The days of Blockbuster and Video Ezy are long gone, and have been replaced by internet streaming. With platforms such as Netflix, and Stan, home viewing has never been easier. In some cases, internet distribution is a preferred method of marketing to worldwide cinema release….

The crime/gangster genre is highly popular in Asian Cinema, especially Japanese and Chinese, with their organized crime groups, the Yakuza, and the Triads respectively. Known for the way that these films tend to blur the lines between good and evil, they have caused some controversy…

Sukunya Gupta, from the English Department, in University of Southern Indiana, states that “In popular Bollywood films, female characters generally do not have much meaning without their male counterparts. Considering how long Indian cinema has been around, this reductive depiction of women is lamentable” (Gupta,…

Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om is a 2007 Bollywood mix of drama, thriller, musical, and comedy. The film follows Om, a junior artist in a 1970s Bollywood setting, as he tries to find his break into super stardom and get noticed by his Bollywood crush,…