Tom Jennings

Ill Manors, directed by Ben Drew, and The Angels' Share, directed by Ken Loach

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Oct 24 2012 20:28

Official 'truth' being more dishonest as well as stranger than fiction, Tom Jennings looks instead at feral youth fairytales screened since last August's riots.

We Found Hope in a Loveless Place. Film review – Tom Jennings

Reacting to Reality Television, by Beverley Skeggs & Helen Wood

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Sep 27 2012 15:52

A welcome and invaluable critical analysis of some of the effects of the genre on its viewers.

Morality Plays. Book review – Tom Jennings

UK screen representations of youth in austerity

Submitted by Tom Jennings on May 3 2012 16:48

Two decades-worth of British poverty porn reveals more than might be thought.

The Poverty of Imagination. Film and television review – Tom Jennings

The War on Terra, by Verbal Terrorists

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Mar 1 2012 13:38

“Rhyming for a reason, we ain’t here for the hell of it: Fuck ya deficit!” (Efeks, ‘Mass Production’)

Deterritorial Attack Group. Music review – Tom Jennings

Wuthering Heights, directed by Andrea Arnold

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Feb 2 2012 20:13

Never mind the prissy costume drama bollocks. This raw punk historicism is a landmark, in several senses, of British cinema.

Othering Depths. Film review – Tom Jennings

Top Boy, by Ronan Bennett, Channel 4

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Dec 1 2011 15:22

Yet another teenage gang tall story glimpses beyond the moral panics and tired miserabilism of most poverty porn.

Hackney(ed) Crossroads Reloaded. Television review – Tom Jennings

Attack the Block, directed by Joe Cornish

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Oct 29 2011 10:39

An apparently refreshing take on underclass alienation soon sours into the same old rancid reaction

Alienz ’n the ’Hood. Film review – Tom Jennings

Street Summer season, Channel 4

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Oct 4 2011 12:23

A naff cultural-historical hip-hop gospel packaged according to MTV aesthetics ...

Spectacular Coincidences. Television review – Tom Jennings

Route Irish, directed by Ken Loach

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Aug 1 2011 16:23

A disappointingly missed opporunity to explore recent developments in the military-industrial complex.

Privatised on Parade. Film review – Tom Jennings

Nurse Jackie, BBC2

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Jun 30 2011 14:01

A rare example of television fiction doing some outrageous justice to the modern work/life (im)balance

Angel of Ambivalent Mercy. Television review – Tom Jennings