The Lobby (Episode 3: An Anti-Semite Trope): how small-minded cult-like behaviour threatens democracy and citizens’ rights to free speech
Clayton Swisher, “The Lobby (Episode 3: An Anti-Semite Trope)” (Al Jazeera, 2017) In this third
Category: British Films
Reviews of films from the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales).
The Lobby (Episode 2: The Training Session): undercover investigation reveals fanaticism and sociopathy
Clayton Swisher, “The Lobby (Episode 2: The Training Session)” (Al Jazeera, 2017) Continuing on from
The Lobby (Episode 1: Young Friends of Israel): how Israel infiltrates youth groups and organisations in Britain
Clayton Swisher, “The Lobby (Episode 1: Young Friends of Israel)” (Al Jazeera, 2017) In recent
The Wicker Man: a satire on religious bigotry and fanaticism
Robin Hardy “The Wicker Man” (1973) In spite of a small budget and the set-backs
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Equus: a psychodrama of outstanding performances and troubling philosophical questions about individuality and creativity
Sidney Lumet, “Equus” (1977) He never won an individual Academy Award for Best Movie or
Money laundering, political corruption, stolen billions and a secret mafia in “The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire”
Michael Oswald, “The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire” (2017) A very important and necessary documentary,
Evil under the Sun: a minor crime caper classic portraying a self-contained, self-absorbed world of the rich at play
Guy Hamilton, “Evil under the Sun” (1981) Even when he’s holidaying in an apparently perfect
Salisbury! A Day in Skripal City: a snapshot of a city in shock and uncertainty
Graham Phillips, “Salisbury! A Day in Skripal City” (July 2018) In late July, British journalist
A devious history of chemical and biological weapons on “Secret Science: Chemical and Biological Weapons” that stops short of serious criticism
Tim Usborne, “Secret Science: Chemical and Biological Weapons” (2016) In 2016, the year of its
The Bookshop: one-dimensional characters and a pedestrian plot in a kitsch provincial English setting
Isabel Coixet, “The Bookshop” (2017) Directed by a Catalan-Spanish director, this film exudes provincial English