The conditions that birthed the last golden age of cinema — bloody conflict abroad, corruption in politics... — are back in ...
Movies like Last Tango in Paris and Salò might be classics of the '70s, but they're so transgressive that they could never be made in today's climate.
Elvis Presley in Concert” requires its own category. Not quite a concert film, though filled with Elvis performance footage. Not a documentary, though, the ...
When my friends and I turned 18 in the early aughts, we decided we were tired of our parents’ basements. We found our new ...
Actor who was a celebrated figure of Bangladeshi cinema after being discovered by the Indian director Satyajit Ray Few performers’ careers have encompassed both discovery by Satyajit Ray and working ...
King Charles has unveiled a documentary exploring his conviction that humanity needs to understand its connection with the natural world to tackle global warming and some of the other major ...
Kate Winslet was among the guests at the screening for the Amazon Prime documentary Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision ...
The United States and Europe have long used unilateral sanctions as a tool of imperial power, to discipline and even destroy Global South governments that seek to shake off Western domination, chart ...
The film version of Waterloo is almost totally historically accurate to the actual events of 1815; the events of that year make for a great story to tell, and it is translated extremely well to film.
There can be no denying that this is a great film to watch. Pure historians may dispair at some inaccuracies, although in a previous review I notice that a reviewer has made a few mistakes of his own!
Black Kung Fu films were wildly popular in the 70s, a welcome response to the anger many people felt against societal injustice. What was happening in the 70s that led to the growth of Black films and ...