The Battleship Potemkin: A century since the making of Sergei Eisenstein’s masterpiece
One of the most direct and obvious expressions of the revolution's impact and influence is Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s epic silent film.
Joanne Laurier•
Life of a Showgirl: Taylor Swift’s latest self-portrait
The new album confirms Swift’s indifference to virtually anything outside her bubble of fame, wealth and romance.
Erik Schreiber•
The Great Hollywood Contraction continues and deepens
The Hollywood Reporter comments: “Production in Los Angeles has reached another all-time low ..."
Hong Jian•
Actress Diane Keaton dies at 79
Keaton, with her freshness and liveliness, her “free-spiritedness,” spoke to a generation—or generations—that were shedding stale morals and old prejudices in the US, including in some cases anti-communism.
David Walsh•
Paul Mitchell•
Jason Quill•
Paul Mitchell•
David Walsh•
Kevin Reed•
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel condemns Trump in return monologue watched by millions
The right-wing campaign leading to Kimmel’s suspension was launched in the wake of his comments on September 15.
David Walsh•
Emmy award winner Hannah Einbinder denounces ICE and proclaims “Free Palestine”
The aim of the producers of the Emmy broadcast was to prevent any commentary on the explosive events in the US or mass murder in the Middle East.
David Walsh•
Artificial Intelligence in the entertainment industry and the necessary socialist response
A report issued in January 2024 suggested that in the next three years alone some 204,000 “creative jobs” would be “adversely affected in the United States” by artificial intelligence.
Hong Jian, David Walsh•
CBS cancels The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Corporate mergers, political pressure and economic decline are reshaping American media.
Marc Wells•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Jane Wise•
Francis Portocarrero•
Ed Hightower•
One Battle After Another: Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama of rebellion and repression
Whatever the weaknesses and confused or poorly developed elements, Anderson deserves full credit for making an appalled and outspoken film
David Walsh•
“What the hell do we get out of this war, anyway?”
King Vidor’s World War I film The Big Parade at 100
With its soldier's eye view, realistic depiction of battle and rejection of national chauvinism, the film departed significantly from previous treatments of the imperialist slaughter.
Erik Schreiber•
Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t!: A private detective sets to work in “non-glamorous” California
Generally, "neo-noir" efforts have little of the urgency, social bite or purposefulness of the earlier films.
David Walsh•
My Dead Friend Zoe: “Imperial Storm Troopers tricked into modern colonialism” and their fate
This type of “support” for the rank-and-file soldiers can’t be walled off from confronting the concrete social role and vast, world-historic crimes of the American military.
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
Carlos Delgado•
Joanne Laurier•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Life of a Showgirl: Taylor Swift’s latest self-portrait
The new album confirms Swift’s indifference to virtually anything outside her bubble of fame, wealth and romance.
Erik Schreiber•
Country music’s Zach Bryan: “ICE is gonna come bust down your door”
The lyrics to the partially released song “Bad News” by Zach Bryan, denouncing ICE raids and defending immigrant families, have been the subject of a campaign by Trump administration officials against the country music star.
Kevin Reed•
Strike threat at Venice’s La Fenice opera company over new conductor linked to neo-fascist Meloni government
The musicians and audience are outraged over the appointment, which has an unmistakable political motive.
Fred Mazelis•
Attempted prosecution of Kneecap’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh collapses
Chief magistrate Goldspring’s excoriating judgement could only come about because of the Starmer government’s attempt to ride roughshod over basic democratic norms.
Robert Stevens•
Paul Bond•
Matthew Brennan•
Jordan Hammond•
Fred Mazelis•
Erik Schreiber•
100 years of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was published 100 years ago. What accounts for its continuing popularity and resonance?
Sandy English•
Brian Goldstone’s There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America: Working class families sliding gradually or dropping suddenly into homelessness
Goldstone constructs a damning brief. Though he limits his condemnation to the American housing system, the evidence he presents belies this limitation and makes an airtight case against capitalism itself.
James McDonald•
Mario Kessler's Socialists against Antisemitism and Leon Trotsky on Antisemitism
The Marxist movement and the fight against antisemitism and Zionism
Kessler's books provide irrefutable evidence that the most powerful and consistent critique of both antisemitism and Zionism emanated from the revolutionary internationalist wing in the workers’ movement.
Clara Weiss•
A Different Kind of Power whitewashes Jacinda Ardern’s right-wing, pro-imperialist government
The much-publicised memoir by New Zealand’s former prime minister uses empty platitudes about the importance of “kindness” and “empathy” to cover up the right-wing record of her Labour Party government from 2017 to 2023.
Tom Peters•
David Walsh•
Thomas Scripps•
Eric London•
James McDonald•
David Walsh•
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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