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A Fight on Two Fronts: On Jean-Luc Godard’s La Chinoise
Doug Enaa Greene, August 28, 2019
Doug Enaa Greene and Shalon van Tine discuss Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film La Chinoise in its historical context. Read Article.
Revolutionary Reels: Soviet Propaganda Film and the Russian Revolution
Shalon Van Tine, November 15, 2019
Shalon Van Tine provides an overview of Soviet Film and its development in relation to the politics of the USSR and Bolshevik Revolution. Read Article.
Crossing the Line: Habitus and Misrecognition in Bong Joon-Ho's Parasite
K.T. Jamieson, March 7, 2020
K.T. Jamieson analyzes the dynamics of class in Bong Joon-Ho's Parasite through the lens of Pierre Bourdieu's social theory. Contains spoilers. Read Article.
Stalinist Cinema in Context: Ten Things You Might Miss Watching 'The Fall of Berlin'
Sophia Homa, May 9, 2021
Sophia Homa provides some historical context for a classic Soviet film to celebrate the Nazi surrender in World War II. Read Article.
Boldly Going Where We’ve Already Been: An Analysis of Voyagers
Stephen Lee Naish, November 27, 2021
Stephen Lee Naish reviews Neil Burger's Voyagers and finds an impoverished ruling class vision of space travel where reaching for the stars means more of the same. Read Article.
Full Time: a Caustic Film About the Inhuman Face of Capitalism
Christos Kefalis, June 20, 2022
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 critique of contemporary capitalism. Read Article.
Halloween: Then and Now, and… Forever?
Stephen Tumino, October 19, 2022
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franchise's trajectory, arguing that the thrust of ideological demystification found in John Carpenter's original has been replaced by a thematic which obscures the reality of contemporary capitalism. Read Article.
The Daily Practice of Partizanship: A Review of Steven de Castro’s 'Revolution Selfie'
Paul Romano, January 19, 2023
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 and Q&A with de Castro held at Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn, NY. Read Article.
The Double Tragedy of Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'
Sam Miller, November 1, 2023
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 tragedy due to its nesting of Oppenheimer's life story in the broader world of U.S. Popular Front Communism. Read Article.
Socialist Noirvember
Hank Kennedy, November 29, 2023
Hank Kennedy discusses film noir's relationship to the 1940s Hollywood Left and highlights two films of interest for socialist cinephiles. Read Article.