Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
A working-class auteur is something to be
MATTHEW SMITH picks out four films from the work of the late great Terence Davies
MASTERFUL: A still from Distant Voices, Still Lives; Terence Davies
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ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
TERENCE DAVIES, who has died at the age of 77, was a key figure in British and European cinema.
The Liverpool-born director extended the formal possibilities of film and had a unique capacity for depicting memory and personal history.
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