Flying in the face of the embargo, Black Magic reviews Eagle vs. Shark: If you’re into comedies this is definitely a must-see. Huh? Who isn’t “into comediesâ€? Have you ever…
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Adding a sad extra twist to the wonderful restrospective of 70s cinema in this year's Festival is the news that László Kovács, cinematographer of two of those films (Five Easy Pieces…
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While the Film Festival takes up a justifiably huge chunk of time and mindspace during these two weeks the world of commercial cinema has hit back hard with two of…
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The world of Harry Potter takes on an Orwellian tone in The Order of the Phoenix, episode 5 in the Hogwarts soap, which sees the magic bureaucracy in London desperate…
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It’s Film Festival time of year, that two and a half week period when watching three films a day becomes more than shameful self-indulgence, its almost obligatory. Like life itself,…
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About 13 years ago I found myself transfixed by an image on a television news broadcast of a seven-year-old girl trapped on a bridge. With her family she was trying…
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