David Lynch, Contemporary Cinema and Social Class (2000). Film review – Tom Jennings Tom Jennings’ essay on David Lynch, recent cinema and film criticism.
Vera Drake, dir. Mike Leigh, 2004. Film review – Tom Jennings Vera Drake vividly portrays the paradoxes of backstreet abortion without passing judgement.
US writers call off strike Writers are heading back to their laptops after voting through a proposed agreement between the Writer’s Guild of America (WAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) for pay and royalties over work done until 2011.
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.
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.
9 Songs, dir. Michael Winterbottom, 2005. Film review Review of 9 Songs, the ‘dirtiest film ever shown in Britain’.
Volver, dir. Pedro Almodovar, Spain 2006 (English subtitles). Film review Review of Almodovar’s latest cinematic delirium
V for Vendetta, dir. James McTeigue, 2006. Film review – Tom Jennings. Tom Jennings reviews the latest botched adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novels.
Guerilla: the Taking of Patty Hearst, dir. Robert Stone, 2004. Film review – Tom Jennings Tom Jennings’ review of Robert Stone’s account of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Rose Coloured Spectacles (2006). Film review Review discussing treatments of politics in mainstream cinema.
Paradise Now, dir. Hany Abu-Assad, 2006. Film review Reviews of controversial Oscar nominee for best foreign film
Manderlay, dir. Lars Von Trier, 2006. Film review Tom Jennings review Lars von Trier’s follow-up to Dogville.
