Movie Mahal

An Online Journal for Indian Cinema

Category: Political Cinema

AKALER SANDHANE / IN SEARCH OF FAMINE (Dir. Mrinal Sen, 1981, India)

Bengali Cinema, Indian CInema, Mrinal Sen, Political Cinema
ACE IN THE HOLE / THE BIG CARNIVAL (Dir. Billy Wilder, 1951, US) – Rotten to the Core

Auteur, Billy Wilder, Hollywood Cinema, Kirk Douglas, Media, Noir, Political Cinema
SADGATI / DELIVERANCE (Dir. Satyajit Ray, 1981, India) – High and Low

Bengali Cinema, Indian CInema, New Indian Cinema, Om Puri, Political Cinema, Rural, Satyajit Ray, Smita Patel, The Village
PARTITION (Dir. Ken McMullen, 1987, UK) – ‘What have you done to my world?!’

British Cinema, Indian CInema, Partition, Political Cinema, Roshan Seth, Tariq Ali
WINSTANLEY (Dir. Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo, 1975, UK) – ‘There shall be no buying and selling…’

1970s, Auteur, British Cinema, Brownlow and Mollo, Political Cinema, Rosenbaum