The Ballad of Shirley Collins – Documentary Review

The Ballad of Shirley Collins is a 2017 documentary directed by Tim Plester and Rob Curry which sheds light on the singer’s fruitful career, her tragic loss of voice and eventual re-entrance into the world of music with her album, Lodestar.

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Don’t Water the Vine – Short Film Review

‘An ambitious young architect tries to hold his life together after he starts uncontrollably producing grapes from his mouth.’

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Plastic Boy – Feature Film Review

Plastic Boy follows Sam, a directionless office assistant who knows that he isn’t where he wants to be in life but can’t be bothered to do anything about it.

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Faulty Roots – Short Film Review

Two teens face their own realities but come together to form a friendship against the odds.

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Soundtrack To Sixteen – Feature Film Review

Maisy and Ben. Two teens with their own lives – their own difficulties and insecurities. Maisy is trying to fit in with the popular girls while making a plan of action that will hopefully culminate in her first kiss. Ben is struggling with the seemingly untameable beast of A level Physics.

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One Plus One Equals Three – Short Film Review

Michael Dolha’s new film, One Plus One Equals Three, is a vibrant fragment of what feels like a larger narrative but it carries itself with purpose and precision.

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Mr Rockstar – Short Film Review

Directed by Abu Arifeen Khan, ‘Mr Rockstar’ follows a teenager’s angst in the world of drugs and violence. Mr Rockstar is available to watch on Amazon Prime now.

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Wild Geese – Short Film Review

‘Wild Geese’, directed by Devany Greenwood, is delicate and devastating in the same breath. It explores the poetical love we think we can only dream of and the love we think we know and want. A struggle between truth and comfort.

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Lion – Short Film Review

The harsh reality of child abuse is dragged into the light by a vicious counterattack. But are the Lion’s claws physical or psychological?

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