Dead Man [1995]: The Poetry Of The Sinners.
Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man is a film of strange beauty. A film where Jarmusch lifts and circles the ‘western’ genre over its own head to construct a psychedelic uproar of gunslingers and poets, of spirits and redeemers and of Americans and Native-Americans. Dead Man deconstructs the very idea of conventional western with it’s deeply rooted metaphors and symbolism. It is a translucent work of existential trauma hidden under the rug of civilisational decay and a…
Kong: Skull Island (2017): Monster Entertainment, Delivered Right
Kong: Skull Island (2017) Review: Kong: Skull Island (2017), directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts (who also directed the beautiful small indie,…
Broken Flowers [2005] : The Missing Petals.
In Jarmusach’s own words the music in his films do not force you into feeling a certain kind of emotion. His choice of music provides a certain layer to the story that probably feels like it’s coming from nowhere and going somewhere which won’t satisfy you. The Greenhornes’s There Is An End, which apparently finds a place in the film’s soundtrack very accurately portrays Don Jonston and his quest for what he is really missing…
The 25 Best Non-English Films of 2016
The 25 Best Non-English Films – 2016 2016 has been an astounding year for cinephiles. As the dust has settled…
Deep End [1970] : Blood, Bath & Beyond.
Deep End juggles a lot of intrinsic dynamics that constantly engages us with voyeurism, sexual awakenings and naive character moments. But overall, the film is singular in its vision and never falls into the formulaic coming-of-age film’s shadow. Deep End is a devastating, almost nightmarish film about adolescence, obsession, sexuality, and vulnerability.
Logan [2017] : A Western Noir
Review by Shikhar Verma Logan is a powerful and humane story about a man who hates himself for being the sole…
An Angel at My Table [1990] – A Fitting Tribute to a Great Artistic Soul
Author Janet Frame was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 28 August 1924. With a pudgy body and mushy cloud…
7 Reasons Why You Should Watch Trapped [2017]
Returning to grass-root indie grounds, Vikramaditya Motwane’s Trapped is a pretty basic survival film. What makes it interesting is the survival that doesn’t go behind locked closets, coffins or even terrible forest terrains, but right in the heart of the city that never sleeps – Mumbai.