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Film Review: What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?
Race relations in the United States of America are probably at their lowest levels since the Civil Rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. 2017 was a particularly turbulent year, with murders of young black men sending shockwaves around the country. Whilst this may have only had a limited impact in many places, there was …
Film Review: Distant Constellation
With the rapid pace of progress in science, technology and medicine, along with the absence of any recent major wars, life expectancy is steadily rising around the world. It’s now not unusual for people to live to one hundred, but longer lifespans bring their own problems. Governments have yet to come up with a way …
Film Review: Cocote
Relatively speaking, the film industry in the Dominican Republic could be politely described as ‘under-developed’. Indeed, the country is better known for the ‘foreign’ films which have been filmed there (Apocalypse Now, Jurassic Park, Godfather Part II) than its own productions. Much of their output is largely forgettable, but there are a few exceptions; such …
Film Review: Erase and Forget
I can’t think of any country in the world which has the same kind of fascination with the ‘all-action hero’ as the United States of America. Whilst Action Man may have started out as a toy, during the 1980s there was an obsession with one-man killing machines. Whilst Arnie, Chuck Norris and Bruce Willis may …
Film Season Preview: The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Since 2004, the Japan Foundation, London has organised a Japanese film programme in close partnership with distinguished film venues and programme advisors in the UK. Each year, a programme of six to seven, largely contemporary, Japanese titles are put together under a carefully chosen theme to highlight trends in Japanese cinema and showcase the versatility …
From an old record box: Grant Lee Buffalo – Buffalondon Live
The early nineties: years of massive change in my listening habits and, really, a first proper awakening to music, fuelled by the powerful indie spirit of both UK and US alternative rock scenes. To be honest though, I probably wouldn’t have known as much about it if it hadn’t been for the huge ambitions of some of …