Film Review - Counterfire

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

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

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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

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