Summer of Soul
Just in time for the cancellation of Van Morrison, a music documentary arrives to snatch the title of Greatest Concert Movie from Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz. So could everyone […]
Tag Archives: politics
Judas and the Black Messiah
In late ’60s Chicago, 19-year-old car thief William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield) turns FBI informant to infiltrate the Black Panther Party and take down its charismatic leader Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya). Right […]
David Baddiel: Jews Don’t Count
In a week when 200 academics have come out (anonymously) in support of antisemitic lecturer David Miller, David Baddiel seems to be onto something with his new book Jews Don’t […]
Barack Obama: A Promised Land
The long-awaited memoir from the 44th US president weighs in at a hefty 700 pages, as Obama shares thoughts and feelings from his meteoric rise and time in office. The […]
Hail Satan?
Satanism was huge in the last century (if you believe the Christian right) but now it’s back and better than ever, as revealed in Penny Lane’s 2019 documentary about American […]
On iPlayer: Primary Colors
Adding credence to the notion that any rich schmuck can be president, John Travolta plays a Democratic candidate in this 1998 political satire. Adapted from an anonymously published novel about […]
The Last Supper
This 1995 dark comedy sees a group of murderous liberals (Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish, Jonathan Penner and Courtney B. Vance) inviting conservatives to dinner where poisoned wine is […]
The Campaign
When incumbent congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major gaffe on the campaign trail, wealthy donors the Motch Brothers (Dan Aykroyd, John Lithgow) back a new horse in the […]
RBG
As often happens, this documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives ahead of a biopic (On the Basis of Sex), where we’ll get to see the same events again […]
Fahrenheit 11/9
Fahrenheit 11/9 (or to use its British title, Celsius 9/11) is the new film from Michael Moore, not to be confused with rapper Macklemore (or Dexter Jettster for that matter). […]
