Thunder Road [2018]: ‘MAMI’ Review – A Tragic Comedy about a Broken Man
It’s impossible to talk about Jim Cummings’s debut feature without talking about it’s 10-minute-long single take opening scene. It is…
A Spike Lee Joint: Bamboozled [2000]
It can be said that Bamboozled is a film of flawed and troubling satire and humour, but it can’t be said that it isn’t a unique film. There’s just about nothing else like it and Spike Lee, at a point in his career where he was slightly slipping from mainstream acclaim, managed to execute this exceptional film about an unexceptional moment in history.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald [2018] Review – Weakest Wizarding World Chapter Yet
It took 17 years, 7 books, one Broadway show, and now 10 movies for me to feel a sense of…
Shoplifters (2018) ‘MAMI’ Review: Koreeda’s New Film Is an Achingly Beautiful Masterwork
After slightly diverting from his comfort zone by delivering a slow-burning thriller in 2017, the Japanese master of familial dramas…
Lookback on Lumet: Prince of the City [1981]
Prince of the City is a highly involved, impressive, and large film dealing with a familiar Lumet topic: the investigation of double-crossing NYC cops. But unfortunately, the signs of wear and tear in his filmography are glimpsed at.
Border [2018]- ‘MAMI’ Review – A Grim Scandinavian Folktale
‘Border’ is a thought-provoking and equally potent allegorical drama that examines the most pertinent question on how and where you…
Jonaki [2018]: ‘MAMI’ Review – An exploration of dreams
Some directors love to tell a story through spoken words. Aditya Vikram Sengupta is not one of them. After his…
Suspiria [1977]: ‘MAMI’ Review – A Giallo-Horror Masterpiece!
If I was to put it in words, Dario Argento’s cult classic Suspiria works more as a series of impulses…