The Best Years of Our Lives [1946] – A Poignant Tale about War Veterans Returning back to Civilian Life
William Wyler belongs to old school of Hollywood film-making where the script and casting and directing actors occupies a prominent…
Lookback on Scorsese: Mean Streets [1973]
In Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets, Charlie – the straight, nice-guy, to-be gangster protagonist of the film holds his hand over…
The Social Network [2010]: A Prism of Friendships, Betrayals and Ambitions
The genius of Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher’s masterwork does not revel in it’s first viewing. The Social Network travels…
Verónica [2017]: Scariest Movie Ever, My Ass!
Being dubbed “the scariest horror film ever” by Netflix audience is the worst thing that could have happened to this…
Ankhon Dekhi [2013]: Believe in what you live
The low budget Hindi movies do not have a large audience, but the people they manage to pull definitely take…
Feminism and its Eternal Affair with Film-making
Feminism and its Eternal Affair with Film-making “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which…
The Meyerowitz Stories [2017]: An Apotheosis Of Cinematic Realism
Among contemporary filmmakers, Noah Baumbach perhaps has the best understanding of realism on celluloid. His grossly underrated works all center…
Annihilation [2018] – An Ultimately Disappointing Take on a Bewitching Sci-Fi Premise
Watching the film adaptation of a popular novel after reading the book is always a tricky thing. We might be…