Rob Keeling

¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival 2013

by Rob Keeling 8 March 2013

The ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival returns once again to Cornerhouse in Manchester this March and as ever there is a tantalising range of movies on offer. Historical dramas, coming of age stories, off-beat comedies and gripping documentaries are just a taste of the genres that will be on show from Friday 8th [...]

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In Review: Seven Psychopaths

by Rob Keeling 6 December 2012

Martin McDonagh’s follow up to 2008′s In Bruges is an entertaining, violent and often very funny comedy thriller which benefits from having a cast chock full of scene-stealing badasses.

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COFILMIC Comedy Film Festival: Programme Announced

by Rob Keeling 12 October 2012

The second annual COFILMIC festival, showcasing the best in short comedy films, sitcoms and sketches is rapidly approaching. It’s being held once again at Manchester’s Comedy Store and will be taking place on Monday 29 th and Tuesday 30 th of October.

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COFILMIC Comedy Film Festival Update

by Rob Keeling 22 August 2012

The upcoming COFILMIC comedy film festival has announced some pretty stellar new prizes and has extended the submission deadline accordingly. With the event itself taking place on the 29-30 th October, prospective filmmakers now have until the 5 th September to get their entries in.

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In Review: Moonrise Kingdom

by Rob Keeling 31 May 2012

There are certain words it’s hard to avoid when reviewing a Wes Anderson movie, such as quirky, eccentric and whimsical. It’s just hard not to use them when he insists on making films that are so gosh darn quirky, eccentric and whimsical.

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In Review: Tambien La Lluvia [Even the Rain]

by Rob Keeling 18 May 2012

The award winning Spanish actress and director of Take My Eyes, Icíar Bollaín, has made an emotional and insightful film with Even the Rain , which touches on modern day environmental concerns of Bolivian Indians as well as looking at the poignant historical scars left by the Spanish Conquistadors as they swept across Latin America [...]

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In Review: The Raid

by Rob Keeling 21 April 2012

Gareth Evans’ Indonesian martial arts flick The Raid has been on the film world’s proverbial radar for several months now. It’s been touted as a game-changing action movie and spoken of in the same breath of some absolute titans of the genre, but would it manage to live up to all the hype?

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Bradford International Film Festival: Sawdust City

by Rob Keeling 11 April 2012

Set on a snowy Thanksgiving in Eau Claire Wisconsin, Sawdust City is an engrossing beer-soaked drama which sees two semi-estranged brothers reconnect as they trawl the town’s various bars looking for their absent drunkard of a father.

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Bradford International Film Festival: Bummer Summer

by Rob Keeling 10 April 2012

Bummer Summer is a slow burning and extremely low-fi indie film which sees two brothers embark on a road trip with the elder brother’s ex-girlfriend.

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Bradford International Film Festival: Turkey Bowl

by Rob Keeling 10 April 2012

A group of friends in their early-to-mid-twenties reconvene once a year to play a customary game of touch football. The group appear to have drifted apart somewhat over the years and don’t see each other as much as they used to. They are an eclectic bunch, including ultra-competitive Bob, quiet and unassuming Adam, bright and [...]

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18th International Bradford Film Festival: 19th-29th April

by Rob Keeling 10 April 2012

A staple of the UK film calendar, the 18 th Bradford International Film Festival (BIFF) kicks off in just over a week’s time and features a typically eclectic mix of old classics and top new independent movies.

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