Set in Columbia during the rise of the drug lords, Pajeros de Verano (Birds of Passage) is a sleak, hard-hitting take on gang warfare among the Wayuu people of the South American country which, unfortunately, has become a by word for drug trafficking. The film has a similar grittiness to Brazilian film City of God … Continue reading Pajeros de Verano
It was the summer of '86 and this particular reviewer sat down in the box room of the family home to watch the final of that year's world cup on the tiny portable colour TV that was the norm then. I was just getting into football and my father, (who normally hates football), to his … Continue reading Diego Maradonna
IT was September 2002. The summer had ended but there was still cause for many in Derry, Northern Ireland to celebrate. Oasis, the band who had defined a generation were due to play in Prehen playing fields that sunny September. Oasis, together with a number of bands that formed the "Britpop" phenominon burst onto the … Continue reading Liam Gallagher: As it was. Liam does it his way
