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The revolution introduced me to art, and art, in its own turn, brought me to the revolution.

Sergei Eisenstein

There’s Still Tomorrow
Thursday, 18 April 2024 14:09

There’s Still Tomorrow

Written by Rita Di Santo
in Films
This is a brilliant directorial debut of Italian actress, Paola Cortellesi. Sharp, elegant and passionate, she tells a story of the past with great love and great joy. Set in Rome just after the second world war, the Americans are patrolling the roads giving chocolate to the locals. Some people…
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'Zone of Interest' and Glazergate: The director’s challenge and the Zionist reaction
Friday, 29 March 2024 13:07

'Zone of Interest' and Glazergate: The director’s challenge and the Zionist reaction

Written by Dennis Broe
in Films
Jonathan Glazer is the Academy Award and BAFTA winning director of Zone of Interest, a film that highlights the “dehumanization” going on outside the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, where the carnage only appears on the off-screen soundtrack. He has come under attack not for anything in the film but…
Gaza genocide zionism Holocaust Jonathan Glazer
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The Trust Fall: Julian Assange
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Saturday, 16 March 2024 12:06

The Trust Fall: Julian Assange

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Written by Brett Gregory
Brett Gregory interviews the director of The Trust Fall: Julian Assange, and reviews the film Kym Staton appears on screen, tired. In the little Zoom box in front of me he is sitting at a table in a little box room in a hotel with his head a little bowed.…
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From Salford to Saltburn: Class, Privilege and the Screen Industries
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 05 March 2024 18:04

From Salford to Saltburn: Class, Privilege and the Screen Industries

in Films
Written by Jon Baldwin
Jon Baldwin compares and contrasts Nobody Loves You and You Don’t Deserve to Exist with Saltburn. Image above by Paul Routledge, see here Nobody Loves You and You Don’t Deserve to Exist (dir. Brett Gregory, 2022) and Saltburn (dir. Emerald Fennell 2023) were released within a year of each other.…
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'Americonned' film review: how we're conned by capitalism in the US and Britain
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 05 March 2024 17:52

'Americonned' film review: how we're conned by capitalism in the US and Britain

in Films
Written by Brett Gregory
Hi, my name is Brett Gregory, Associate Editor for the UK arts, culture and politics website, Culture Matters, and this is my review of Sean Claffey’s 2023 documentary, Americonned. Throughout the 20th century Hollywood often hypnotised us with its mirages of the United States which were altogether beautiful, beguiling and…
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Minimum wage Milton Friedman Kurt Andersen neoliberal capitalism Sean Claffey
My Favourite Cake
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 19 February 2024 15:22

My Favourite Cake

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Written by Rita Di Santo
My Favourite Cake, the story of an elderly divorcée looking for love, could be seen as just a bittersweet crowd-pleasing romantic comedy. What happens in this movie is quite normal for these kinds of films, but it also happens to be set in Tehran, and My Favourite Cake has become…
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Small Things Like These
Sunday, 18 February 2024 15:27

Small Things Like These

Written by Rita Di Santo
in Films
Wonderfully adapted from the Claire Keegan’s novel, ‘Small Things Like These’, directed by Tim Mielant, is a strong film, emotional, radical and deep. It explores the infamous Magdalene Laundries, the institution where pregnant or “promiscuous” women could effectively be incarcerated for life. The story is told through the kind eyes…
Cillian Murphy Magdalene Laundries Berlin Film Festival Claire Keegan
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Saturday, 10 February 2024 10:28

Zombies and capitalism: George A. Romero's anti-capitalist critique, and his democratic, collaborative film-making

Written by Brett Gregory
in Films
Interview Transcript BG: Victor Halperin's movie ‘White Zombie’ from 1932, Jacques Tourneur’s ‘I Walked with a Zombie’ from 1943, Gordon Douglas' ‘Zombies on Broadway’ from 1945 … all early warning signs which were ignored by the great and the good alike until … [‘Night of the Living Dead’ audio clip]…
Night of the Living Dead Dawn of the Living Dead
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I'm Explaining a Few Things... About Gaza 
Sunday, 04 February 2024 09:26

I'm Explaining a Few Things... About Gaza 

Written by Culture Matters
in Films
The Art Of Resistance presents a short film about Gaza. Image above: Palestinian News & Information Agency (Wafa) in contract with APA images There is a climate of intimidation concerning criticism of Israel. Anyone who speaks out about the Gaza genocide, particularly creative figures, is certain to suffer media attack.…
Genocide in Gaza Guernica Neruda
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‘Folk Horror on Film: Return of the British Repressed’
Thursday, 01 February 2024 09:33

‘Folk Horror on Film: Return of the British Repressed’

Written by Brett Gregory
in Films
Brett Gregory interviews Dr. Louis Bayman, Associate Professor Film Studies at the University of Southampton BG: Even before the suicidal insanity of Brexit, the UK has always been regarded by the wider world as a very posh, very violent and very strange country: out of place and out of time,…
The Wicker Man Witchfinder General Cry of the Banshee Blood on Satan's Claw
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