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Could This Be The End For Testing On Animals?

14/03/2018

MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs and detect possible side effects before the drugs are tested in humans. ...

Civil Savagery in The Age of Innocence

14/03/2018

Martin Scorsese's sumptuous period piece is a scathing look at the coercive pressures and societal expectations of high society....

霸权 Chinese values make the world China!

13/03/2018

Chinese hegemony is it something to worry about? It is if your uncomfortable with the West becoming more undemocratic and prone to long term leaders who stay on for, stability. ...

Disenfranchised Youth: Love and Other Cults

11/03/2018

Love and Other Cults, Third Window's second collaboration with Eiji Uchida, is a quirky comedy that holds deep sadness....

What the Dickens! The End of the Social Climber?

09/03/2018

Is it possible to feel a warm glow when we consider the poor and underprivilaged of our own country? Can we still climb the social ladder? ...

Theresa May's pursuit of Brexit - where does it all lead?

Theresa May Brexits English to Death

08/03/2018

Theresa May's Brexit speech was delusional, vapid and debased the English language. Didn't she do well?...

Charting the Rustpiles and Ruins of America’s Dream

07/03/2018

Tumbleweed and dust, neon and rust. Of such are mythologies made....

Blended Dystopias, lovingly created nightmares

06/03/2018

We have been imagining 'Chimerica' since Blade Runner in 1982 many years before the word was coined! The nightmare is made of the worst aspects of both worlds unbridled consumerism, industrial waste...

Totally Clucked: The 2018 KFC Famine

01/03/2018

As KFC is forced to close scores of branches, what does this reveal about our ever-so-slightly dysfunctional society?...

One Woman and Her Dog: Rex

28/02/2018

Gabriela Cowperthwaite makes her debut narrative feature with Rex, a biographical film based upon real-life US Marine corporal veteran Megan Leavey....

Sinicisation, Making The World In China

27/02/2018

Remaking the world in China. Its long been thought that our products would change China but it seems China is not so ready to be co-opted! our products and brands are easily transformed through...

Boris Johnson is represented here by a wax-work. But can we tell the difference?

Boris Johnson – the blonde bomb site returns

22/02/2018

It's perhaps too easy to mock Boris Johnson. And yet he remains an ominous symptom of a society in decline....

Anatomies of Society: Yi Yi

21/02/2018

Widely regarded as one of the 21st century’s greatest films, Edward Yang’s multi-award-winning Yi Yi is a beautiful portrait of family life across three generations....

Gender equality in Westminster is still a work in progress.

Hundreds of Westminster seats effectively men-only

15/02/2018

Gender equality in Parliament is held back by Westminster’s voting system, according to new research by the Electoral Reform Society. ...

Who needs Web Porn when you've got Hot Swan on Leda action?

Web Porn: The War on W*nk

15/02/2018

Plans to restrict Web Porn is more informed by humbug than serious debates, and reflects a deeper social dysfunction....

Tearing Up Social Mores: The Party

14/02/2018

A deliciously bitey satire on bourgeois pretensions, The Party is a reflection on the stage of politics. ...

Trump gives the 2018 State of the Union address with Vice President Pence and Speaker Ryan in the background.

SOTU 2018: Donald Trump Colonises America

08/02/2018

Donald Trump's State of the Union speech last week revealed many things and (surprise) more than a few echoes of colonialism....

Narcissism Under Putin: Loveless

07/02/2018

Russian auteur Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless is a superbly cold experience....

The Capitalist Mindwash and Oprah For President

01/02/2018

Enough of the rags to riches celebrity graft narrative - Oprah for President? Please, no....

Status Quo Vs. Justice: Strangled

31/01/2018

Basing itself upon true events, Strangled is a bold, sociopolitical thriller that pulls no punches....

Blackmail, Sexism, Bias: RIP BBC News

25/01/2018

It is time for BBC News to die. It is in a dreadful state, like a horse in the Grand National that's about to be shot....

Starkly Beautiful: God’s Own Country

24/01/2018

Deftly balancing frank storytelling with plausible gay romance, God's Own Country is a stunning feature debut. ...

America, Whither Went the Dream?

24/01/2018

On the hunt for the spectres of an American dream long departed...

You may like privatisation, but not a lot.

Carillion’s fall – privatisation and magical thinking

18/01/2018

In the aftermath of Carillion's collapse, and its winning of government contracts despite clear profit warnings, where does this leave privatisation?...

Depressingly Funny: Daphne

17/01/2018

A refreshingly accurate and wryly funny portrayal of everyday mental illness, Daphne is an impressive feature debut....

Comic Creators, Ex-Presidents and Oprah

12/01/2018

Elderly males can get frisky. It’s a post-pubescent flare before death....

Brexit Lemmings, leaping off a patriotic cliff

Year Zero – Brexit and Nihilism

11/01/2018

Sometimes we just have to state the obvious. Brexit is a bad idea. It has already split the country and gave voice to all manner of nasty beliefs once thought dead and buried....

Suggs and a Cat’s Death: My Life Story

10/01/2018

Madness separated their brand of ska-pop from the political leanings of 2 Tone with a schtick of fun, and as their lead man, Suggs was always easy to love....