UKGFF 14: Expedition to the End of the World

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter Expedition to the End of the World is a picture which its accompanying press release describes as “a film about the origins of the world, the end of human civilisation, and life on earth once we’re gone”. Suffice it to say, director Daniel Dencik exhibits epic intentions in terms of both […]

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Milius Review: Directing Legends

Teddy Bear with an AK-47 John Milius’ bear-like shoulders have bore many titles throughout his infamous career in cinema as both a writer and director; visionary, fascist, zen anarchist, threat to western civilization, but most importantly a true filmmaking great. Milius was born and raised in the American Midwestern town of St. Louis, Missouri. The […]

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Silence Review: Wild at Heart

ENJOY THE SILENCE Following a self-imposed exile of nearly fifteen-years, sound-recordist Eoghan leaves Berlin and returns to his native land of Donegal, Ireland. Intending to record the naturalistic melodies of his desolate yet wildly beautiful homeland, Eoghan embarks upon a journey which draws him into a series of surreal and revealing interactions with the land’s […]

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Blockade, Landscape, Revue: 3 films by Sergei Loznitsa Review

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter BACK IN THE U.S.S.R. Pieced together solely from footage sourced from the Soviet film archives, Sergei Loznitsa’s collection of documentaries, Blockade, Revue, and Landscape, provides a largely unseen portrait of Russia’s tumultuous and often deeply tragic journey through the 20th Century. Retrospectively the key events which have marked the vast […]

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