An Angel at My Table [1990] – A Fitting Tribute to a Great Artistic Soul
Author Janet Frame was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 28 August 1924. With a pudgy body and mushy cloud…
7 Reasons Why You Should Watch Trapped [2017]
Returning to grass-root indie grounds, Vikramaditya Motwane’s Trapped is a pretty basic survival film. What makes it interesting is the survival that doesn’t go behind locked closets, coffins or even terrible forest terrains, but right in the heart of the city that never sleeps – Mumbai.
Logan [2017] : An Intimate Study of blue & red Superhero
“It really hurts to see you like this,” disheartened & disgruntled Donald, relentless and calculative head of security of Transigen,…
The Age of Shadows [2016] – A Spy Thriller with Electrifying Setpieces
The modern Korean film-makers are the best genre re-generators. While paying tribute to the genre movies of their cinematic ancestors,…
Slightly Overrated Films: Moonlight [2016] (and Boyhood [2014])
Both Chiron from Moonlight and Mason from Boyhood are blank canvases that all other characters must act around.
Of Evil Men and Great Artists.
Art is the only thing that can help an evil man being something else. When a good actor plays something on stage or screen, he becomes the character. When a director makes a great film, he becomes a great storyteller. Art gives them that privilege. To have that privilege, one needs to have talent, which is a must. But being a good person, unfortunately, is not a mandatory requirement here.
The 50 Best Films Of 2016
If I could describe 2016 in three words it would be – Poetry, grief and terror. The three recurring themes…
I, Daniel Blake [2016]: A Poignant Social-Realist Drama
It’s been five decades since Mr. Ken Loach made the hard-hitting television drama Cathy Come Home. The 75 minute drama…