Film Review Archives - RADICAL SCOTTISH POLITICAL WRITING

8th September 20218th September 20211 month ago Scottish Left Review 155 Views Film Review, he Best of Enemies, Jackie Bergson 3 min read

Robin Bissell, director, The Best of Enemies (2019) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Durham, North Carolina, 1971. A school which educates

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15th July 202115th July 20213 months ago Scottish Left Review 177 Views Capernaum, drama, Film Review, Jackie Bergson 3 min read

Nadine Labaki, director, Capernaum (2018) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Capernaum is a devastatingly captivating drama which overflows with ingenuity and

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25th May 202125th May 20215 months ago Scottish Left Review 191 Views director, Steve McQueen 3 min read

Steve McQueen, director, Small Axe: Mangrove (2020) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. Artistry and realism synergise perfectly within screenwriter and director,

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8th March 20218th March 20218 months ago Scottish Left Review 278 Views A Private War (2018), director Matthew Heineman, Marie Colvin, post-traumatic-stress, screenwriters Arash Amel and Marie Brenner 2 min read

A Private War (2018), director: Matthew Heineman, screenwriters: Arash Amel and Marie Brenner Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Bridging the period

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12th January 202112th January 20219 months ago Scottish Left Review 363 Views Detroit (2017), Jackie Bergson, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal 3 min read

Detroit (2017), director, Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter, Mark Boal Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. The first female to win an Oscar

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9th November 20209th November 202011 months ago Scottish Left Review 347 Views BBC, Hiroshima, Jackie Bergson, Paul Wilmhurst 3 min read

Hiroshima (2005), produced and directed by Paul Wilmhurst Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. Premiered on British terrestrial television earlier this year,

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7th September 20207th September 20201 year ago Scottish Left Review 575 Views 'Remember This House, Director Raoul Peck, I Am Not Your Negro', Jackie Bergson, James Baldwin 3 min read

I Am Not Your Negro (2016), Director: Raoul Peck Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Documentary director, Raoul Peck, strikes a supremely

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2nd July 20202nd July 20201 year ago Scottish Left Review 350 Views Emelie Mahdahvian, Hassan Fazili, Jackie Bergson, Midnight Traveller 3 min read

Midnight Traveller (2020) – Director: Hassan Fazili, Editor: Emelie Mahdahvian Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Increasingly soaring refugee numbers within recent

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24th March 202024th March 20202 years ago Scottish Left Review 310 Views Directors: Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell, Gaza (2019), Reviewed by Jackie Bergson 3 min read

Gaza (2019), directors: Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell Reviewed by Jackie Bergson The 25km by 7km Gaza ‘strip’ represents one

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17th January 202017th January 20202 years ago SLR 346 Views 134th Durham Miners’ Gala, Dennis Skinner, Jackie Bergson, Labour 3 min read

The Big Meeting (2019), director: Daniel Draper, editor: Christie Allanson Reviewed by Jackie Bergson The Big Meeting is a documentary

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15th November 20192 years ago SLR 339 Views Film Review, Ken Loach, self-employment, Sorry We Missed You, zero-hours contract 4 min read

Sorry We Missed You (2019), Ken Loach (director) and Paul Laverty (screenwriter) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Possibly excepting The Angels’

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16th September 20192 years ago SLR 372 Views Chelsea Manning, documentary, Jackie Bergson, Travers Hawkins, whistleblower, WikiLeaks, XY Chelsea 3 min read

XY Chelsea, 2019, director: Tim Travers Hawkins Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Political and social relevance resounds sensitively and intensely within

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15th July 20192 years ago SLR 386 Views civil rights, Emilio Estevez, homelessness, The Public 3 min read

The Public (2019), writer and director: Emilio Estevez Reviewed by Jackie Bergson With an endearing central performance by Emilio Estevez,

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20th May 201920th May 20192 years ago SLR 422 Views film, Germany’s far-right National Democratic Party, Margarethe von Trotte’s biographical feature film, Rosa Luxemburg 3 min read

Rosa Luxemburg (1986), director: Margarethe von Trotte Reviewed by Jackie Bergson This timely re-release of Margarethe von Trotte’s biographical feature