The East, directed by Zal Batmanglij A rare cinema fiction tackling radical environmentalism ties itself in knots trying to offer a 'balanced' argument
Strike- Sergei Eisenstein Eisensteins first film depicting working conditions and repression in Tsarist Russia.
The proletariat zombie revolution - Cameron Weed Extract from a film theory thesis on the role of the zombies in George Romero's Land of the Dead.
Almost a testament: Encounters with Pasolini - Peter Dragazde A collection of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s observations and aphorisms on religion, politics and culture,…
The Spirit of '45, directed by Ken Loach This elegy to the gains for ordinary people made in the UK after 1945 – now largely clawed back – fails to inspire due to its lack of analysis of…
Postmodern anti-hero: capitalism and heroism in Taxi Driver - Matthew Iannucci Film theory examining the themes of masculinity, media reportage and cinema worship in the landmark…
The New Babylon 1929 The film The New Babylon (Novyy Vavilon) was directed by Kozintsev and Trauberg in 1929. It is a sympathetic account of the history of the Paris…
Storming the West - Celluloid Liberation Front Film theory on the spaghetti western films of the 1960s and 70s and how they were informed by the revolutionary conditions in the real world.
World Revolution Z - Gastón Gordillo The growing popularity of the zombie apocalypse genre represents growing elite anxiety about revolutionary insurrection, argues Gastón Gordillo.
