Jo Rogers

Jo Rogers

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  • 2016Writing since

A London-based writer and filmmaker, Jo Rogers recently graduated with a BA in digital film production and is now developing herself as a film critic and screenwriter. She loves horror films, crime documentaries, live music and anime, and hopes to pursue a career in alternative documentary and horror filmmaking.

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The Marker

When career-criminal Marley unintentionally kills a young mother protecting her daughter during a job-gone-wrong, he becomes (quite literally)…

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Kills on Wheels

Kills on Wheels gets proactive about tackling diversity in cinema, with awesome results. Director Attila Till was determined…

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Goon: Last of the Enforcers

Seann William Scott is back and sillier than ever in the second instalment of the 2011 sports comedy…

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Summer in the Forest

Director Randall Wright’s Summer in the Forest provides a thoughtful and refined insight into the lives of a…

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Slack Bay

The latest surreal creation of a director normally best known for the seriousness and mature subject matter of…

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Varoonegi (Inversion)

Director Behnam Behzadi’s elevating and insightful Inversion is a gentle but thought-provoking Iranian drama with a feminist outlook. Set…

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Tickling Giants

Some argue that “laughter is the best medicine”. This idea is particularly significant within Tickling Giants, which is…

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The Love Witch

At a glance, with its bold sixties-style wardrobe, garish retro set dressing and deadpan acting, viewers probably wouldn’t…

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