Across the country, public art funding is being slashed. Creatives attempting to produce political work are being blackmailed and censored. And jobs, pay, and conditions for performers are being eroded. Capitalism is killing culture
The second instalment of Denis Villeneuve’s epic sci-fi adaptation is a scintillating watch. Its story of imperialist plunder, war, and oppression provides a striking parallel with modern real-life events. Head to your nearest cinema to check it out.
New musical ‘Cable Street’ does an excellent job of portraying the eponymous 1936 battle, when the working-class community in East London rose up to block Mosley’s fascist thugs in their tracks. These inspiring events are full of lessons for today.
In the latest issue of The Communist, out this week, comrades review two recent cinema releases: Jonathan Glazer’s Auschwitz drama ‘The Zone of Interest’, and Romanian black comedy ‘Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World’.
Malnutrition haunts humanity. There is hunger amidst plenty. An obesity epidemic weighs down on the working class. Meanwhile, the food monopolies are making fat profits. Capitalism is killing us. To protect our health, we need planning, not profit.
Ongoing Tate Britain exhibition ‘Women in Revolt’ explores the role of feminist art and activism in the fight against oppression. But the eclectic ideas portrayed offer no real solution. Only united class struggle can liberate humanity.
Recent cinema release ‘Poor Things’, a wonderfully surreal comedy by director Giórgos Lánthimos, is deserving of its many award nominations. But its postmodern political message about women’s oppression leaves a sour taste in the mouth.
We are keen to fill the pages of The Communist with readers’ thoughts on art and culture, including the latest releases in cinemas, on stage, on streaming services, and in print. Here, comrades review two recent films to hit the silver screen.
A new television drama has brought attention to the shocking scandal experienced by Post Office workers, falsely accused of stealing and then hung out to dry. Only democratic workers’ control can prevent such horrific miscarriages of justice.
A new film adaptation of The Peasants is a genuine visual spectacle. It faithfully depicts the contradictory nature of the peasantry as a class, the weight of village tradition, and the crushing oppression of women that exists to this day.
Ridley Scott’s much-hyped Napoleon biopic is an epic flop. In place of any serious historical narrative, cinemagoers are force fed poundshop psychoanalysis. This film ultimately fails both as a work of art, and as a representation of history.
Diving into the BBC archives, one can find a revealing documentary that highlights the mass methods of struggle used during the Intifada, the intrigues of the imperialists, and the rotten role of the Palestinian ‘leaders’. We must tell the truth.