FILM REVIEW: American Fiction (2024)
Brilliantly dry tale of a black author who dumbs down his writing to make a statement, and unwittingly becomes a best seller. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison […]
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FILM REVIEW: I Get Knocked Down: The Remarkable Story of Chumbawamba
From revolutionary vanguard to washed up retired radical. Or is he? Dunstan Bruce reflects on his time with Chumbawamba, from bedsit anarchists, to chart topping […]
FILM REVIEW: Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis (Dogwoof 2022))
Squaring The Circle is the fascinating story of the artists behind some of the most iconic album covers in history. Not only are Hipgnosis the […]
FILM REVIEW: Free Party – A Folk Tale (2023)
A documentary about the free party scene of the early nineties, and how the state tried to make it illegal to party. As I type, […]
FILM REVIEW: John Wick Chapter Four (2023)
Fourth installment of the ever so slightly bonkers ‘John Wick’ series. OK. For the uninitiated – in the first film retired hit man John Wick […]
FILM REVIEW: Cassette: A Doccumentary Mix Tape.
Cassette, a nostalgic look back at the days of cassette culture, featuring the man who invented them, the people who used them and the people […]
KILLING JOKE: Death and Resurrection Show (Movie – 2013)
Fascinating documentary film telling the story of Killing Joke Right from the very word go, the Killing Joke story gets weird. Jaz Coleman and drummer […]
STAY HUMAN: A Film by Michael Franti (2019)
Michael Franti goes in search of humanity and positivity. And finds it. Franti has been around a while now and has been on something of […]
WHITE RIOT (2017): The Story of Rock Against Racism
White Riot is the Story of Rock Against Racism and how a handful of music lovers motivated a cultural backlash against the rising tide of […]
SALT OF THE EARTH (2015)
There are many photographers who deserve the accolade of ‘master of photography’. The ones that are really interesting though, are the ones that bring us […]
BASICALLY JOHNNY MOPED (2013)
Basically Johnny Moped is the story of Johnny Moped, one of those legendary haphazard bands that burned brightly but briefly around the time punk was […]
A BAND CALLED DEATH (2012)
‘A Band Called Death‘ is a documentary about a band called, erm – Death! The incredible story of how a black proto punk band from […]
THE GLAMOUR & THE SQUALOR: (2015)
The Glamour & The Squalor is the story of Marco Collins, US DJ that is credited with breaking bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and […]
SAMPLE THIS (2013)
‘Sample This’ is the bizarre tale of ‘Apache’, an obscure instrumental track put together by The Incredible Bongo Band, which went on to become to […]
SAVING BANKSY (2017)
Saving Banksy is a film that set out to document Banksy’s work on a trip to San Francisco, and turns into a tale of the […]
YARDIE (2018)
Idris Elba dips his toes into directing, knocking out a compelling dramatization of Victor Headley’s best selling novel ‘Yardie’. A ‘Yardie’, for the uninitiated, is […]
YARDIE: Movie soon come. And the Soundtrack gonna be wicked
Never mind 007, Idris Elba has got more original stuff to do, like a new Luther and making his own movies. Yardie, directed by Elba, […]
OASIS: SUPERSONIC (Movie)
This is a warts and all documentary reviewing the rise and fall of nineties mega stars, Oasis. Within less than three years they rose from […]
The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson (2015)
In 2013 Wilko Johnson was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer. The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson is a peak behind the curtain to find out what […]
NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD (Madman Entertainment 2008)
If you thought ‘Mad Max’, ‘Crocodile Dundee’ and ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ were the only films ever to come out of Australia you would be […]
DON’T TAKE ME HOME (2017)
In 2016, Wales qualified for the finals of a major football tournament for the first time in fifty eight years. Needless to say the whole […]
I Daniel Blake (2016)
Ken Loach has a knack for making extraordinary films about otherwise ordinary subjects. And yet again, he has hit the mark. Daniel Blake is a […]
HYPERNORMALISATION – Do not adjust your set
We are living in strange and chaotic times. Brexit, loonies on the verge of becoming president of the USA, the Middle East in chaos. But […]
McCULLIN (2012)
McCullin (2012) If a picture can paint a thousand words, Don McCullin must be one of the most verbose photographers of the 20th Century. His […]
LEE SCRATCH PERRY: Visions of paradise (2016)
LEE SCRATCH PERRY: Visions of Paradise (2016) Whilst Lee Scratch Perry is hardly a household name, there can be few people on the planet that […]
BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS
BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS (2016) After getting rumbled trying to steal a JCB in Cardiff, two sisters, Clare and Lisa, do a runner in the middle […]
Spike Island
SPIKE ISLAND (2012) Run of the mill tale of young love, hopes and dreams, elevated by being based around what was billed as a cultural […]
SOUND IT OUT
SOUND IT OUT (2011) Independent record shops are a dying breed. Sound It Out is the self proclaimed ‘last surviving vinyl record shop in Teeside’ […]
WHIPLASH (2014)
Whiplash is a film about ambition, perfectionism and drive, disguised as a film about jazz drumming. Andrew Neiman (is a student that dreams of being […]