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Film Review: The Fight
I find it highly unlikely that any liberal-minded person would argue that the election of Donald J. Trump was anything other than a disaster for human rights in America. His administration has systematically stripped back any legislation around equal opportunities and minority rights. With the Supreme Court now stacked in his favour, those opposing him …
Film Review: Spaceship Earth
With the success of SpaceX and a renewed global commitment to go ‘back to the stars’, people are beginning to dream again about the prospect colonising another planet. One of the biggest challenges, if ever reach Mars, will be how we will survive in such an inhospitable environment. The logical solution would be to build …
Film Review: On the Record
You’ve probably never heard of Drew Dixon. She was an A&R Executive at Def Jam Recordings and Vice President at Arista Records during the 1990s, working with the likes of Lauryn Hill, Method Man, Pharrell Williams and Aretha Franklin. Her lack of recognition is because she had no choice but to curtail her career after …
Film Review: The Australian Dream
It’s incredibly difficult to grasp what racism looks like in Australia if you’re not from a similar country where an indigenous population has been subdued, subordinated and slaughtered by a Colonial invader. I can’t even begin to imagine what it must feel like to grow up in a country where many still consider you to …
Film Review: Mystify
Michael Hutchence is the kind of pop star/rock God that the musically industry simply doesn’t tolerate today. In INXS, he fronted one of Australia’s most popular bands. During the ‘80s and ‘90s they had hit after hit. Their albums, Listen Like Thieves, Kick and X, sold millions whilst the likes of Disappear, Suicide Blonde, Need …
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 which could hardly be seen as an exciting or luxurious career. There’s a ludicrous amount of money floating around the film industry but it’s only …
Film Review: Sea of Shadows
Human beings seem hell-bent on decimating and destroying our seas and oceans. Not to mention the creatures who reside within them or use them as their feeding grounds. If we’re not overfishing, we’re dumping tonnes of plastic. Or contaminating it with toxins and pollutants. Or merely damaging the environment in a way which erodes its …
Film Review: Memory: The Origins of Alien
Not only is Alien one of the most important post-war sci-fi and horror films, it also contains a scene which will forever live in the minds of cinemagoers. The success of Ridley Scott’s film, and its sequels, ensured its iconography became enshrined within popular culture and celluloid mythology. As with many classic films there’s a …
Sheffield Doc/Fest Review: Marianne & Leonard – Words of Love
In Greek and Roman mythologies there were nine muses. These daughters of Zeus presided over the arts and sciences and for centuries artists would cite a muse as the inspiration for their greatest work. Leonard Cohen, one of the greatest songwriters of the twentieth century, was no exception. Nick Broomfield’s new documentary, Marianne & Leonard …