Big shifts have been triggered on the ground, too, with several Hollywood studios getting seriously involved in local productions.
Hollywood also found it easier to tackle these issues through the prism of the musical, as in 1957's The Pajama Game, where Doris Day and her factory superintendent resolve their industrial dispute by falling in love.
These days, the best Hollywood can offer these is indulgent critiques of capitalism such as The Wolf of Wall Street, or David-and-Goliath issue movies such as Silkwood (starring Meryl Streep), or North Country, in which Charlize Theron proved women can be coal miners and have a perfect complexion.
Like it or not, Hollywood has shaped homegrown cinema.
Gary Oldman is a hero and she is desperate to work with Anthony Hopkins because he doesn't seem to, 'give a damn' about all that Hollywood stuff.
But the studio has turned round matters with its $200m £120mm) sequel: all those greenbacks are now firmly trapped in Spidey's web, waiting for Hollywood to collect them as the movie drives all before it at the box office.
Then she chuckles: "I'm going to personally put a DVD under the door of every man in Hollywood, and try to get some votes for that baby".
The official release of Django Unchained in China is back on again, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Another Hollywood Reporter poll dredged up a surprising bunch of stats, pertaining to how the voters actually watch the movies – indeed, if they watch them at all.
The Hollywood Reporter once observed: "There aren't many composers whose music is immediately identifiable after just a couple of whistled notes".
Anu reveals her 10 personal favourites in the video above - it's a wide-ranging selection, spanning Bollywood, Hollywood and independent Indian film.
