The Commune [2017] : Habitat International Film Festival 2017 Review
The Commune’ takes a wrecking spin on the idea of being together. It basically tells us how even being together can break people from the inside, where even smart people need to take a final decision.
A Death in the Gunj [2017]: A Brooding Atmospheric Mystery-Drama
“A Death in the Gunj” is an apt title that raises an occult curiosity which compels us to examine each character closely…
Fallen Angels [1995]: The Art Of Longing
Wong Kar Wai’s Fallen Angels (1995) is one of his most underrated films. Raw and grainy, in its literal and figurative sense, it provides an insight into the beginnings of a mind that gave us the smooth and sentimental In The Mood For Love (2001). The maturity with which the latter film dealt with the emotion of longing and heartache came from a far more aggressive and painful portrayal of the same in the earlier…
A Death in The Gunj [2017]: The Horror of Emotional Abuse
There is a strange kind of fear that every man faces at least once in his life. It’s the fear…
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…