reviews

Bullet Boy - review

Hyped as a Brit Boyz N The Hood, Saul Dibb's Bullet Boy hits more ambitious bullseyes, according to Tom Jennings.

Bob & Roberta Smith, Help Build the Ruins of Democracy, Baltic Centre, Gateshead - review

Tom Jennings examines the political pretensions of a contemporary art show.

Beautiful Struggles and Gangsta Blues. Music review/essay – Tom Jennings

Tom Jennings’ urban music review of the year 2004.

Wall and Piece, by Banksy, Century, 2005. Art/book review – Tom Jennings

Tom Jennings reviews a coffee table offering from the media’s favourite subversive.

Arofish stencil graffiti (2005). Art review – Tom Jennings

Stencil graffiti by Arofish often succeeds in transcending formula and cliché, according to Tom Jennings.

Pick A Bigger Weapon, The Coup, Epitaph Records, 2006. Music review – Tom Jennings

Tom Jennings reviews a new album from the radical Cali rap duo.

Hidden, dir. Michael Haneke, France 2005 [orig. Caché]. Film review

Review of Haneke’s chilly digital video thriller

Dead Prez: three new albums in 2006. Music review – Tom Jennings.

A slew of new Dead Prez releases deepen and diversify revolutionary US hip-hop, according to Tom Jennings.

The War On Democracy - review

John Pilger’s new documentary spoils a concise exposé of US foreign policy with uncritical pandering to Latin America’s latest charismatic nationalists, finds Tom Jennings

Jindabyne - review

Aussie film Jindabyne (dir. Ray Lawrence) impressed Tom Jennings, capturing a community’s complexities in a manner cinema seldom manages.