reviews
Reviews of books, articles, publications, music, film, events and culture.
Manderlay, dir. Lars Von Trier, 2006. Film review
Tom Jennings review Lars von Trier’s follow-up to Dogville.
Grace, Favour and Farce
Lower City, dir. Sérgio Machado, Brazil 2006. Film review
Film review that glimpses seeds of hope in Lower City’s vividly lurid portrayal of the seamier side of lowlife.
The Hard Labour of Love
London Counterculture and People Power of the Nineties, Nos. 1 and 2, by Stefan Szczelkun, 2006. DVD review
Review of Stefan Szczelkun’s documentation of grass-roots culture in these DVDs and an extraordinarily rich website.
Documents of Dissentiment
Küba, by Kutlug Ataman, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle, July-August 2006. Art review
Küba’s multitude of screens give a fascinating but flawed portrayal of community.
Ghetto Fabulous
The Power of Nightmares - review
BBC2’s fascinating ‘The Power of Nightmares’ (Adam Curtis, 2004) documentaries offer nothing new, argues Tom Jennings
A Pair of Right Scares
Hot House Cold Storage, by Sally Madge, Isis Gallery, Melmerby, Cumbria, 2004. Art review – Tom Jennings
Tom Jennings’ review of a ground-breaking site-specific installation.
Nature Read in Truth and Straw by Tom Jennings
Natural Born Killers: cultural studies and left politics.
Tom Jennings’ discussion of Oliver Stone’s 1994 blockbuster in terms of contemporary trends in media and politics.
Natural Born Cultures
In The Cut - review
Tom Jennings’ review of Jane Campion's 2003 postfeminist erotic thriller
A Cut Above?
Fahrenheit 9/11, dir. Michael Moore (2004). Film review – Tom Jennings
Tom Jennings’ complementary excavations of Michael Moore’s anti-Iraq War blockbuster.
Extracting the Michael and Slurs and Stereotypes by Tom Jennings
Extracting the Michael
Dream On (Amber Films, 1992), Class War, and ultra-left critique. Film review – Tom Jennings
Tom Jennings’ essay on the theoretical and propaganda use and abuse of concepts of socio-economic class.
The Hidden Injuries of Theory by Tom Jennings
