Tag: Marxism

[Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2025] Gruesome Commodity Fetishism in Kenichi Ugana’s INCOMPLETE CHAIRS

On By C.H. NewellIn FilmLeave a comment

Kenichi Ugana's lastest film is a dark satire about the value of commodities.

A Microcosm of Marxist Revolution in Daniel Bandeira’s PROPERTY

On By C.H. NewellIn Film1 Comment

Daniel Bandeira's PROPERTY is a tense, brutal depiction of landless workers taking back their power.

“Doors in perpetual resolve”: The Gothic Capitalism of IN FABRIC

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Dark Comedy, Film, Horror, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Peter Strickland, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Steve Oram4 Comments

The emphasis of comfort and pleasure— only at Dentley and Soper's department store.

[Fantasia 2019] Michihito Fujii’s DAY AND NIGHT: Morality Under Capitalism

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Drama, Fantasia Festival 2019, Film, Film Festival, Marxism, Masanobu Andô, Michihito Fujii, Revenge Thriller, Shinnosuke Abe1 Comment

Michihito Fujii ruminates on how capitalism destroys good people, and whether revenge is just or simply salt in a perpetual wound.

“The play’s the thing”: The Marxism & Metatheatre of LONG LOST

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Adam Weppler, Catherine Corcoran, Erik Bloomquist, Erotic Thriller, Film, Nicholas Tucci1 Comment

Erik Bloomquist's LONG LOST explores issues of class and performance through a psychosexual thriller.

No Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism in THE CANNIBAL CLUB

On By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Cannibalism, Capitalism, Film, Guto Parente, Horror, Horror Comedy, SatireLeave a comment

This Brazilian film has plenty of bite, reserved in full for the bourgeois cannibal economy of capitalism.

VENOM: Socialism’s Accidental Super-Antihero

On By C.H. NewellIn 2018, Action, Body Horror, Comics, Film, Marvel, PG-13, Riz Ahmed, Ruben Fleischer, Sci-Fi, Tom HardyLeave a comment

Eddie Brock and his new pal Venom aren't just a Marvel duo, they represent a lot of our (post)modern-day fears.