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Film Review: Jack & Yaya (2019)

For too many LGBTQ+ people growing up, there is a grim reality of them being met with rejection and even hatred from their straight, cisgendered…

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Posted in Festival Review

EIFF Exclusive Review: What She Said – The Art of Pauline Kael

Too often I come across the age-old question: What is the point of film critics? Every other month the debate as to whether we need…

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Posted in Documentary Women

Shef Doc Fest Exclusive: Tiny Souls

Tiny Souls is a powerful film that captures the transition from childhood to adulthood, and how some children are forced to grow up quickly and…

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Posted in Documentary Women

Shef Doc Fest Exclusive: One Child Nation

One Child Nation is undoubtedly a must-see documentary. I know that this is something I often say, although I do my best not to overuse…

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Shef Doc Fest Exclusive: On The President’s Orders

Directed by Olivier Sarbil and James Jones, this sick, thrilling and gripping documentary tells the scathing story of President Duterte’s bloody and very violent campaign…

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Shef Doc Fest Exclusive: Dark Suns

As you can probably expect from a film entitled Dark Suns (Soleils Noirs), this is a very serious documentary. It offers the viewer a very…

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Shef Doc Fest Exclusive: The Brink

Ever since 2016, the world seems to be on the brink of breaking apart. The divide between the left and the right seems larger now…

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Posted in Documentary Year in Film

Rewind – 2007 in Film: Taxi to the Dark Side

In 2001, I was twelve years old. When 9/11 occurred I had been on holiday in a holiday park with my grandparents. My day had…

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Posted in Documentary World Cinema

Sins of Our Fathers: Of Fathers and Sons Review

In Of Fathers and Sons, filmmaker Talal Derki returns to his homeland of Syria, where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family. Derki…

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Worlds Apart: Clean Hands Review

Often we take our lives in the West for granted. I am guilty of this, especially throwing away items once I am finished with them…

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An Absolute Cliff Hanger: Free Solo Review

The tagline for Free Solo is ”Live Beyond Fear”. And it’s certainly a motto we should all take away with us after watching this breath-taking,…

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Mr Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End Review

Just who is Mr Fish? It sounds like the name of a James Bond villain, and there are probably some people out there who would…

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Posted in Documentary Review Women

Her Time to Shine: RBG Review

“I ask no favor for my sex, all I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg…

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The Dawn Wall Review

You may not know this about me; but as a child I was really into climbing. I would climb every tree I came across, zooming…

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