Not for the masses, but from the masses
Ian Parks grew up in a South Yorkshire mining family - as his new volume of poetry The Exile House hits the shelves, Jody Porter finds out his sources of inspiration.
The Economics Of Killing
An expose of the military-industrial complex shows how its actions grease the transfer of resources from the poorest to the richest globally
The Fall
Will Stone was left pondering an incoherent outing
Scottish reel treat
This weekend sees a unique celebration of cinema at Glasgow's Southside Film Festival
Film
Michael (18)
Thursday 01 March 2012
Given it's a portrait of a paedophile, who on earth is Michael aimed at - masochist child abusers? Its Austrian writer and director Markus Schlienzer says it is a fictional film and "has deliberately avoided cases from here or abroad."
Hunky Dory (15)
Thursday 01 March 2012
Minnie Driver proves pitch perfect as an inspirational music teacher in Swansea who decides to promote a musical based on The Tempest that inevitably rocks the established school order in 1976.
Carancho (15)
Thursday 01 March 2012
Disbarred lawyer Sosa (Ricardo Darin) has to make ends meet somehow, so he works as a hawker for an insurance scam.
If Not Us, Who? (15)
Thursday 01 March 2012
This is a must-see film for all those middle-class wannabe revolutionaries who have no faith in the masses and prefer to follow ego-heros. In this country they even tend to emanate from socialist backgrounds, since they have seen generations of Labour politicians disappoint their class since 1945.
Rampart (15)
Thursday 23 February 2012
Rampart certainly lives up to its hype, with critics describing it as either brilliant or banal.
Red Dog (PG)
Thursday 23 February 2012
Red Dog is the sort of feel-good film that exemplifies all that's best in working-class communities - solidarity.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (12A)
Thursday 23 February 2012
Seven elderly Brits travel to India where they are seduced by their enchanting surroundings and the Indian way of life in this charming and wickedly funny comedy from the director of Shakespeare In Love.
Safe House (15)
Thursday 23 February 2012
This is another action spy thriller spawned in the wake of the Bourne trilogy in which there is a rotten apple at the core of the CIA. The only thing that makes this one stand out from the crowd is the fact that it's set in Cape Town.
The Adopted (15)
Thursday 23 February 2012
Opening with a bookstore scene inspired by The Big Sleep, French director Melanie Laurent proceds to remind us how to deal with love and loss without Hollywood schmaltz.