Beginning [2020]: ‘MUBI’ Review – We Live In a Patriarchy, Let’s Begin There
Cannes 2020 selected Déa Kulumbegashvili’s ‘Beginning’ (Dastaskisi) was supposed to play in competition along with Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch.’ While the former had a drip-drip-drip release since September, I assume nobody but Anderson has seen the latter. Cannes, for its glory, selected Steve McQueen’s ‘Mangrove’ and ‘Lovers Rock’ to play in the competition. They picked Nir Bergman’s ‘Here We Are’ and Francis Lee’s ‘Ammonite,’ too. My money, however, would have been on ‘Beginning’ to…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Nomadland
Early on in Nomadland, Fern tells someone, “I am not homeless…..I am houseless. Not the same thing.” Exploring life on…
Quiz Show [1994] Review – A Thought-provoking Look at the Shallowness and Chicanery of Show Business
Time and again Hollywood has explored the theme of television’s superficiality and deception. In Sidney Lumet’s Network (1976), an agitated…
Cinema Against War
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the war room.” What is a war? Is it an extremely lengthy…
Nayattu [2021] Netflix Review: A Taut Thriller of Contradictory Politics
Nayattu (2021) is by far the trickiest Political film I’ve come across as I’m trying to measure my response to…
Malmkrog [2020]: ‘MUBI’ Review – The Talking Cure for Elites
Malmkrog [2020] ‘MUBI’ Review: The Romanian New Wave began in the mid-noughties. Cristi Puiu is, in fact, the pioneer of…
Sorcerer [1977] Review – The Quintessential 70s film-making masterpiece
The reaction after finishing Sorcerer usually ranges from astonishment at the technical expertise you see on the screen, complete and…
Songs My Brothers Taught Me [2015]: ‘MUBI’ Review – Chloé Zhao’s Debut Is a Sincere and Striking Piece
Songs My Brothers Taught Me Review: Chloé Zhao’s first feature credited and played 20 pieces of music. These are not…








