Rolling Thunder Revue: a Bob Dylan story by Martin Scorsese
Scorsese's new documentary shows Dylan grasping at the truth of an America that was figuring out what it wanted to be
- Written by Martin Hall
- Category: Film Review
Rosa Luxemburg, von Trotta's 1986 film, receives digital restoration - review
In this moving biopic, Rosa Luxemburg emerges as a vibrant, sensual, intellectually brilliant, morally and physically courageous woman, whose legacy proves timeless, writes Tom Lock Griffiths
- Written by Tom Griffiths
- Category: Film Review
Peterloo: an 'anti-period drama'
Peterloo presents our history vividly, finds David McAllister. The result is a film that is both timely and historically accurate
- Written by David McAllister
- Category: Film Review
It happened here - film review
Brownlow and Mollo's alternative vision of Nazi-led Britain in the 1940s resonates powerfully today, Tom Griffiths finds
- Written by Tom Griffiths
- Category: Film Review
The Young Karl Marx - film review
This portrait of the most important thinker of the modern age shows a man who was much much more than the popular caricature of a grey beard
- Written by Sean Ledwith
- Category: Film Review
Black Panther: from Huey Newton to Wakanda - film review
Black Panther is a landmark film for representation and presentation, but the politics ignores structural issues of class and race, argues Shabbir Lakha
- Written by Shabbir Lakha
- Category: Film Review
Darkest Hour - film review
Darkest Hour offers some truths on ruling class contradictions, but retells the myth that the people were fighting for Empire, argues Chris Bambery
- Written by Chris Bambery
- Category: Film Review
Blade Runner 2049 - film review
As the sequel to the 80's blockbuster hits the big screens, Sean Ledwith analyses the politics behind the influential sci-fi film.
- Written by Sean Ledwith
- Category: Film Review
Nolan's Dunkirk - film review
Christopher Nolan's epic depiction of the Dunkirk evacuation misses the point, argues Tom Lock Griffiths
- Written by Tom Griffiths
- Category: Film Review
The Death of Louis XIV: feudalism’s last gleaming
Tom Lock Griffiths locates a unique performance at the heart of Albert Serra’s study of aristocratic and corporeal decay
- Written by Tom Lock Griffiths
- Category: Film Review
Heroin, hope and Hibernian FC: T2 Trainspotting reviewed
“The world kept moving forward - and we didnae”, Chris Bambery finds a lot to like in the recently released Trainspotting sequel CONTAINS SPOILERS
- Written by Chris Bambery
- Category: Film Review
Oliver Stone’s Snowden - film review
Stone's biopic is a powerful reminder that the capitalist state can still be brought to its knees by the defiance of a single person
- Written by Sean Ledwith
- Category: Film Review