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Tuesday 22 May 2012	Film


Nathalie Rothschild The rise and fall of a chess prodigy From Cold War-era hero to paranoid enemy of the state: it’s Bobby Fischer Against the World.

Monday 27 June 2011
Rob Lyons A day in the life of the lonely crowd Life in a Day editor Joe Walker tells spiked about the making and meaning of his innovative crowdsourced movie.

Friday 17 June 2011
Tessa Mayes This film review is brought to you by POM Wonderful Morgan Spurlock’s hilarious new documentary about product placement is not the anti-corporate exposé it thinks it is.

Tuesday 14 June 2011
Rob Lyons The Pipe: a liberal pantomime in the bogs A film about local resistance to a Shell gas pipeline off Ireland's west coast invites us to boo at the big, bad corporation.

Tuesday 31 May 2011
Rob Lyons Dodging the burgers won’t save the planet New film Planeat claims that a vegan lifestyle can save the world and our health. But where’s the beef?

Monday 4 April 2011
Brendan O’Neill Killing Bono: on the wrong side of history However much serious rock critics fantasise that U2 were rebellious rockers, the truth is ‘the kids’ rejected them.

Monday 21 March 2011
Tim Black Ken Loach’s Route Irish is a dead end This Iraq War thriller is really a simplistic revenge fantasy for a frustrated and impotent anti-war movement.

Thursday 24 February 2011
Joel Cohen Banksy: the joke is the message Nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar, Exit Through the Giftshop might just be a big hoax. But does it matter?

Wednesday 23 February 2011
Hamish Ford The King’s Speech: it doesn’t speak for me A film lecturer from Down Under slams the portrayal of the monarchy as decent and Aussies as submissive.

Monday 21 February 2011
Tim Black A fitting tribute to the ‘forgotten Suffragette’ A brilliant new documentary about democracy-loving Sylvia Pankhurst reminds us that Everything is Possible.

Thursday 3 February 2011
Rob Lyons Gasland: how to turn good news into bad Shale gas might help solve a global energy shortage. So why is Josh Fox’s Oscar-nominated doc so down on it?

Monday 24 January 2011
Rob Lyons Now, the therapist is the real king The King’s Speech rewrites the story of George VI through the prism of today’s therapeutic, ‘damaged goods’ culture.

Friday 7 January 2011
Graham Barnfield A kind of Eat, Pray, Love for men Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours combines gorno (that arm-hacking scene) with a tale of spiritual awakening aimed at blokes.

Monday 20 December 2010
Daniel Ben-Ami Freakonomics: more self-help than economics The movie of the best-selling book is a popular taster of a worrying obsession with individual behaviour.

Monday 20 December 2010
Nathalie Rothschild A queer take on Italian family life Loose Cannons is an uplifting film about Italian traditions and sexuality, but it ends up looking like a clichéd pasta ad.

Tuesday 30 November 2010
Nathalie Rothschild Lesbians: the new smug marrieds? The lesbo-mum comedy The Kids Are All Right implies that super-domesticated same-sex parents are the new normal.

Wednesday 17 November 2010
Tom Belger The horror of climbing the property ladder Hong Kong slasher flick Dream Home treads an intriguing but ultimately unsuccessful path between satire and sadism.

Thursday 4 November 2010
Neil Davenport The loneliness of the long-suffering singleton Mike Leigh’s Another Year is a humane look at how the loss of social networks reinforces middle-aged isolation.

Monday 18 October 2010
Brendan O’Neill Facebook: the heart in a heartless world David Fincher’s brilliant The Social Network teases out what is driving the FB juggernaut: our need for narrative.

Friday 8 October 2010
Emily Hill Turning celebrity breakdown into art I'm Still Here documents Joaquin Phoenix’s journey from Hollywood star to obese, beardy rapper. Or is he just messing with us?
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