Kneecap win worldwide backing from musicians over Gaza witch-hunt
Hundreds of artists have signed an open letter opposing artistic censorship while Kneecap’s music downloads and ticket sales have rocketed.
Steve James•
UCLA police storm pro-Palestinian film screening, arrest 3
About 200 protesters gathered in the evening at Wilson Plaza to screen The Encampments, a documentary chronicling the wave of student-led protests against Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.
Marc Wells•
Kneecap denounce escalating campaign to silence them: “The real crimes are the silence and complicity of those in power”
A succession of outraged British politicians and commentators have called for Kneecap to be charged, their funding to be cut, their gigs to be cancelled and even the band's name to be dropped from public statements for the crime of opposing genocide.
Steve James•
In transparent act of censorship, Cornell University cancels anti-genocide singer Kehlani’s performance at campus event
The university’s blacklisting of the artist is its latest attack on the First Amendment rights of all who oppose the genocide of the Palestinians.
Erik Schreiber•
Steve James•
David Walsh•
Hong Jian, David Walsh•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Film industry job losses, the bankruptcy of the unions and the fight for rank-and-file committees
Annual television production in Los Angeles declined by 58.4 percent in just three years.
Hong Jian, David Walsh•
Adolescence: Gripping realism explores social pressures behind young male violence
The series asks how 13-year-old Jamie came to be capable of stabbing to death his schoolmate Katie, addressing themes of social breakdown, parenting, social media, bullying and the many malign influences on young men and boys.
Thomas Scripps•
The scandal of Toxic Town—birth defects linked to pollution in former UK steel town Corby
Toxic Town, a scandal about birth defects in UK town Corby dramatized in 4 episodes, is streaming now on Netflix.
Margot Miller•
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth: TV series dramatises Lockerbie relatives’ campaign for justice
A powerful new TV series recounts Lockerbie relative and campaigner Jim Swire’s dedicated struggle for the truth behind his daughter’s 1988 murder in the downing of PA103.
Steve James•
Luke Galvin•
Paul Bond•
David Walsh, Joanne Laurier•
Walter Gilberti•
Paul Bond•
2025 San Francisco International Film Festival—Part 1
Souleymane’s Story, Xoftex and Where the Wind Comes From: “I don’t know why I came to France”
The phrase “precarious work” may be metaphorical in some cases, but in the unstable and perilous existence Souleymane leads the “precariousness” is real and ever-present.
David Walsh•
On Falling: Crushing exploitation and a sense that something’s got to give
Director Laura Carreira repeatedly returns to the same settings of Aurora’s work and life, almost tableaus, to illustrate the repetitiveness and drudgery of her existence.
Darren Paxton•
The Teacher, from the occupied West Bank: “The system is rigged. It is perverted.”
Filmed mostly in the Nablus (West Bank) area, the movie is tense, enraged, and provides a sense of what Palestinian men and women experience on a daily basis under Israel’s horrific occupation.
Joanne Laurier•
The 75th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 11
East German film comedies from the 1970s–Don’t Cheat, Darling!, Orpheus in the Underworld, Carnations in Aspic
Thirty-five years after its dissolution, a stream of television films and documentaries continue to be made about the GDR, presenting the state solely as a brutal dictatorship demonstrating the failure of socialism.
Bernd Reinhardt•
Verena Nees •
Clara Weiss•
Bernd Reinhardt•
Steve James•
Isabel Roy•
Kneecap win worldwide backing from musicians over Gaza witch-hunt
Hundreds of artists have signed an open letter opposing artistic censorship while Kneecap’s music downloads and ticket sales have rocketed.
Steve James•
Kneecap denounce escalating campaign to silence them: “The real crimes are the silence and complicity of those in power”
A succession of outraged British politicians and commentators have called for Kneecap to be charged, their funding to be cut, their gigs to be cancelled and even the band's name to be dropped from public statements for the crime of opposing genocide.
Steve James•
In transparent act of censorship, Cornell University cancels anti-genocide singer Kehlani’s performance at campus event
The university’s blacklisting of the artist is its latest attack on the First Amendment rights of all who oppose the genocide of the Palestinians.
Erik Schreiber•
Kneecap rap group face down Zionist intimidation: “The young people at our gigs see through the lies”
Irish rap group Kneecap are being investigated by British counter-terrorism police. The move, part of an orchestrated campaign, is in response to the widespread support amongst young people for the group’s principled and determined opposition to the Gaza genocide.
Steve James•
Fred Mazelis•
Hong Jian, David Walsh•
Erik Schreiber•
Erik Schreiber•
Steve James•
Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, by Garrett Epps
The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a genuine egalitarian footing.
Eric London•
Danzy Senna’s Colored Television: Lacking the “pathos of distance”
There is promise in Senna’s demonstrating an awareness that there exists a “racial identity-industrial complex” in the contemporary world of art and culture.
James McDonald•
A conversation with Joseph McBride about his study of Hollywood film director George Cukor: “There are many flawed people in his films, but Cukor understands human imperfection”—Part 2
This is the second part of an interview with Joseph McBride, author of George Cukor’s People. The first part was posted January 8.
David Walsh•
A conversation with Joseph McBride about his study of Hollywood film director George Cukor: “There are many flawed people in his films, but Cukor understands human imperfection”–Part 1
First part of an interview with film historian, critic and biographer Joseph McBride about his new book George Cukor's People: Acting for a Master Director, a study of the Hollywood director whose career in feature films lasted half a century, from 1930 to 1981.
David Walsh•
Thomas Scripps•
Andrea Peters•
Steve Long•
David North•
Eric London•
Film director Prasanna Vithanage discusses Paradise with the WSWS
The mass anti-government agitation in Sri Lanka “was the result of real class differences in our society, the divisions between the haves and the have nots” – Prasanna Vithanage
Richard Phillips•
Interview with Hany Abu-Assad, Palestinian filmmaker (Paradise Now, Omar): “Gaza is the Bastille of our day … a lot is going to change”
One of his most accomplished works is Omar, a 2013 film about a young Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) who becomes involved in complex political and moral matters.
David Walsh•
Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage denounces Israeli genocide in Gaza
“I strongly denounce state-sponsored witch-hunt and prosecution against artists and activists who have come forward against Israel’s genocide.”
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Roger Stahl discusses Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood with WSWS
Department of Defense interventions into American entertainment media is to “get people acclimated to the presence of military personnel, military bases, military operations, and weapons… normalizing the presence of the military in almost every aspect of life.”
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Vimukthi Vidarshana and Shree Haran•
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
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