Tag Archives: India

Louis Malle’s “Phantom India”

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: I watched this series from French director Louis Malle back-to-back the other day, it’s that good. In the late 60’s, Malle spent 5 months motoring around the vast backwaters of India in search of what spontaneous … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged India, Louis Malle | 5 Comments

“Lion” (2016)

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A boy from a tiny destitute Indian village is separated from his family, winds up over 1,200 miles from home on the streets of Calcutta, narrowly escapes sexual predators multiple times, is taken to a Dickensian orphanage, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged India, Muhammad Ali | 3 Comments

And the Wasps?

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: He had spoken in the little room near the Courts where the pleaders waited for clients; clients, waiting for pleaders, sat in the dust outside. These had not received a card from Mr. Turton. And there … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Demographics | Tagged A Passage to India, Colonialism, diversity, E.M. Forster, India | 1 Comment

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Devi”

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Satyajit Ray famously designed the posters used to advertise his movies. He had a knack for it. Related Satyajit Ray: graphic designer. “Devi,” which is a favorite movie of mine, can be streamed via Hulu Plus.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Devi, Film, India, Movie Posters, movies, Satyajit Ray | 4 Comments

Swings

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Art, Movies | Tagged a, A Day In the Country, Charulata, Film, France, Impressionism, India, Jean Renoir, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, movies, painting, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Rococo, Satyajit Ray, swings | 6 Comments

Notes on “Eega”

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In “Eega,” one of the most successful Telugu-language films of all time, a recently murdered young man, named Nani, is reincarnated as a housefly, then sets out to knock off his killer — who also happens … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Bollywood, Eega, Film, India, J.V.V. Sathynarayana, movies, S.S. Rajamouli | 5 Comments

“Flashman”

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I just finished the first volume of George MacDonald Fraser‘s high-spirited and rollicking The Flashman Papers series. For those new to the books, the series of 19th century historical novels chronicles the exploits of an English army officer and self-described … Continue reading →