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Alex Barrett is an independent filmmaker and critic based in London. His second feature film, the silent city symphony London Symphony, is now available worldwide. He also runs the blog Night on Planet Earth.

Documentary, Film Festival

EIFF2010: And Everything Is Going Fine

Steven Soderbergh’s body of work has always presented something of a problem for critics, its sheer eclecticism eschewing any easy pigeonholing. Despite

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Film Festival

EIFF2010: Return to Edinburgh

As I write, I sit eager with anticipation at the thought of returning to the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Last year I was lucky enough to have a

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News

Playing to the Crowd

There’s no denying that in recent years the consumption of media has changed. With the rise of new spectatorship models it seems that the old models of

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