Route Irish, directed by Ken Loach A disappointingly missed opporunity to explore recent developments in the military-industrial complex.
Neds, directed by Peter Mullan This tale of disaffected youth trades in traditional rhetorical flourishes but succeeds in avoiding easy answers.
Biutiful, directed by Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu Iñárritu’s latest slice of urban transcendentalism shamelessly exploits underclass suffering in search of salvation
Never Let Me Go, directed by Mark Romanek Funny how film fictions aspiring to profound philosophical insight often fall so flat.
Braveheart and Scottish nationalism Article on national self-determination in Scotland. Written by Iain MacSaorsa, Scottish Anarchist, number 3, the magazine of Scottish Federation…
Mammoth, directed by Lukas Moodysson Another potentially interesting film tackling the human downsides of globalisation falls victim to superficial preaching
Another Year, directed by Mike Leigh A gentle pantomine, where nothing much happens, to arguably profound effect? Must be another Mike Leigh film!
Made in Dagenham, directed by Nigel Cole Its producers claimed inspiration from resistance to injustice, but this film’s sentimental spin is fundamentally flawed.
Winter’s Bone, directed by Debra Granik Flirting with heroic individualism, this story insists instead on age-old community bonds that everyone else seems to have written off
The Secret In Their Eyes, directed by Juan José Campanella Tom Jennings finds that there’s rather more than meets the eyes in this entertaining, if excessively…
