The top ten films of 2021
Mark Dee Smith offers a selection of some of the best films of the year
- Written by Mark D Smith
- Category: Film Review
Comets, climate and capitalism: what we can take from Don’t Look Up
Adam McKay's Don't Look Up highlights how the capitalist class’s relentless pursuit of profit is leading us to disaster, argues Lucy Nichols
- Written by Lucy Nichols
- Category: Film Review
Palestinian season on Netflix
Michael Lavalette reviews a number of Palestinian films currently streaming on Netflix
- Written by Michael Lavalette
- Category: Film Review
The Harder They Fall review: Who needs a plot anyway?
Despite a missing plot, Lucy Nichols finds The Harder They Fall an entertaining and visually impressive new take on the Western genre
- Written by Lucy Nichols
- Category: Film Review
The morality of Squid Game - review
The brutal Squid Game is a huge hit. Lucy Nichols argues this is because people recognise the brutality in their everyday lives
- Written by Lucy Nichols
- Category: Film Review
The 8th: The Movement for Abortion Rights in Ireland - review
The 8th is a moving and powerful film showing how mass activism is the route to achieving change, argues Lucy Nichols
- Written by Lucy Nichols
- Category: Film Review
9to5: The Story of a Movement review
What a way to build a movement: Lucy Nichols reviews Steven Bognar and Julia Reicherts’ latest documentary
- Written by Lucy Nichols
- Category: Film Review
Summer of Soul - film review
The recently released Summer of Soul shows us a side of the counterculture that deserves to be better known, argues Jim Aindow
- Written by Jim Aindow
- Category: Film Review
The Truth About Police Stop & Search
Channel 4’s new documentary paints a vivid picture of the police’s systemic mistreatment of black people, argues Jamal Elaheebocus
- Written by Jamal Elaheebocus
- Category: Film Review
Friendship’s Death – film review
Peter Wollen’s newly restored feature film reminds us of a time when theory and practice came together in the cinema, argues Martin Hall
- Written by Martin Hall
- Category: Film Review
Facts are stubborn things: Exterminate All The Brutes review
Raoul Peck’s four-part documentary film about colonialism, slavery and genocide is a powerful and thorough exposition of the crimes of colonialism
- Written by John Westmoreland
- Category: Film Review
Where there’s people, there’s power – Judas and the Black Messiah review
The revolutionary life and politics of Fred Hampton, and the violence of the state against him, provide timely lessons for the movement today, writes Shabbir Lakha
- Written by Shabbir Lakha
- Category: Film Review