MAMA (2025) ‘Hot Docs’ Movie Review: Wrenching and Unflinchingly Frank Portrait of Moving Through Illness
Ana Cristina Benítez’s “MAMA” (2025) searches deep into her recesses in the wake of her late-stage breast cancer diagnosis. Just…
Hal Ashby’s Enduring Legacy: How ‘The Holdovers’ Echoes the Spirit of a 1970s Master
Hal Ashby left a lasting legacy, influencing modern filmmakers such as Cameron Crowe, Wes Anderson, and Alexander Payne, among others….
Hesitation Wound (Tereddüt Çizgisi, 2023) Movie Review: A Quiet Courtroom Drama That Finds Power in Moral Ambiguity
“Hesitation Wound” (Original title: Tereddüt Çizgisi, 2023) is less a legal thriller and more a quiet, simmering study of a…
Being Maria (2024) Movie Review & Ending Explained: Does Maria Choose to Meet Bertolucci?
Jessica Palud’s “Being Maria” (2024) takes a hard, unflinching look at one of film history’s most hotly debated scenes, the…
King Matt The First (2025) ‘Hot Docs’ Movie Review: Charming, Intimate Glimpse at Fading Childhood
Jasmina Wójcik’s “King Matt the First” is an enthralling peek into childhood’s many pleasures. The taste of them may linger…
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The Lucifer franchise, spearheaded by actor-director Prithviraj Sukumaran and fronted by the iconic Mohanlal, has transformed from a politically charged…
Reasons & Debates: Revisiting the Goopy-Bagha Saga
Satyajit Ray’s 1969 visual rendition of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury’s children’s fantasy “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne” (GGBB), along with its later…
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ as Political Parable – A Superhero Story in the Age of Authoritarianism
“I was raised to believe in grace. But you should know, I was also raised to believe in retribution.” In…