CULTURE

Continuing our thirtieth anniversary series on monumental 1993 films, we’re examining the Holocaust epic Schindler’s List. Whereas previously reviewed Jurassic Park was an enjoyable blockbuster and So I Married An Axe Murderer became a…

Twenty years ago, on 31 May 2003, Jürgen Habermas, supported by Jacques Derrida and accompanied by other leading intellectuals, launched an ambitious initiative for the creation of a European public sphere. This, they…

Believe it or not, but we’re halfway through 2023. So now seems like the perfect time to take a moment, reflect, and highlight some of our most popular content of the year to date. Many thanks to our paying members for their continued…

In April 2023 the Russian opposition politician and human rights activist Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in prison for speaking out against the war on Ukraine. He was found guilty of ‘running an…

It’s spring, and romance is in the air. Sarah and Kevin each fall for Celine Song’s debut feature Past Lives, about two childhood sweethearts reconnecting decades later. For the Watchlist segment, Sarah introduces Kevin to the…

In its new issue, Glänta partners with Colta.ru, the online cultural journal shut down by the Russian state in March 2022. Together with Maria Stepanova, Colta.ru’s founder and editor-in-chief, Glänta has gathered a…

‘One, two, three – order is about counting, about serialising, joining together. Order makes clear what’s up and down, what comes earlier and what later. Order helps us understand, predict and control. Order is the…

Kevin’s a fan of the first two movies in Paul Schrader’s unofficial “Men with Guilt” trilogy. Sarah’s a little less enamored of those movies overall. Will the two be able to agree on the third film in Schrader’s trilogy, Master…

Earlier this year, John Keane started off a discussion on the death of democracies in Eurozine’s focal point ‘The writing on the wall’. Since then, the pace of a democracy breakdown have been discussed by several…

In this bonus episode, Sarah and Kevin review Kelly Reichardt’s latest movie, Showing Up, in which Michelle Williams plays an artist trying to hold it together as she prepares for a show.Have thoughts about the movies we reviewed?…