Indian Cinema

FILMSTRUCK STREAMING WITH COLE SMITHEY DEBUTS ON FORBES NOV. 10, 2016

Criterion, Culture, Current Affairs, Film, Film Blog, Filmmaking, FilmStruck, Forbes, History, Hollywood, Indian Cinema, Kino Lorber, Netflix, Online Media, Politics, Propaganda, Sci-Fi, sex, Streaming, Television, Video Essay

November 5, 2016

FilmStruck is a brand new streaming service collaboration between Turner Classic Movies, The Criterion Collection, and Kino Lorber. FilmStruck represents…

THE APU TRILOGY — THE CRITERION COLLECTION

Black and White, Capsules Blog, Criterion Collection, FIVE STARS, Indian Cinema

April 11, 2009

Although not originally intended as a trilogy, the films, which took eight years to complete, were a cultural breakthrough that…

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Bollywood, British Cinema, Capsules Blog, Dance, FOUR STARS, Indian Cinema, Romantic Drama

October 25, 2008

Based on a novel by Vikas Swarup, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy’s terse script pedals between the set of “Who Wants to…

MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY

Capsules Blog, Comedy, FOUR STARS, Indian Cinema, War, Women's Cinema

March 1, 2008

Amy Adams is terrific as the bubbly airhead, and the ubiquitous Ciaran Hinds adds an air of dignified romance to…

ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE

Capsules Blog, Historical Epic, Indian Cinema, TWO STARS, Women's Cinema

October 8, 2007

Disappointment seeps through every element of director Shekhar Kapur’s ineffectual sequel to his superior 1998 precursor “Elizabeth,” which introduced the…