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New Wave Films

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Film Review: Zama

  • May 24, 2018
  • Rob Aldam
There are some film directors who seem to churn out several films per year (I’m looking at you Takeshi Miike) whilst others consistently deliver every year or two. Whether by…
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Film Review: Western

  • April 11, 2018
  • Rob Aldam
Globalization has inexorably changed the face of the world. Since the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the membership of the (now) European Union has grown from six…
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Film Review: Glory

  • January 2, 2018
  • Rob Aldam
Eastern European cinema has changed considerably over the decades, but it has had a tendency to reflect the concerns and problems of normal people. After decades of censorship, as the…
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Film Review: The Death of Louis XIV

  • July 11, 2017
  • Rob Aldam
Over more than half a century, Jean-Pierre Léaud has had a profound influence on French cinema. He’s arguably the most important actor of his generation. He first came to notice…
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DVD Review: Behemoth

  • October 18, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
There are many ways to skin a documentary but seldom follow a similar path to Zhao Liang’s meandering poetic and lyrical Behemoth. Whilst the angle a filmmaker approaches subjects like…
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Film Review: Cemetery of Splendour

  • June 14, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
The distance between the living and the dead can sometimes be negligible and the lines between waking life and dreaming occasionally blur. The belief in our connection to the spirit…
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Film Review: The Measure of a Man

  • May 31, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
With controversy still heavy in the air after the end of Cannes Film Festival last month it continues to confound and confuse in its attribution of awards. Whilst all the…
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Film Review: The Pearl Button

  • March 15, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
Patricio Guzmán has built up a reputation of being one of the most thoughtful and meditative documentary film makers over the last 40 odd years. His contemplative style continues into…
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DVD Review: Taxi Tehran

  • February 19, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
The survivor spirit is alive and well and living in Tehran. Despite being banned from making films by the Iranian regime, Jafar Pahani has responded by becoming more prolific. Celebrated…
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Film Review: The Lesson

  • December 2, 2015
  • Rob Aldam
Bulgaria is hardly known for having a strong film making tradition. Despite having its golden age in the 1970s and 1980s most people in the West will struggle to name…
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