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Gomorrah, directed by Matteo Garrone (2008)

Capturing the corruption of a criminal organisation as de facto government, this film lets the real state off the hook.

This Toxic Thing of Ours. Film review – Tom Jennings

Jar City, directed by Baltasar Kormakur (2007)

Jar City juggles the clichés of police procedurals and conventions from Icelandic myth to suggestively modern effect, finds Tom Jennings

Hardboiled and Hardwired. Film review – Tom Jennings

Linha De Passe, directed by Walter Salles & Daniela Thomas (Brazil, 2008)

Walter Salles returns to Brazilian social realism with “the best football film ever”, says Tom Jennings (with tongue firmly wedged in cheek)

Nils All. Film review – Tom Jennings

Somers Town, directed by Shane Meadows (2008)

Tom Jennings appreciates Shane Meadows’ sly cinematic commentary on our changing times in Somers Town’s low-key coming-of-age tale.

New Wave Goodbye. Film review – Tom Jennings

Standard Operating Procedure, directed by Errol Morris (2008)

In addition to its revealing ‘worm’s eye view’ of the Abu Ghraib scandal, Tom Jennings sees Standard Operating Procedure as a more general fable of modern governance.

Telling Tales of Torture. Film review – Tom Jennings

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