Fan (2016): Only SRK could have done it!
Fan (2016) Review: The stupendous achievement of ‘Fan’ is that Shah Rukh Khan underplays the character of a stubborn Superstar…
Death by Hanging [1968]: A Brilliant, Provocative Work of a Anti-Authoritarian
The way director Oshima satirizes the government officials may make viewers to accuse Oshima of treating them as farcical puppets rather than human characters. It is a tone, which may alienate a few, but I feel it’s the best way to observe the cogs of imperialist society, whose so-called ‘good intentions’ are just a hypocritical veil.
Involuntary [2008]: About Rule Breaking, Actions and the Consequences
An avalanche that caused no physical damage but introduced serious emotional instability in a marriage was the subject Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure dealt with. It is commendable to see Ruben’s command over his subject; he understands unconscious human behaviour better than most contemporary filmmakers. As Force Majeure grew on me over the time I couldn’t wait to see what he did with his other films. So, the first film I checked out was his 2008…
The Invitation [2016]: An unsettling housebound thriller!
The Invitation hides most of it’s characters behind mysterious shadows which don’t peel off layer by layer but are slowly scratched until they are completely ripped-off from their existence.
The Jungle Book (2016): Hello, Childhood!
Back in my childhood, whenever my father came to pick me up from school he used to buy me a…
The Forbidden Room (2015): Cave of Forgotten Films
Guy Maddin is the Janus of cinema, the two-faced God of thresholds, of beginning and transitions, of doorways, and most essentially of lost cinema. His one face is towards the dusk of silent cinema and other towards the dawn of digital cinema. He gazes into past and at the same time leaps into future. In his latest quest, the Knight (Guy Maddin), along with his squire (Evan Johnson), enters the forbidden territory of past to…
7 Great Movies based on Great Comic Books
While Captain America: The First Avenger received mixed reviews, its sequel was loved by one and all. It was a tremendously entertaining film which engaged the audience with its smart writing. Chris Evans shined in this film as the superhero himself. While I personally found the first movie a mere spectacle, this one was craftsmanship with twice the spectacle. Every last dollar spent on the movie was clearly visible on the screen. It had a…
Vengeance Is Mine [1979]: An Ominous Remainder of the Darkest Corners of Human Mind
The vision of chaotic evil and violent nihilism in “Vengeance is Mine” discomfits a viewer like no other film in the cinematic history. Iwao Enokizu isn’t condemned nor his murderous activities elevated to a myth, and even the society that created him isn’t bluntly blamed. What we gaze at is a pure, dark, subversive force that offers no meaning.