For Your Consideration: Gerry [2002]
“Gerry” is an obscure film. On one hand, it’s incredibly frustrating and dull, on the other hand, it’s strangely liberating and worth keeping in your memories for at least a quarter mile of your life’s highway. While the plot of the film is as thin as a trail in a vast landscape of nothingness, the indecisive ability of Gus Van Sant’s most under-seen film calls for consideration.
13 Reasons Why [2017]: The importance of reaching out to people
A few days ago I made this post on Facebook, where I casually mocked random things people do just to…
The Limits Of Control [2009] : Saving Creativity!
The point of the film, however, isn’t about a conspiracy, a strange protagonist who never sleep or the disjointed characters that he meets, it’s just a testament to all the creators of the world. A presumptuous and stupendous representation of the importance of art, science, and everything that connects creativity to the world in general. I suppose the film tries to contradict the idea of existential decay in every individual. It follows the philosophy that…
Badlands [1973]: An Achingly Beautiful, Instant Classic Debut
As and when aimlessness exploded deep in the veins of American lost towns, they teetered on the verge of despair….
The Commune [2017] : Habitat International Film Festival 2017 Review
The Commune’ takes a wrecking spin on the idea of being together. It basically tells us how even being together can break people from the inside, where even smart people need to take a final decision.
A Death in the Gunj [2017]: A Brooding Atmospheric Mystery-Drama
“A Death in the Gunj” is an apt title that raises an occult curiosity which compels us to examine each character closely…
Fallen Angels [1995]: The Art Of Longing
Wong Kar Wai’s Fallen Angels (1995) is one of his most underrated films. Raw and grainy, in its literal and figurative sense, it provides an insight into the beginnings of a mind that gave us the smooth and sentimental In The Mood For Love (2001). The maturity with which the latter film dealt with the emotion of longing and heartache came from a far more aggressive and painful portrayal of the same in the earlier…
A Death in The Gunj [2017]: The Horror of Emotional Abuse
There is a strange kind of fear that every man faces at least once in his life. It’s the fear…