1956 Central Travancore (2019) : A Hunt for Masculine Confidence and its Futility
Capitalism has a far-reaching grasp. It isn’t necessarily suffocating for its inhabitants for it provides a unique way of survival…
The Fam [2021]: ‘Berlinale’ Review – A mercurial coming-of-age portrait of a group of teenage girls at a care facility
Basketball player turned filmmaker Fred Bailiff’s “The Fam” (La Mif) revolves around a group of girls in teenage home care….
Censor [2021]: ‘Berlinale’ Review – An uneven homage to video-nasty and the aftermath of violent proceedings
Welsh director Prano Bailey-Bond’s debut feature is steeped in 1980’s England. From the clothes to the random radio chatter of…
The Question of Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
Stories that afloat around Steven Soderbergh’s Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989) have culminated into some kind of ‘film lore’. It…
Joyful Mystery [2021]: ‘IFFK’ Review – A Moving Romantic Comedy About the Culture of Quarrels
Don Palathara, in his third film “1956, Central Travancore”, established himself as a strong contemporary filmmaker with a sharply political…
‘Ad Astra’ is a sci-fi odyssey about Inter-Galactic Daddy Issues
“Ad Astra” sees James Gray return to traversing emotional barriers between a father and his son after his under-loved “The…
Drift Away [2021]: ‘Berlinale’ Review – Unfocused Police drama explores male identity
The last most of us remember of french director Xavier Beauvois is for his 2010 film “Of Gods and Men.”…
Kin-dza-dza! [1986] Review – An Extremely Amusing Soviet Sci-Fi Cult Classic
Science fiction movies are rarely about science. In fact, the ostentatious CGI-dependent, invasion-centered storylines we are repeatedly subjected to strictly…