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Directed: Michael Mann Overall rating: 6.5 / 10 I became aware of this film after seeing a billboard in north London advertising it. Watched it in Wimbledon (Curzon). Very few of us in the hall although that tends to be the case so nothing to do with the movie! I was looking forward to seeing…
I have reviewed a couple of research papers on the Bengal Famine I realise that there is no straight forward academic consensus on what actually caused it, or to be more precise, what factors played the most important role in causing it. This is natural for a subject that has been explored extensively. This also…
This post is related to the review of the movie Distance Thunder (Ashani Sanket). I want to explore the backdrop of the movie a little further since I mainly focused on some of the characters of the film in the review. Another element of the film that is fascinating is that as famine kicks in,…
Director: Satyajit Ray Spoiler alert – suggest watching the film before reading this review it is full of spoilers. I attended the UK Premiere of 4K Restoration: Distant Thunder at the British Firm Institute (BFI) yesterday evening (December 19th). I had already watched the well known trilogy by Satyajit Ray several years ago in Delhi…
The Old Smoke 