The major film showcase will be held at The Garden Cinema in London, celebrating culturally driven innovative art and music, with the full-length season taking place between May 4 and June 11, featuring films from Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Zalayka Azam During the beginning […]
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Antigone’s monstrous protest
“Antigone”, an ancient Greek drama, tells the story of a dictatorial ruler, Creon, and a woman, Antigone, who challenges his injunction that her deceased brother, Polyneices, cannot be buried. Sean Sheehan Antigone and Polyneices are the children of Oedipus and, because she tries to bury her brother, her […]
Celebrating 30 years of Viva! Latin American cinema
A tribute to Spanish and Latin American cinema, with a special focus on Argentinian films amid funding cuts in Argentina, began last week. It runs until 25 April in Manchester. Highlights include works by Argentine director María Luisa Bemberg and a huge lineup of diverse and contemporary films from across […]
Lenin, Gaza and Ukraine
When Rosa Luxemburg dismissed the idea of Polish independence and laughed at the idea of an independent Ireland, Lenin replied in “The rights of nations to self-determination” (1914) and referenced Marx’s support for Irish republicanism. Sean Sheehan Lenin’s championing of anti-imperialism grew stronger and “Imperialism and the national […]
Room 16 in London’s National Gallery
The painting by Fabritius that features in the opening pages of Laura Cumming’s “Thunderclap” – it could be said to be the inspiration for the book – is to be found in Room 16 at London’s National Gallery. Sean Sheehan It shows a man sitting at a street […]