Elstree 1976 (2016) – DVD Review
Elstree 1976 finds a new part of the Star Wars story to explore – the stories of the bit part and background actors whose lives were changed by their small roles in the film.
Author James McColl
The Swedish Theory of Love (2015) – Review
Swedish Theory of Love is a fascinating documentary that looks at the impact of 40 years of social policy encouraging individualism in Sweden.
The Experimenter (2015) – DVD Review
The Experimenter looks at Stanley Milgram and his infamous experiment that explored obedience to authority and pushed people to violate their own conscience.
How To Change The World – DVD Review
How To Change The World tells how Greenpeace got started and the challenges that it and its leader, Robert Hunter, have faced.
Contamination (1980) – DVD/Blu-Ray
Contamination is a 1980 video-nasty Italian horror that owes a lot to Ridley Scott’s Alien film. Now it gets the HD treatment for a Blu-Ray release.
Testament Of Youth – DVD/Blu-Ray
Testament of Youth is the latest adaptation of Vera Brittain’s World War 2 memoirs. It’s faithful to the text, but lacks some ambition in its depictions of the time.
Make Your Maker
Make Your Maker is a rich and vibrant short film about consumer culture, the metaphor taking on a visceral literality as a woman eats her own clone. But in a fun way!
The Beginning
A documentary short film depicting the anti-government movement in Turkey, using footage, photography, text and interview to chart the trajectory of a protest in May 2013.
Simple Mind
A short films which journeys into the mind of a man whose mental health is reflected by the film itself; disjointed, fractured and intriguing.
Beam Me Up, Joey
Beam Me Up, Joey is a short, stop-motion light show. A group of people are wrapped up in lights and transformed into brightly coloured spectacles.