A Spike Lee Joint: Chi-Raq [2015]
The disparity between good intentions and awful execution is felt strongly here, making unfortunate viewers wonder how Lee and his team could make such a baffingly bad film about such an important topic.
Article 15 Netflix [2019] Review : An Outsider’s Outburst
Article 15 is now streaming on Netflix A war is raging in the heartlands of India, a war without strategy,…
The Cordillera of Dreams [2019]: ‘KVIFF’ Review – A Piercingly Elegiac Documentary on Landscape and Memory
“The Cordillera of Dreams (‘La Cordillera de los suenos’, 2019) once again explores the majesty of Chile’s landscapes set against…
Savage [2019]: ‘NYAFF’ Review – A Visually Spectacular Thriller Drama
Worked as a screenwriter on popular films like ‘Island’ and ‘Bleeding Steel’, ‘Cui Siwei’ chooses a character drama in the…
Dark Figure of Crime [2019] ‘NYAFF’ Review – A Visceral Crime Drama
The world is not ideal and neither are humans. The social and psychological behaviour of an individual, when coupled with…
Sindhubaadh [2019] Review: An Aspiring Ingenious Quest
“Sindhubaadh is a Tamil action thriller that tells a tale of a man who is left to fend for himself…
Wings of Desire [1987] Review: World in the Eyes of Angels
The thin tip of the pen touches the white sheet of paper. On it, an angel with thick black ink…
Cinema Mon Amour // Why Do We Love Movies?
“If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.” – Stanley Kubrick Ever wondered thinking about that one…