Paul Tims argues that Tarantino’s assertion of the value of violence in his latest film has a message for anti-capitalist activists I’m a huge Tarantino fan. You’re... Continue reading
Rita Di Santo reviews Noura’s Dream After screening at the Toronto Film Festival, French-Tunisian filmmaker Hinde Boudjemaa’s Noura’s Dream had its Middle East premiere at the El... Continue reading
Class conflict, and the various ways class divisions are expressed and resolved in personal relationships, from outright violence to affection and peaceful co-existence, form the central themes... Continue reading
Rita di Santo reviews Young Ahmed, which won the Best Director prize at Cannes recently Like Britain’s Ken Loach, Belgium’s most renowned filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne... Continue reading
From Cannes, Dennis Broe reviews Ken Loach’s latest film, about the slow breakdown of a family exposed to the ‘freedom’ of the gig economy The first scene... Continue reading
Alejandro Hernandez digs out two important and interlinked political backstories from the Netflix movie Roma, about state-sponsored violence against progressive social movements, and how unequal class and... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews The Student, a modern Russian film which is now available on DVD. Russian cinema today explores capitalism against the backdrop of a past socialist... Continue reading
Mike Wayne reviews Mike Leigh’s new film, a complex, powerful reconstruction of a key historical moment in the ongoing class struggle of the British working class. Most... Continue reading
There is a certain self-satisfaction to our popular culture which I find nauseating. TV and film are used to tell more styles and types of stories than... Continue reading
John Green reviews a new film about the solidarity and courage of some Scots engineering workers who took action against the Chilean military coup of 1973. Nae... Continue reading