Babel - review Tom Jennings reviews Babel, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and directed by Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu.
The Hive of Liberty - review As a new edition of The Hive of Liberty is published Tom Jennings welcomes renewed interest in 18th century Tyneside radical Thomas Spence.
Hip Hop Is Dead - review Tom Jennings interprets Nas’ provocation that ‘Hip Hop Is Dead’ in terms of the limited liberal horizons of civil rights.
Freedom Writers - review Richard LaGravenese's liberal feel-good film Freedom Writers offers no real solutions to the problems in inner-city schools and neighbourhoods.
Shameless - review Tom Jennings' review of the fourth series of Channel 4's TV show set on a Manchester council estate, Shameless.
The Trap: What Happened to our Dream of Freedom - review BBC 2’s ‘The Trap’ documentaries can’t see beyond the false dreams of freedom they expose, argues Tom Jennings
Rebelution - review Tanya Stephens’ new album Rebelution is subtitled ‘a movement without denial or regret’ – making class-conscious ethics central to reggae’s message. Tom Jennings rides its rhythms.
The Lives of Others - review Bogus history, liberal wish-fulfilment, bourgeois triumphalism – no wonder ‘The Lives of Others’ won an Oscar, reckons Tom Jennings
This Is England - review Tom Jennings' review of Shane Meadows' film based in the early skinhead scene and how it changed when fascists began to recruit within it.
Utopian (Euro) Visions? (2007). Tom Jennings Tom Jennings' commentary on explicit prejudice and implicit bias in Europe's favourite song contest.
MOVE organisation UK tour and documentary - review Tom Jennings presents the MOVE organisation's documentary, shown at the Star and Shadow cinema in Newcastle during a screening tour of the UK.