Moxie [2021] Netflix Review: A Daring Reinterpretation of Punk Feminism
Amy Poehler’s second directorial feature, Moxie, is a politically-charged film destined to denounce the patriarchal systems that have oppressed women…
‘I Care A Lot’ Juggles Satire, Slapstick And A Feminist Anti-Hero
‘I Care a Lot’ (Netflix, 2021) strives to wink at the audience without letting its characters know. What it ends…
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy [2021]: ‘Berlinale’ Review – A Gorgeous Trifecta About the Conversations that Bind Us
Humans are the most flexible creatures on this entire planet. They interpret what happens to them in ways different from…
Bloodsuckers [2021]: ‘Berlinale’ Review – Marxist Vampire Comedy moves from being a biting satire to a sluggish tryst
If you find imprints of Roy Andersson and legendry Mexican director Luis Buñuel all over Julian Radlmaier’s latest satire “Bloodsuckers…
Collective [2019] Review – A Gripping Examination of a Rotten Healthcare System
Alexander Nanau’s riveting documentary Collective (Colectiv, 2019) is a fly-on-the-wall documentation of the deep-rooted corruption in Romanian health care system….
Nomadland (2020): A Faultless, Sublime Epic That May Change Your Life
Watching Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland (2020) (streaming on Hulu), I was reminded of a Virginia Woolf line- “Arrange whatever pieces come…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About “Mank”
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Mank (2020) “Mank” premiered on Netflix in December 2020 and checked off all…
High on Heels (2021) Review: A Unique Insight into the World of Heels
For an average person like me, uneducated and uninterested in fashion, high heels exist in a blind spot. They never…