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Review: How to re-establish a vodka empire

How To Re-Establish a Vodka Empire, shown at the BFI film festival as part of the New British Cinema series, is a charming and sincere journey through family roots. A subjective but interesting view of European history and an honest, if contracted, view of the director’s bumpy road into the vodka market. … Read entire article »

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Review: Shock Head Soul

  This Dutch-English production is a collection of various art forms; animation, documentary and drama, perfectly sewn together into one shocking, informative but also entertaining piece of work. … Read entire article »

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Kevin Clash, the man behind the puppet

Just something to read for the weekend. This week in the New York Magazine we found an interesting interview with Kevin Clash, the man behind Elmo and the subject of a new documentary called Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey. We talked about it before on DocGeeks – still hoping the film will come to Europe sometime soon. … Read entire article »

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Review: The Somnambulists

Though the Somnambulists is not a documentary in the traditional sense it is well worth a review on this site. The film consists of 15 portrait shots, intense views of men and women who each played a role in Iraq during the war.  … Read entire article »

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Review: A Bitter Taste of Freedom

It would be easy to expect a documentary about Anna Politkovskaya, the murdered journalist who was famous for her ongoing criticism of the Russian government, to be focused squarely on her writing and reporting, showing just her ‘public face’. Instead, A Bitter Taste of Freedom is a conscious decision to show Anna Politkovskaya the complex human being, rather than the hailed but simplified icon or hero.  … Read entire article »

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Britain as it is – made by you

How would you describe life in Britain? The answer to this question obviously depends completely on your own experiences and will be different for everyone. Together we are Britain. Recognising this, the BBC has now launched a film project which will work with you to show the world what Britain is like. Get ready to make some history! … Read entire article »

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One week in and more to come!

The first week of the London Film Festival has passed and it has been absolute madness. Gaining roughly 2 pounds due to all the free Green & Black’s chocolate in the press room and square eyed from all the films, we can honestly say we have done the best we could. Here an overview of the coverage so far…and there is still a lot more to come! … Read entire article »

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