It’s been a long long while. I’m back from Sheffield Doc Fest! What an experience that was! If there is a festival that I would wholeheartedly recommend, this one is it! I was humbled to be part of a festival that was solely about films…and parties. There were a lot of parties! In amongst the … Continue reading
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THE GREAT GATSBY & BEWARE OF MR BAKER – two completely different films but spiritual partners in how much disappointment they brought
I’m going to make this review relatively short (ha-ha – I don’t think I’m even capable). I actually saw Beware of Mr Baker before Gatsby with the full intention of only reviewing the latter; however after experiencing the same immense disappointment and the dreaded ‘B’ word (boredom) I thought about how these two films in … Continue reading
Mama Africa
Little back story. Back last year while working for a small film festival, our small team embarked on a doomed project to obtain Mama Africa for our Opening night film. Alas it seems we needed this pesky thing called money, which we didn’t have enough of to screen this important film. It was a bitter … Continue reading
British Life & British Strife in British Cinema
Is there a term to describe someone who seems to shy away from his or her’s own culture? What’s the word for that describes the opposite of xenophobic? I’m not trying to get philosophical or deep. I’m not going to come out with some big revelation. I’ve just realised that most, if not all, the … Continue reading
The House I Live In
Alerted by a very conscientous friend that this was on BBC4 earlier this week, I had long been anticipating this documentary ever since I had spied the trailer last year. I was expecting it to be in cinemas at some point but when I stopped hearing about it altogether I assumed that it had had … Continue reading