Movie Mahal

An Online Journal for Indian Cinema

Category: Political Cinema

MATINEE (Dir. Joe Dante, 1993, US) – Cold War Creature Comforts

cold war, Coming of Age, Genre, Horror, Joe dante, john goodman, Political Cinema, Satire
THE NINE MUSES (Dir. John Akomfrah, 2010, UK)

British Cinema, Diaspora, Immigration, impressionism, Poetic mode, Political Cinema
ELENA (Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2011, Russia) – Class Warfare

Auteur, Class, Political Cinema, Russian Cinema, Slow Cinema
LAL SALAAM! (Red Salute) – Naxalite Cinema: a Video Essay

Ideology, Marxism, naxalite, Parallel Cinema, Political Cinema, video essay
LAND AND FREEDOM (Dir. Ken Loach, 1995, UK/Spain/Germany/Italy) – Transformative Political Cinema

British Cinema, Historical, Ken Loach, Marxism, Political Cinema, Social Realism