Capturing the corruption of a criminal organisation as de facto government, this film lets the real state off the hook.
This Toxic Thing of Ours. Film review – Tom Jennings
Jar City juggles the clichés of police procedurals and conventions from Icelandic myth to suggestively modern effect, finds Tom Jennings
Hardboiled and Hardwired. Film review – Tom Jennings
Walter Salles returns to Brazilian social realism with “the best football film ever”, says Tom Jennings (with tongue firmly wedged in cheek)
Nils All. Film review – Tom Jennings
Tom Jennings appreciates Shane Meadows’ sly cinematic commentary on our changing times in Somers Town’s low-key coming-of-age tale.
New Wave Goodbye. Film review – Tom Jennings
In addition to its revealing ‘worm’s eye view’ of the Abu Ghraib scandal, Tom Jennings sees Standard Operating Procedure as a more general fable of modern governance.
Telling Tales of Torture. Film review – Tom Jennings
More unrest in China following further layoffs in the industrial heartland.
Jef Costello examines the reasons behind the recent wave of strikes and university occupations in France.