Top Boy, by Ronan Bennett, Channel 4 Yet another teenage gang tall story glimpses beyond the moral panics and tired miserabilism of most poverty porn.
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.
Classless, by Carl Neville This entertaining exposure of late capitalist culture’s class denialism doesn’t quite convince
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.
Mammoth, directed by Lukas Moodysson Another potentially interesting film tackling the human downsides of globalisation falls victim to superficial preaching
The Lindisfarne Shelter, by Sally Madge Tom Jennings reports on the eventful life and death of an outstanding work of anonymous, autonomous public art
Review: One dimensional woman - Nina Power Feminism is back, and a new book sets out to help prevent it falling victim to the mistakes of the past, according to Tom Jennings
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.
