115: Mr. Criterion: Do Bigha Zamin and Shree 420

<div>Our favourite boutique film label, Criterion, has finally acknowledged Hindi cinema with two series on their streaming channel devoted to acclaimed filmmakers Bimal Roy and Raj Kapoor. <br> <br> </div> <div>Show Notes:<br> <br> </div> <ul> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://letterboxd.com/mattbowes/list/criterions/">We checked the list, we have 133 Criterion films including the Eclipse box sets</a></li> <li>The <a href="https://href.li/?https://www.criterion.com/">Criterion Collection</a> and the <a href="https://href.li/?https://www.criterionchannel.com/browse">Criterion Channel</a> </li> <li>NYT: <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Finteractive%2F2020%2F08%2F20%2Fmovies%2Fcriterion-collection-african-americans.html&amp;t=YzE2YzgyZDQ1Mzk5M2IyZjIyNmY1MTBkMzQ3MWQzZDY1YzZlNjQ1YSxjYjVjOGI3ZThiNWJjYjgzMDc1YWVjNmNlYTVlN2E2NjBlZWM2Mzcw&amp;ts=1621397403">How the Criterion Collection Crops Out African-American Directors</a> </li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://teamdeakins.libsyn.com/lee-kline-restoration-of-films">This is the podcast where the Bollywood boxset rumours come from</a></li> <li> <a href="https://href.li/?https://audioboom.com/posts/7021288-play-nimmi-for-me-aag-and-mera-naam-joker-with-beth-loves-bollywood">Episode 69 on Raj Kapoor</a> and <a href="https://href.li/?https://audioboom.com/posts/7422709-out-of-the-past-madhumati-and-woh-kaun-thi">episode 87 on <em>Madhumati</em></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://href.li/?https://www.criterionchannel.com/directed-by-bimal-roy">Directed by Bimal Roy</a> at the Criterion Channel</li> <li><a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Bigha_Zamin"><em>Do Bigha Zamin</em></a></li> <li>Erin saw this film in her proletarian literature course</li> <li> <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_Thieves"><em>Bicycle Thieves</em></a> and <a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_neorealism">Italian neorealism</a> </li> <li>Cinema is always political</li> <li>Songs: “