MK Raghavendra

MK Raghavendra is a Bengaluru-based film/literary scholar, theorist, critic and writer who had, till 2016, authored six volumes on cinema, and contributed to numerous newspapers and periodicals in India and outside. He received the Swarna Kamal, the National Award for Best Film Critic in 1997. He is the co-founder of the film journal ‘Deep Focus’; the founder-editor of ‘Phalanx’, an online journal dedicated to debate; and a member of both FCCI and FIPRESCI. He has been a member of the jury for various international film festivals as well as for the Indian Panorama (twice) by the government of India.
  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

    Lincoln Director:Steven Spielberg Writers: Tony Kushner, Doris Kearns Goodwin Stars:Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn Awards: Oscar for Best Actor and for Production Design.   There are numerous ways in which a biopic of a statesman or a politician can be put together in cinema and the chosen approach...
  • Arbitrage

    Arbitrage

    Arbitage Writer-director: Nicholas Jarecki Stars: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth   Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage is a political film, but its statement is disguised as family drama. The first factor that makes it highly political is that it is about a hedge-fund tycoon and investment bankers have become highly...
  • The Holy Innocents

    The Holy Innocents

    The Holy Innocents Director: Mario Camus Writers: Miguel Delibes, Antonio Larreta, Manolo Matji Stars: Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez, Belén Ballesteros   Mario Camus’ The Holy Innocents (1984) is a Spanish film that may be roughly described as ‘humanist realism’ because it deals with rural poverty in Spain during the...