The politics of the Alien series
Author: Laura DugganThe Alien series, first of which was called “Alien” and released in 1979, deals comprehensively with gender and the politics of sex. It introduced Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley a...
View ArticleArms and the People
Author: Mike GonzalezFor many, popular uprisings go wrong the moment those fighting back pick up a gun. Any sign of “militarisation” marks a turning point where a brilliant rebellion turns into a...
View ArticleBBC on the London riots
Author: Francis O ReillyThe BBC recently aired two documentaries with last year's London riots as subject. Part one gave the perspective of the rioters themselves and Part two gave the Police’s side of...
View ArticleTV3 at it again
Author: Karl GillTonight (august 29th) at 10pm TV3 will air “Irelands Bogus Beggars: Paul Connolly Investigates”. This is a program they showed last year and it fits in well with their attempt to be...
View ArticleLes Miserables- a revolution on screen
Author: Vanessa O SullivanBased on the incredible book by Victor Hugo, Les Miserables is a masterpiece that will blow everyone away. A story about love, kindness, heartache, devastation, poverty,...
View ArticleLincoln: emancipation with the slaves left out
Author: Brian KellySteven Spielberg’s Lincoln, with Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead role and expected to sweep the Oscars, concentrates on elite political maneuvering around the 13th Amendment to the US...
View ArticleEnder's Game
Author: James O Toole“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand...
View ArticleMandela Long Walk to Freedom
Author: Seamus O'BrienThe death of Nelson Mandela came occurred only two weeks before I sat down to watch Chadwick’s film adaptation of Mandela’s auto-biography Long Walk to Freedom. This being the...
View Article12 years a slave
Author: Kiran EmrichBrutal, yet beautiful, 12 Years a Slave is a stunning cinematic achievement. The film is based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup, a freeman from New York, who in 1841, was...
View ArticleReview: Jimmy's Hall
Author: Tiarnán Ó MuilleoirJimmy’s Hall, the latest film from veteran socialist filmmaker Ken Loach, is a powerful dramatization of ‘The Gralton Affair’, a little-known episode in Ireland’s radical...
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