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SQUARE GROUPER : The tale of large scale Cannabis smuggling in Florida

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If I had caught sight of the ‘Cocaine Cowboys’ movie before I moved to Miami, I don’t think that I would have ever dared settle here.  Billy Corbin’s 2006 Documentary told the true story of the local drug wars in the 1980’s when ruthless Columbian cocaine barons invaded Miami and bought a level of violence … Continue reading



Starless Dreams

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Mehrdad Oskouei’s unflinching and extremely personal documentary shot in a  rehabilitation center for female juvenile delinquents in Tehran for 20 days leading up to New Year, will unquestionably be one of the saddest stories to hit our screens this year.  It took the filmmaker seven years to persuade the Iranian authorities to allow him to film an imprisoned … Continue reading





The Booksellers : a glimpse into a genteel world that maybe disappearing

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According to most of the people featured in this new documentary the world of antiquarian bookselling is gently standing by watching its own demise.  Everyone involved may have a different opinion on its potential survival, but they are all unanimous in who/what is to blame i.e. the internet.   In New York  from the 1890s to … Continue reading



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