I have come across cinephiles and critics alike disregarding certain socially conscious films, bellyaching over its technical shortcomings or evaluating its strictly partisan narrative as a mere agitprop. Herbert J. Biberman’s Salt…
Tag: 1954
“If you ever feel like crying, come to my house. We’ll have a good cry together”, says the perseverant teacher, played by the beautiful and strong-willed Hideko Takamine in Keisuke Kinoshita’s pacifist…
“Without mercy, man is like a beast. Even if you are hard on yourself, be merciful to others. Men are created equal. Everyone is entitled to their happiness,” an ethical idealist governor…
Great Hollywood film-makers have always managed to expertly slip in subtexts and social critique into their otherwise simple story-line. And, of all the genres, American film-makers belonging to the studio era preferred…
There is probably no point appreciating and lauding Seven Samurai after 61 years of its release, when it has already received universal love from the critics and masses and is often cited as the most influential film in the history of cinema. It has frequently made it to the top 10 films of all time in almost all the magazines and critics’ list.
