War Dogs [2016] : Todd Phillips is no Martin Scorsese
Review by Kalpit Tandon As America and Russia are reaching diplomatic truce in Israel under the backdrop of battered ISIS and…
Kaul- A Calling [2016]: Encounter with the Unknown
I don’t exactly remember when I met Kaul. Was it yesterday? Was it in past life? Or maybe I never met Kaul. I feel its presence in rain, in distant mountains and chirping birds. It exists only in nature, a film that’s right in front of you, but you cannot see it.
Kaul (A Calling) is the miracle every cinephile prays for but a few pay for.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [2016] : A Very Well Told Moving Magical Tale
When it finally ends, it leaves you with a very likable, warm and fuzzy feeling inside, and you go home with a heart full of happiness. Fantastic Beasts, in the end, stands as a really nice, endearing entertainer and one of the best movies I have seen in this year so far.
Don’t Think Twice [2016] Review – A Delightfully Layered Dramedy
“I feel like your 20s are all about hope, and then your 30s are all about realizing how dumb it…
Watching the unseen in Flesh [1968] and Trash [1970]
Although he would rather not be associated with the independent scene, Paul Morrissey’s no-budget films Flesh (1968) and Trash (1970) could be credited with introducing to the cinema a more experimental and more life-like portrayal of the counterculture movement in America, one that was far less concerned about narrative concepts and more about directly observing the lives of the people amidst this movement.
Hell or High Water [2016]: Reinventing the Vengeful West
“Lord of the Plains” Review by Pranav Birajdar This movie transcends genre. It neither feels like a heist thriller nor does…
To Live [1994] – A Humanist Masterpiece
The development of Chinese cinema is generally compartmentalized into six unique generations of film-makers, starting from the year 1905 (the…
Manchester By The Sea [2016] – JIO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Review
Writer, director Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea is an extraordinary film. A film about grief has never felt so…