“All aboard for Lordsburg!”, my Dad used to shout. Immediately, my sister and I would scramble out to the garden to take our seats in the creaking,... Continue reading
As the predicted and real-time effects of climate change grow more dire by the day, and Covid-19 continues to devastate the world’s most impoverished (predominantly black and... Continue reading
Charlotte Dick criticises the 2017 film Wonder Woman, a troubling example of how ‘feminists’ are civilisng women, black and brown bodies to suit white, male fantasies Ravenously... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell presents and discusses Margarethe von Trotta’s film about Rosa Luxemburg On 5 March 2021, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Rosa Luxemburg’s birth. No one... Continue reading
Mike Wayne introduces his new film essay The Dialectical Image is a film essay about experience and the aesthetic. I say ‘the’ aesthetic because I am not... Continue reading
Deirdre O’Neill, in the latest in the series of Culture Matters/Morning Star articles on the effects of Covid-19 on culture, sketches out the argument for developing a... Continue reading
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