How Haneke plays with the audience expectations in ‘Funny Games’
There are three participants in Micheal Haneke’s disturbing satire on American home invasion movies. The family that is being held…
Undine [2020] Review: A garden-variety romance with mermaid-myth garnish
If anybody could have saved Christian Petzold’s ‘Undine,’ it would have been Paula Beer playing Undine who has been rightfully…
4 Movies That Will Make You Dance
Some things can make everyone dance. For example, if they get a promotion, win at the online casino NZ, or…
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time [2021] Review: A psychological noir that loses its way despite the solid preparation
The most important thing Lili Horvát’s inviting title ‘Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time’ does, is…
The Tremor [2021] Review: A Startling Original Thriller That Dissects Human Desperation
Filmmaker Balaji Vembu Chelli’s The Tremor (Nilanadukkam) is focused on a singular, unnamed character. He is an ordinary journalist who is trying…
Magnolia (1999) : An Epic Melodrama Somewhere Between Ingenuity And Insanity
There is an insidiously sly nature to how Paul Thomas Anderson constructs his melodramatic epic, Magnolia (1999). It has its…
Woman on the Run [1950] Review – Shady Figures and a Marriage in Shambles
Norman Foster’s film noir thriller Woman on the Run (1950) is based on a 1948 short story by Sylvia Tate…
Saina (2021) Review : A Racquet is not a Sword
Saina Nehwal’s biopic, Saina (2021), directed by Amole Gupte, was released on Amazon Prime earlier this year. The film fails…