Venice Film Festival bound Gujarati short film ‘Anita’ takes a look at the fleeting idea of being independent
Aditi Vasudev stars as Anita – the centerpiece of Sushma Khadepaun‘s disturbingly real short film about the fleeting idea of…
The Funeral [1984] Review – Wickedly Satirical and Rapturously Inventive Dramedy
“The Funeral (1984) offers an interesting commentary on the ways modern Japanese society endeavors to adapt itself to the strictures…
Waiting for the Barbarians [2020] Review: Not Worth The Wait
Conservatism is unsurprisingly inherent to humans for it renders might to their muscle, and provides them with the cushion of…
Interview with François Ozon: “I was faithful to the book which never problematizes gayness.”
All set to premiere at TIFF 2020, French filmmaker François Ozon’s ‘Summer of 85’ is a coming-age film about a…
The 10 Best Hindi Films Of 2015
Bollywood is still not done with the masala films, but an audience can always choose. I took an oath to stay away from cinematic thrash this year. While there where occasional let-downs: R. Balki’s Shamitabh & Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet to name a few, there where some really surprising films like Harshavardhan G. Kulkarni’s Hunterrr & Neeraj Pandey’s Baby. But Unlike last year, 2015’s mid-list had a lot of gems and the later part of…
United Red Army [2007] Review – An Exactingly Detailed Account of Revolutionary Zeal Gone Wrong
I feel that Uli Edel’s The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) and Koji Wakamatsu’s United Red Army (Jitsuroku Rengo Sekigun: Asama…
How the 2019 Malayalam film Ishq showed a middle finger to toxic masculinity
The Interval Scene of Ishq (2019): “I am a man, I need to know” “Oh, I didn’t see any of…
Lake Michigan Monster [2020] Review : Grab a tub of popcorn and let this movie lead you to a madcap journey
An eccentric ship captain and a crew of specialists plot revenge against the most mysterious creature of the deep —…