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

Sergei Eisenstein

Roma
Saturday, 12 January 2019 10:22

Roma

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Alejandro Hernandez digs out two important and interlinked political backstories from the Netflix movie Roma, about state-sponsored violence against progressive social movements, and how unequal class and gender power relations are expressed in the daily violence against domestic workers' conditions. Recently, Alfonso Cuarón was awarded best foreign language film and…
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The Student
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 03 January 2019 18:27

The Student

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Jenny Farrell reviews The Student, a modern Russian film which is now available on DVD. Russian cinema today explores capitalism against the backdrop of a past socialist experience. Open-minded visitors to former socialist states, and particularly to Russia, will come across this living memory and frequently an acknowledgement of the…
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Peterloo
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 02 November 2018 21:25

Peterloo

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Mike Wayne reviews Mike Leigh's new film, a complex, powerful reconstruction of a key historical moment in the ongoing class struggle of the British working class. Most of Mike Leigh’s films have been small scale, intimate and personal stories rather than the explicitly political territory Ken Loach is well known…
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Nae Pasaran: They Did Not Pass
K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 19 September 2018 17:01

Nae Pasaran: They Did Not Pass

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John Green reviews a new film about the solidarity and courage of some Scots engineering workers who took action against the Chilean military coup of 1973. Nae Pasaran tells the incredible but true story of the Scots workers who, from the other side of the world, managed to ground half…
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Black 47
Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:21

Black 47

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Luke Callinan reviews Black 47, a film which reminds us of the brutal and inhuman nature of colonisation. Lance Daly’s Black 47, which was released in September 2018, is the first feature-length film dealing directly with the catastrophic events of 1845-1849 in Ireland that became known subsequently as “The Famine”. It…
Irish Famine
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In the Fade
Sunday, 19 August 2018 21:13

In the Fade

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Jenny Farrell reviews a new German film about the rise of fascism in Germany. Winner of the Golden Globe for best foreign language film, In the Fade by Turkish-German director Fatih Akin, is one of the more important new political films on the state of Germany today. It is loosely…
Fascism
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Marx and the cinema: labour on screen
Monday, 23 April 2018 12:36

Marx and the cinema: labour on screen

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Dennis Broe traces the history of the representation of labour on screen, and finds inspiration for celebrating May Day and continuing Marx’s struggle against capitalism. This is Bro on the World Film Beat Breaking Glass on the subject of Marx and the cinema, as we approach May Day, a worldwide…
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Marx at the Movies
Wednesday, 14 February 2018 15:19

Marx at the Movies

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To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx this year, John Green gives a brief outline of some of the influences of Marxist thought on moviemakers. What influence has Marx had on film and the cinema? A rather odd if not idiotic question the reader might think. After…
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