(UK/France, 2016) 28th Oct – 10th Nov, DCA Ken Loach’s new film I, Daniel Blake has been repeatedly compared to his 1966 work Cathy Come Home. Cathy aired on the BBC and managed to completely transform the public perception of homelessness, even leading to the founding of the charity Shelter. Does I, Daniel Blake have Read More
Deemed by publisher Freight Books as a ‘vital analysis of the state of the nation following the SNP surge at the 2015 general election’, Iain Macwhirter’s Tsunami: Scotland’s Democratic Revolution is a unique insight into the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum and its aftermath. Considering Macwhirter’s first-hand experience in the political arena (his work as a Read More
It is difficult to remain objective in reviewing certain films, not least when they are documentaries concerning the foreign policy your country’s leaders have pursued over the past fifteen years in defiance of the public’s expressions of disapproval in their actions. But let us try nonetheless. The film’s director, Amir Amirani, has worked on We Read More
I plant a handstand on the edge of human existence tempting mythical beasts to call my bluff, make a scapegoat out of me, or at the very least a media sensation. (‘Let Me Bring You to the Brink’) From the jacket inwards, Priscila Uppal, a Canadian of South Asian descent, fires her mantra for this Read More