In My Father’s Den [2004] – A Haunted Loner’s Journey through Time and Memory
Sins of Father’ is one of recurrent theme in cinematic medium, where the prodigal son would return home to reflect on his past and learn few dark secrets about his family. The theme had been covered to the point of turning it into a cliché. Initially, the characters and the situation they find themselves in “In My Father’s Den” seem a bit banal. Celebrated war photographer Paul Prior (Mathew MacFadyen), who had run away from…
Knight of Cups [2015]: A Prince on a Quest
“Once the soul was perfect and had wings, it could sour into haven that only creatures with wings can be. But the soul lost its wings and fell to earth where it took a earthly body, now, while it lives in this body no outward sign of wings can be seen yet the roots of its wings are still there… and we see a beautiful woman or a man, the soul remembers the beauty it…
A (Nitrogen Free) Review of Om Dar-B-Dar
The Review of Om Dar-B-Dar hasn’t always been a review of Om Dar-B-Dar. Once it was an open letter to Prime Minister. Few hours ago it was a horoscope, the summary of someone’s ill fortune. It thinks that it is never too late to be the review of Om Dar-B-Dar and the best sweaters are knitted by old ladies on the Moon.
Waiting (2016) Movie Review: Togetherness in Grief!
For everyone who has every been in a hospital, trying to pass on the agony in their heads onto the random daily newspaper or someone else going under the same spell, Anu Menon’s Waiting is a living portrayal of that heartbreaking ordeal one goes through. Time doesn’t just fly away & feeling just creep up out of nowhere. The fear, the clogs along with the pain just doubles the frustration. The dilemma of understanding what…
Beyond The Hills [2012]
Alina and Voichita had grown up together in an orphanage. They had found solace and comfort in each other’s presence before both of them took different paths in their life. The film opens with Alina returning to home with the hope of reuniting with her childhood friend and starting a new life only to find Voichita leading a completely new life in a monastery with nothing but God at heart. What follows is one riveting…
Minimalist Reviews : American Graffiti,The Sweet Hereafter, La Sapienza
We have started a new section called ‘Minimalist Reviews’, where we write brief review of random films. In this post, I have reviews American Graffiti,The Sweet Hereafter, and La Sapienza.
Captain America: Civil War (2016) Review: Ants and Spiders Steal The Show
Captain America: Civil War turns the charismatic asshole we have come to love into a soapy unlikable government visionary. Every single character is either going through episodic breakdown or is at the cusp of getting into one. But wait, that won’t restrict them from wording philosophical jargon just for the sake of it.
Double Feature Review: ‘Anomalisa’ and ‘The Little Prince’
The Animation genre has had a great run in the year 2015. Unlike most years, some of the best films of the year were actually animation films. While the subject of ‘Inside Out’ was a groundbreaking one, there was a devastatingly haunting film in ‘The Boy and the World’. Anomalisa was expectedly a Kaufman-esque dream, while ‘When Marnie was there’ lived upto the expectations one has from a Ghibli Studio movie. It was one of…