Behind the spectacle of The Hobbit One of the most popular products exported from New Zealand has been the atmospheric Lord of the Rings films. They invoke images of a far off land…
The Killer Inside Me, directed by Michael Winterbottom Tom Jennings is disappointed with two films which purport to illuminate and critique violence…
Exit Through the Gift Shop: a Banksy film This entertaining pseudo-documentary mocks contemporary art’s commercial premises as well as the mystique of individual genius. Tom Jennings…
Precious, directed by Lee Daniels This tale of the transcendence of wretched suffering retains some integrity despite pushing so many bleeding-heart liberal buttons
You fire the worker, we fire the boss – organising at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield A participant's account and critical reflections on an Industrial Workers of the World organising…
Starsuckers, directed by Chris Atkins, and Capitalism: A Love Story, directed by Michael Moore Tom Jennings suspects that lack of political imagination explains the patronising…
The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow Tom Jennings is relieved that this film avoids lazy liberal moralising in exploring the mundane traumas of courage under fire.
9 to 5: We're So Pretty. . . Pretty Vacant! Nine To Five directed by Colin Higgins, story by Colin Higgins, Patricia Resnick, starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Funda, Dolly Parton Reviewed by Caitlin Manning
Le Donk and Scor-Zay-Zee, directed by Shane Meadows Tom Jennings chuckles along with the pointed proletarian poignancy of Meadows’ latest chamber-piece.
Film Fictions of the Iraq War Tom Jennings examines television and cinema stories about the US/UK ‘war on terror’ in terms of the notion that ‘war is the health of the state’.
Frozen River, directed by Courtney Hunt This heartfelt debut film about dodgy decisions prompted by force of circumstance is several cuts above standard American independent cinema fare
Croatia: students and MASA against Broadway cinema Report from Croatian anarcho-syndicalist group MASA about a protest against the exploitation of students and workers in the Broadway cinema.
