Milestone [2021] Netflix Review – Harsh and humane, Ivan Ayr’s film richly mines inner desolation
The vagaries of the unorganized transport sector bristle through Ivan Ayr’s second directorial feature, Milestone (Meel Patthar). Make no mistake,…
In The Mood For Love [2000]: “Quizas, Quizas, Quizas”
Set in the conservative 1960s Hong Kong, In the Mood for Love (2000) revolves around a certain Mrs. Chan and…
The Courier [2021] Review: Typical Spy Fare
Dominic Cooke’s The Courier is another biopic that adopts the “been there, done that” structure, as it chronicles the true…
Effigy: Poison and the City [2019] Review – 1800s set serial-killer thriller fails to engage
As far as period dramas are concerned, getting the setting right is not a problem. For a film set in…
The Family Game [1983] Review – An Incredible Dark Comedy on the Middle-Class Nuclear Family Life
Yoshimitsu Moritu’s The Family Game (Kazoku gemu, 1983) – based on Yohei Honma’s novel- is an absurdist satire on the…
Mandela [2021] Netflix Review – A Social Commentary on Power
Niccolo Machiavelli, the great political philosopher said, “It is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both.”…
Greenberg (2010): Examining Noah Baumbach’s Average Protagonist
Noah Baumbach, with his recent Academy-nominated film Marriage Story, has finally put a stop to the dissatisfying comparisons his work…
The Vast of Night [2020] Review: A Gripping Indie Sci-Fi Thriller That Wins on Multiple Levels
A well-done independent film always tends to carry a certain charm with it, and Amazon Studio’s latest science fiction thriller,…