I know I am in a very privileged position thanks to everyfilm.
Sure, I work pretty hard on keeping up to date with the world of movies but now it is starting to open doors and give me access to films in a way that it didn't when the project started last year.
This means, for example, I'm going to be able to review the majority of movies at the Human Rights Watch Festival from the comfort of my own living room.
In all honesty, there is no way I could have made it to London next week, so this is a huge bonus - doubly so, because documentaries are my favourite form of movie.
So, there was no red carpet, no Kim Taylor-Bennett and, in fact, no people except Mrs W and me soaking up our first premiere of the week - Black Block.
Although, I must admit I would have loved to go along to either the Curzon Soho or Ritzy Cinema screenings next weekend because there is a Q & A with one of the film's key players on the panel.
Daniel Mcquillan was one of the G8 protestors who were horrifically beaten by police after they charged into the Diaz School in Genoa where the activists were legitimately sheltering for the night.
Black Block includes testimony from Daniel and several others who were attacked, arrested and given no legal recourse during four hellish days.
It is a film which again made me wonder about the civilised western world which we supposedly live in.
More and more, it seems to me, the countries who shout loudest about their democratic credentials, have little reason to.
Black Block is fascinating and thought-provoking but, in common with too many human rights documentaries, does not seek to be balanced.
The movie I watched yesterday, Better This World, benefited from offering the alternative point of view, largely because it was so utterly lame.
To see the Italians squirm under fierce questioning would have been illuminating.
Laughs: none
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 8/10
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