reviews

Pan’s Labyrinth - review

Tom Jennings reviews Guillermo del Toro's Pan’s Labyrinth, a fantastical tale set in post-Civil War Spain.

Favela Rising - review

Tom Jennings is disappointed at Favela Rising’s focus on its founder’s personality rather than Brazilian Afro-Reggae’s grass-roots potential.

The ‘G’ Word - review

Tom Jennings' review of the graffiti art show at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.

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.

Shameless - review

Tom Jennings' review of the fourth series of Channel 4's TV show set on a Manchester council estate, Shameless.

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

The Lives of Others

Bogus history, liberal wish-fulfilment, bourgeois triumphalism – no wonder ‘The Lives of Others’ won an Oscar, reckons Tom Jennings

Red Road - review

Andrea Arnold's Red Road and the surveillance society