In Fear [2013]: A Conscious effort to create Palpable Fear
Narrow country road covered with the blanket of darkness and silence. The silence is punctuated by insects stridulation & birds…
Still Walking [2008]: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Elegiac Masterpiece
Ozu-esque is the word that sprang to my mind when watching Hirokazu Kore-eda’s culturally specific yet emotionally relatable nuanced family…
Melancholia [2011]: Alien on Earth
A lot of films about mental health, especially those that feature lead characters who are suffering from depression or anxiety,…
Song To Song (2017) Movie Review: Frustrating, Maddening and Deeply Beautiful
It is so difficult to not be evoked by anything Terrence Malick directs. He touches a moving frame and it…
Lathe Joshi [2016] : Stuck in Time
Out of the 26 films I watched at the Mumbai International Film Festival, there is one film that towered above…
What Films Get Wrong About Drug Addiction
One of the most fundamental parts of writing a memorable, likable character is the idea of pathos. Pathos is the…
Demon [2016]: A chilling Jewish folklore haunting Poland long after the War
Demon [2016]: A chilling Jewish folklore haunting Poland long after the War Dreams are strange but what is even more…
Of Love, Grief and Rediscovery: A Love Letter to Clementine
Hey Clementine! You don’t know me but we’ve met. We’ve met hundreds of times before. Not just through your…