political cinema

Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ Refuses Righteousness

Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ Refuses Righteousness

Alex Garland’s Civil War refuses righteousness. Instead, it takes a hard, unflinching look at the true costs of war for everybody and everything it touches.

‘They Came to a City’ for a Vision of Utopia

‘They Came to a City’ for a Vision of Utopia

J. B. Priestley's sense of social conscience permeates every frame of They Came to a City.