Mike Wayne reviews Allegories of The End of Capitalism: Six Films on the Revolutions of Our Times, by Milo Sweedler, Zero Books 2020 Milo Sweedler’s book is an unfailingly... Continue reading
Rita di Santo reviews Woody Allen’s new film, A Rainy Day in New York, with a good deal of scepticism “Don’t you see the rest of the... Continue reading
Mike Wayne weighs the influence of Marxism on film culture Marxist filmmakers, Marxist-influenced culture and Marxist theory, have all had a huge influence on world film culture... Continue reading
Jack Brindelli offers some lessons for the radical left from an animated skeleton This December is particularly troubling for an unrepentant leftist like me. On top of... Continue reading
Jack Brindelli reviews arise!, the new film from Culture Matters, available to watch here. Director: Carl Joyce Writer: Paul Summers Cast: Joyce McAndrew, Amber Pearson, Brenda Heslop,... Continue reading
Rita di Santo interviews the British director Lech Kowalski, director of of Blow It to Bits Timely and urgent, but not in the daily papers, Blow It to... Continue reading
Rita Di Santo reviews Synonyms by Nadav Lapid, showing at the Seville Film Festival Seville Festival is a great place to catch up with the best in... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell discusses The Architects, a film made in 1989/90 which traced the reasons for the collapse of the GDR 30 years ago, on 9 November 1990,... Continue reading
Fran Lock reviews Joker’s treatment of violence, poverty, class, gender and race, and the way it subverts ‘one of capitalism’s most pernicious fictions’ If you want to get... Continue reading
Sorry We Missed You is director Ken Loach’s follow-up to his excoriating I, Daniel Blake which exposed how the welfare system has been turned into an apparatus... Continue reading