Last train home A documentary focusing on one family of migrant workers, mainly around Chinese New Year. It reveals the conditions they live and work in, and the strain it has on the family, which comes out…
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Here's a video (and links to a couple of other videos) previewing the new documentary about the Chinese artist and political activist, Ai Weiwei,…
Attack the Block, directed by Joe Cornish An apparently refreshing take on underclass alienation soon sours into the same old rancid reaction
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!
