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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy directed by Tomas Alfredson is one of the most eagerly anticipated films of this year. The film is based on John le Carré’s bestselling 1974 spy novel of the same name. Many readers will also be familiar with the 1979 BBC adaptation starring Alec Guinness as Smiley. Having been forced into...

Frederic Jameson

Greg Muttitt

Joe Allen

István Mészáros

Daša Drndic

James Plunkett
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The Obama SyndromeTariq Ali(Verso, £7.99) This edition of Tariq Ali’s deeply critical analysis of President Obama includes new material on the Tea Party and the aftermath of the mid-term elections. The New Old WorldPerry Anderson(Verso, £14.99) With the EU looking to be in an increasingly perilous condition, Perry Anderson takes a long look at the...

John Foot

S S Prawer

Are newspapers on their last legs? After all, newsprint is expensive, circulation is down, advertising revenues are plummeting and the internet provides everything faster and cheaper. Page One: Inside the New York Times is a fly on the wall documentary about a venerable daily newspaper that has been around since 1851. It has a circulation...

In June the great socialist film-maker Ken Loach turned 75. To celebrate the British Film Institute is holding a retrospective of most of his important films and some of his matchless work for TV. Simultaneously, the BBC is releasing a six-disc collection of the TV work that Loach directed in the 1960s and 70s. This...