Loving [2016]: With Great Restraint comes Great Power
Outrage and violence are often the predominant responses to oppression and injustice. But, often, the loud sounds of such rage…
Meta-Humor: A gift or a curse?
The implication of a film like this releasing has prompted me to have fearful predictions for the film industry because they prompt me to think about what happens after post-modernism. Do we revert back to structured stories? Probably not, because post-modernist story lines give so much freedom that nobody would want to let go of it. But do we continue to just make movie responses to other movies like advertisements about other advertisements instead of…
For Your Consideration: Bringing out the Dead [1999]
In the end, it is clear that Bringing Out The Dead isn’t one of Scorsese’s most accessible feature films although he pulls no punches and still delivers a strange, often trippy, and harrowing look at Frank Peirce’s state of mind that’s as bewildering as it is entertaining and insightful.
The Lunchbox (2013): Strangers Sharing Loneliness in a Claustrophobic Mumbai
Ritesh Batra’s debut feature The Lunchbox is a film about desperate loneliness shared by two strangers—Saajan Fernandez, a grumpy widower…
Split (2017) – A Spine Chilling Horror Tale
M. Night Shyamalan has always been pretty erratic when it comes to his filmography. He has given us some good…
Mukti Bhawan [2017]: Making Peace with Death
*It’s a Spoiler-filled Write-up, Read only if you have seen the film* The relationship between a father and his son…
Angamaly Diaries [2017]: Food, Romance, Gang Fights, and a little bit of Life
WARNING FOR FOODIES: Please carry a tub of your favorite food item before you enter the auditorium. Preferably two tubs….
Miss Sloane [2016]: An Aaron Sorkin Imitation
Aaron Sorkin, quite like Quentin Tarantino, has clearly past the reputation of being just a great screenwriter, rather he is…