DVDs and downloads: The Boxtrolls, The Equalizer, Concerning Violence, The Circle and more
Boxtrolls creates a grownup world for children. Others, alas, plump for the opposite, writes Guy Lodge
November 2014
Concerning Violence review – a harrowing survey of African resistance to colonialism
Archive footage, interviews and the writings of Frantz Fanon, read by Lauryn Hill, add up to a powerful cinematic polemic, writes Mark Kermode
The Guardian film show
Paddington, Concerning Violence, Horrible Bosses 2 and 2001: A Space Odyssey: Guardian film show – video reviews
Our critics debate the week's new releases, including a visitor to London from deepest darkest Peru
Concerning Violence: watch a clip from the documentary about colonialisation, narrated by Lauryn Hill - video
Narrated by former Fugee Lauryn Hill, this documentary explores the liberation struggles across Africa in the 1960s and 70s, as colonial masters were overthrown
June 2014
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Concerning Violence director: 'Why can't a writer advocate violence?' - video interview
The director of Concerning Violence discusses his film, which explores Martinique-born philosopher Frantz Fanon's view that breaking free of colonial rule inevitably involves violent upheaval
