Arielle Holmes is Harley in this gritty autobiography.

Mixed Media: Films

Suburra, directed by Stefano Sollima; Heaven Knows What, directed by Ben and Joshua Safdie; Mustang, directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven.

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NI 492 - Technology justice - May, 2016
Dheepan – a man of many talents.

Mixed Media: Films

Dheepan, directed by Jacques Audiard; The Measure of a Man, directed by Stéphane Brizé; Our Little Sister, directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu.

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NI 491 - Last stand - Saving the world's forests - April, 2016
Old photographs of Chile’s original people form part of Patricio Guzmán’s beautiful sad elegy.

Mixed Media: Films

The Pearl Button, directed by Patricio Guzmán; The Survivalist, directed by Stephen Fingleton.

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NI 490 - Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West - March, 2016
Shu Qi plays the contemplative killer.

Mixed Media: Films

The Assassin, directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien; Rams, directed by Grímur Hákonarson; This Changes Everything, by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein.

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NI 489 - Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better - January, 2016
Carol – a groundbreaking story of lesbian love in McCarthy-era US.

Mixed Media: Films

Carol, directed by Todd Haynes; The Lesson, directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov.

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NI 488 - 10 economic myths - December, 2015
The Black Panthers – most of its activists were women.

Mixed media: film reviews

Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley; The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, directed by Stanley Nelson.

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NI 487 - Paris climate summit - November, 2015
Real-estate evil in Ramin Bahrani’s punchy and passionate feature.

Mixed media: Film

99 Homes, directed by Ramin Bahrani; A Girl at My Door, directed by July Jung.

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NI 486 - The transgender revolution - October, 2015
Stunning scenery and gripping adventure in Naji Abu Nowar’s Theeb.

Mixed media: Film

Theeb, directed by Naji Abu Nowar; and 45 Years, directed by Andrew Haigh.

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NI 485 - Syria’s good guys - Inside a forgotten revolution - September, 2015
Mixed Media: Hot Docs Film Festival special

Mixed Media: Hot Docs Film Festival special

Richard Swift picks out some highlights from the 2015 documentary film festival.

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NI 484 - Capitalism is spinning out of control - July, 2015

Also out there...

More Film, Music & Book reviews from the June 2015 magazine.

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NI 483 - Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion - June, 2015
Rare moments of tenderness in The Tribe from Ukraine.

Mixed media: Film

The Tribe, directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy; The Supreme Price, directed by Joanna Lipper.

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NI 483 - Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion - June, 2015
Lust, curiosity and some dark comedy in Carol  Morley's The Falling.

Mixed media: film reviews

Phoenix and The Falling reviewed by Malcolm Lewis.

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NI 482 - Global banking now - May, 2015
The emotional and mental struggle of losing sight are brilliantly portrayed in Eskil Vogt’s Blind.

Film reviews

Malcolm Lewis watches The Dark Horse and Blind.

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NI 481 - Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? - April, 2015

Mixed media: Film

Dreamcatcher, directed by Kim Longinotto; Love is All, directed by Kim Longinotto; Still Alice, directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland.

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NI 480 - The great green energy grab - March, 2015
Caught between two cultures: Iram Haq’s atmospheric I am Yours.

Mixed media: films

Reviews of I Am Yours and Pelo Malo.

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NI 479 - Democracy in the digital era - January, 2015
Syria - when protest seemed plausible.

Mixed media: Film

Citizenfour directed by Laura Poitras; We Are The Giant directed by Greg Barker; Winter Sleep directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014
The Overnighters – sex and homelessness in fracking boom Middle America.

Film reviews

The Overnighters, directed by Jesse Moss; The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014
Pride – a rousing and utterly magnificent true story.

Mixed media: Film

Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus; Still the Enemy Within, directed by Owen Gower.

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NI 476 - Cuba - October, 2014
More about the journey than the destination: the brilliant Mystery Road.

Mixed media: film

Mystery Road, directed by Ivan Sen; Two Days, One Night, directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

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NI 475 - Gold trouble - September, 2014

Also out there...

A few more reviews that didn't quite make the 'best of' list.

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NI 474 - Feminism fights back - July, 2014

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Technology justice May, 2016
Last stand - Saving the world's forests April, 2016
Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West March, 2016
Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better January, 2016
10 economic myths December, 2015
Paris climate summit November, 2015
The transgender revolution October, 2015
Syria’s good guys - Inside a forgotten revolution September, 2015
Capitalism is spinning out of control July, 2015
Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion June, 2015
Fundamentalism - Power, politics and persuasion June, 2015
Global banking now May, 2015
Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? April, 2015
The great green energy grab March, 2015
Democracy in the digital era January, 2015
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Cuba October, 2014
Gold trouble September, 2014
Feminism fights back July, 2014
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