Socialist Noirvember
Hank Kennedy discusses film noir’s relationship to the 1940s Hollywood Left and highlights two films of interest for socialist cinephiles. November is often known by …
film criticism
The Double Tragedy of Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’
Sam Miller reviews Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer,’ arguing that although the central character is less Promethean than the opening epigram implies, the film is still effective as …
Bela Lugosi: The People’s Horror Star
Hank Kennedy profiles actor Bela Lugosi, highlighting the man’s often forgotten left-wing politics. There are two popular images of Bela Lugosi. Of the two, to …
Letter: On ‘Not Very Quiet in the Western Front’
Until today, All Quiet on the Western Front was the oldest book on my Goodreads to-read list (January 2016!). When the Netflix movie came out, …
Not Very Quiet On The Western Front
Francis Babeuf reviews director Edward Berger’s new Netflix-produced screen adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1928 anti-war novel ‘All Quiet On The Western Front,’ arguing that …
The Daily Practice of Partizanship: A Review of Steven de Castro’s ‘Revolution Selfie’
Paul Romano reviews documentarian Steven de Castro’s 2017 film on the New People’s Army (NPA), ‘Revolution Selfie: The Red Battalion,’ and discusses a recent screening …
Letter: On Halloween Now and Forever
While I applaud the recent attempt to give a political analysis of the Halloween films, I take issue with how this analysis is not supported …
Halloween: Then and Now, and… Forever?
Stephen Tumino reacts to the new and supposedly final installment of long-running horror-slasher film franchise ‘Halloween’ with an analysis of the franchise’s trajectory, arguing that …
The Implicit Illiberalism of Crimes of the Future
Sam Miller reviews director David Cronenberg’s new film Crimes of the Future, arguing that it successfully critiques ‘end of history’ liberalism. Introduction Saul Tenser: A …
Full Time: a Caustic Film About the Inhuman Face of Capitalism
Christos Kefalis, editor of the journal Marxist Thought, argues that French director Éric Gravel’s new film Full Time (French: Á plein temps) presents a remarkable cinematic social …
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn: A Superb Satire of Petty-Bourgeois Conformism and Capitalist Barbarity
Christos Kefalis praises Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude’s new film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn as a devastating critique of contemporary Romanian capitalism and defends …