Actual People [2021]: ‘Locarno’ Review: Seeking Sanity in the Modern World
Everyone goes through that phase in life when nothing seems to be going your way. Without any redeeming elements in…
Three Sisters [2021]: ‘NYAFF’ Review- A Terrific Moon So-Ri elevates this middling but moving drama
Lee Seung-Won’s Three Sisters suffers from a case of thematic and stylistic overfamiliarity. Narratives around siblings who have crossed over…
The Sacred Spirit [2021]: ‘Locarno’ Review – A Dazzling, Mysterious Supernatural Fantasy
One hour into Chema García Ibarra’s The Sacred Spirit (2021), a little girl uncomfortably asks, “What’s worse? Coke addiction or…
Wet Sand [2021] ‘Locarno’ Review – A Well-Crafted Microcosmic Tale of Love in a Prejudiced Society
Georgian visual artist and filmmaker Elene Naveriani in her sophomore feature, Wet Sand (2021) shows glimpses of auteurist streak which…
Changes in Bollywood in 10 Years
Mainstream Hindi cinema has undergone cataclysmic changes in the past decade, leading to amelioration in the overall quality and variety…
Babi [2021]: ‘NYAFF’ Review: A Terribly Confused Thriller With Right Intentions and Ridiculous Writing
An educational institution is primarily designed to inculcate a sense of tolerance and compassion in the students. Education is the…
Bucolic [2021] ‘Locarno’ Review – A Portrait of Country Life minus the Idealized Perspective
Bucolic indicates the pleasant or romanticized aspects of countryside and country life. The literary genre of ‘Pastoral’ in fact evokes…
Brotherhood [2021] ‘Locarno’ Review – An Impressive Coming of Age Documentary
Tamara Kotevska & Ljubomir Stefanov’s visually stunning documentary, Honeyland (2019) explored the life of a beekeeper in rural Macedonia. Though…