reviews
Reviews of books, articles, publications, music, film, events and culture.
The Tin Roof Blowdown, by James Lee Burke (2007). Book review – Tom Jennings
James Lee Burke’s post-Katrina hardboiled crime novel, The Tin Roof Blowdown, exposes and critiques the responses to the disaster.
CSI: The Big Sleazy by Tom Jennings
The Yes Men, dirs. Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith, 2004. Film review
Review of the documentary about the corporate lampooners
The Maybe Men
David Lynch, Contemporary Cinema and Social Class (2000). Film review – Tom Jennings
Tom Jennings’ essay on David Lynch, recent cinema and film criticism.
Class-ifying Contemporary Cinema by Tom Jennings
Vera Drake, dir. Mike Leigh, 2004. Film review – Tom Jennings
Vera Drake vividly portrays the paradoxes of backstreet abortion without passing judgement.
Dilemmas of a Bleeding Heart
Saul Williams, The Fader Label, 2005. Music review
Review which finds that Saul Williams fails to translate potent political polemics into poetic musical magic...
Slam Dunk Funk Sunk by Clunky Punk Junk
Anti-GM event at RISK: Creative Action in Political Culture, CCA, Glasgow, 2005. Art review – Tom Jennings.
Report on an event mixing art and politics.
Gene Genies by Tom Jennings
Documentary representations of British and European Muslim women. Essay review
Follow-up to ‘Same Difference’ examines images of Muslims in photography and television
Breaking Cover
A History of Violence, dir. David Cronenberg, 2005. Film review
Tom Jennings applauds the success of A History of Violence in linking the attractions of action cinema to ideologies of control and conquest by force.
What A Man’s Gotta Do
A Dirty Shame, dir. John Waters, 2005. Film review
Of several summer film releases tackling themes of sexual expression and repression, this review judges A Dirty Shame the daftest, as well as the most radical.
Bad Taste and Good Sense by Tom Jennings
9 Songs, dir. Michael Winterbottom, 2005. Film review
Review of 9 Songs, the ‘dirtiest film ever shown in Britain’.
Going Through the Motions
