The Tin Roof Blowdown, by James Lee Burke (2007). Book review – Tom Jennings James Lee Burke’s post-Katrina hardboiled crime novel, The Tin Roof Blowdown, exposes and critiques the responses to the disaster.
The Yes Men, dirs. Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith, 2004. Film review Review of the documentary about the corporate lampooners
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.
Saul Williams, The Fader Label, 2005. Music review Review which finds that Saul Williams fails to translate potent political polemics into poetic musical magic...
Anti-GM event at RISK: Creative Action in Political Culture, CCA, Glasgow, 2005. Art review – Tom Jennings. Report on an event mixing art and politics.
Documentary representations of British and European Muslim women. Essay review Follow-up to ‘Same Difference’ examines images of Muslims in photography and television
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.
