MARY CONWAY applauds the revival of a tense, and extremely funny, study of men, money and playing cards

MEHDI ACHOUCHE explores the constant fascination of cinema with Marxist alienation from Fritz Lang and Chaplin to Bong Joon Ho

FIONA O’CONNOR steps warily through a novel that skewers many of the exposed flanks of the over-privileged

MARY CONWAY applauds the study of a dysfunctional family set in an Ireland that could be anywhere

MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion

New releases from Mountain, Soul Asylum and Michael McDermott

ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice