Belgium

Henrietta Foster / 04 May 2023

Art Against Racism

Three London Shows

Last week was the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Stephen Lawrence. People of my generation wince with pain when his name is mentioned.(...)

Politics

Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 27 Mar 2023

Seventy years after his death, the rehabilitation of Joseph Stalin was unexpected. Yet however you analyse it, when a government spends decades glorifying a genocidal dictator and only later admits their crimes, we shouldn’t be surprised by a comeback.(...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 08 Mar 2023

Learning the Rules

Lukas Dhont’s Close

Close, by the young Belgian director Lukas Dhont, is a small film that makes a big impact, communicating adolescent suffering with lyrical precision.(...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 21 Dec 2022

Sonic Reporting

Everywhere But There, by Joel Schalit

Battleground editor Joel Schalit’s new album Everywhere But There forcefully demonstrates the need for a new kind of political reporting, one which presents the world as it actually is instead of distorting it in the pursuit of profit.(...)

Culture

Charlie Bertsch / 14 Dec 2022

The Sexism of Everyday Life

Jeanne Dielman, Directed by Chantal Akerman

When Sight and Sound’s once-a-decade poll about the greatest films of all time was published two weeks ago, people were shocked to see Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles at the top.(...)