Below the surface
Patrick Mulcahy on a slow burner about have-nots
When it comes to the work of American writer-director S. Craig Zahler, I have arrived late to...
Locked inside the room
Zoe Mavroudi on Colette’s literature and masochism
Director Wash Westmoreland’s beautiful, discreet film, Colette, dramatises an anecdote from the great writer’s first marriage. Her husband...
Crowd trouble
Patrick Mulcahy on Mike Leigh’s homage to Peterloo 200 years on
Peterloo is writer-director Mike Leigh’s most ambitious film to date – and one of...
Wanted: a profound shift in how we run, fund and judge
While parents fund-raise for resources and headteachers take to the streets in protest at government cuts, Dave Lister finds Melissa Benn outlines a strong...
No apology needed
Patrick Mulcahy on showing genuine concern for workers’ rights
Watching contemporary American cinema is, for the most part, a depressing experience. ‘America First’, the mantra...
Nikolai Bukharin – Forgotten Revolutionary
Nigel Doggett finds political lessons from a victim of Stalin’s purges
Hollywood shame factory
Patrick Mulcahy on the state of the film industry
After nominating himself for Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year 2017’, US President Donald Trump must have shrugged...
Labour’s lessons on Zero Hour Contracts: Review of IER Booklet
From political rhetoric to meat on the bone: Zero Hour Contracts and their context
REVIEW:
Re-regulating Zero Contracts By Zoe Adams and Simon Deakin
Institute for...