Film Review - Counterfire

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

It happened here - film review

Brownlow and Mollo's alternative vision of Nazi-led Britain in the 1940s resonates powerfully today, Tom Griffiths finds

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

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

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

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.

Nolan's Dunkirk - film review

Christopher Nolan's epic depiction of the Dunkirk evacuation misses the point, argues Tom Lock Griffiths

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

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

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

I, Daniel Blake: the tragic ramifications of austerity

Tom Griffiths reviews Ken Loach's new film, which gives viewers a glimpse into the heartbreaking realities of austerity Britain

Hollywood takes on the bankers? Review of The Big Short

Mckay's film exposes the greed at the core of the system, but fails to tell the story of those most affected by the crisis

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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

It happened here - film review

Brownlow and Mollo's alternative vision of Nazi-led Britain in the 1940s resonates powerfully today, Tom Griffiths finds

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

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

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

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.

Nolan's Dunkirk - film review

Christopher Nolan's epic depiction of the Dunkirk evacuation misses the point, argues Tom Lock Griffiths

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

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

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

I, Daniel Blake: the tragic ramifications of austerity

Tom Griffiths reviews Ken Loach's new film, which gives viewers a glimpse into the heartbreaking realities of austerity Britain

Hollywood takes on the bankers? Review of The Big Short

Mckay's film exposes the greed at the core of the system, but fails to tell the story of those most affected by the crisis