Let’s talk about cinema

February 2026 Forums General discussion Let’s talk about cinema

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    paula.mcewan
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    My favourite film this year is Sinners, a tribute to blues music. Some of you might think “What does this have to do with socialism? This is off-topic!”
    However capitalism sometimes
    gives us music or film that we can love due to its joy and subversive nature. I could write an essay but that would be ridiculous, let’s enjoy the vampire folk’s last dance. I think this film nails it on the head – death to the British navy and all who sailed in it.

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    Love it. I’ll look out for the film.

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    Roberto
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    It may seem off-topic at first, but culture has always been one of the places where contradictions within society become visible. Films and music produced under capitalism are commodities, yet they can still carry meanings that go beyond profit — expressions of resistance, memory, and collective feeling that audiences interpret in their own way. Blues itself emerged from hardship, exploitation, and survival, transforming suffering into creativity and shared humanity.
    That is why a film like Sinners can resonate politically without being a political manifesto. Art often reveals truths indirectly: joy existing alongside oppression, rebellion hidden inside entertainment, and history echoing through rhythm and storytelling. Even when created within a commercial industry, cultural works can challenge authority, question tradition, or give voice to those usually unheard.
    Enjoying such films does not distract from social awareness; it reminds us that people are not only workers or consumers but creators of meaning. The “last dance” you mention captures something important — the idea that celebration itself can be defiant. Sometimes the most subversive act is not a speech or a theory, but reclaiming emotion, memory, and imagination from a system that tries to package everything as a product.
    So perhaps it is not off-topic at all. Culture shows that even within existing social limits, humans continue to create spaces of freedom, however temporary — and those moments help us imagine a world where creativity is no longer constrained by profit.

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