is an entirely different prospect today than it was in Barnum’s day. Gone are the seedy reputations and the dubious animal and human rights records, replaced…
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DVD Review: My Skinny Sister

  • January 7, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
The onset of puberty is never an easy time for a young girl. This confusion and growing pains can only be exacerbated when you have an attractive slim elder sister…
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DVD Review: The Great Museum

  • February 6, 2015
  • Rob Aldam
There’s something simply fascinating about being a fly on the wall. Especially when that wall belongs to a famous historic institution like the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. What is completely…
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DVD Review: The Circle

  • January 20, 2015
  • Rob Aldam
The time proceeding and during the Second World War was a particularly difficult period in history to be gay. With the rise of Nazi Germany and historical prejudices, homosexuality was…
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Incoming: The Circle

  • December 10, 2014
  • Rob Aldam
Zürich in the mid-1950s: The young shy teacher Ernst Ostertag becomes a member of the gay organization Der Kreis. There he gets to know the transvestite star Röbi Rapp –…
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