Matteo Sedazzari
The Hit
When people talk about classic British gangster films, invariably they mention Get Carter or The Long Good Friday, yet other classic British gangster films
Paul Davis’ Out of Time – A Dublin’s Mod’s Tale
‘You don't know what's going on, You've been away for far too long, You can't come back and think you are still mine’ Chris Farlow – Out Of Time
Slade in Flame
At the height of their popularity in 1974, their then manager, Chas Chandler (former bass player of The Animals and former manager of Jimi Hendrix), suggested Slade do a film.
A Critique of My Day with Ibrahim Miiro & Hannah Laresa Smith.
My Day, the first feature film from South London short film director and screenwriter, Ibrahim Miiro, is a poignant story of a homeless teenager, Ally, who is caught up in the vicious circle of drug dealing in and around a variety of council estates in London.
Jack Palance – Screen Legend, yet Often Forgotten Horror Actor
Jack Palance, born Volodymyr Palahniuk on 18th February 1919 to Anna and Ivan Palahniuk, Ukrainian immigrants, in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania. Palance was one of six children. Prior to becoming a screen legend Jack Palance was a professional boxer fighting under the name of Jack Brazzo.
L'immortale (The Immortal) – Starring Marco D'Amore Gomorrah Reviewed on ZANI
L’immortale (The Immortal) is a spin-off from Sky Atlantic’s Gomorrah, which is loosely based on Italian writer and Napolitano Roberto Saviano’s nonfiction book Gomorrah (March 2006), an investigative tome that under-covered in detail the workings of the criminal organisation, Camorra of Naples. The book led to a play then a film (both in 2008), then to a TV series (2014), co-created by Savino. The TV series bears no resemblance to the book, film, or the play.
My Brilliant Friend– The Story of A New Name – Reviewed on ZANI
My Brilliant Friend - The Story of A New Name, is the follow on to HBO, RAI and TIMvision’s critically acclaimed TV Series, My Brilliant Friend, created by Italian director Saverio Costanzo, (Hungry Hearts, The Solitude of Prime Numbers) based on Elena Ferrante’s four-book series entitled the Neapolitan Novels.
The Soul of a Drummer and A Review of Whiplash
The drummer is the backbone to any band, from jazz to rock, for they are the ones that make the melody pulsate, the harmony throb and the bass notes dance. Without a good drummer then the band is no good, it is that simple.
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police – (2012) is a documentary based on The Police’s guitarist Andy Summers’ critically acclaimed autobiography from 2007, One Train Later: A Memoir Paperback.
A Brief Study of Hamlet and a Review of Ophelia Starring Daisy Riley
Ophelia is the tragic female lead role in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, (written by the bard between 1599 and 1601) commonly known as Hamlet.