Kappela [2020] Netflix Review: A Game of Perception
Note: The following review contains *spoilers* for the Malayalam film Kappela. Kappela, meaning Chapel – a small place of worship…
The Match Factory Girl [1990] Review – A devastating cultural portrait
Aki Kaurismäki’s ‘The Match Factory Girl’, the concluding film in the Proletariat Trilogy, opens with a batch process of match stick manufacture…
Bulbbul [2020] Netflix Review: An Attempt to Break Prisons
Bulbbul is now streaming on Netflix Today unlike the past having faced suppression and everyday sexism, women have fought against…
When Ayyappan Becomes Mundoor Maadan: A Brief Analysis of Sachy’s ‘Mass’ Film
An elephant trumpets in the background when we first see Ayyappan in Sachy’s highly entertaining action drama, Ayyappanum Koshiyum (2020)….
What Do We Know About Sherlock Holmes 3?
When Guy Ritchie directed 2009’s Sherlock Holmes and the 2011 sequel A Game of Shadows, fans could have been forgiven…
A Matter of Life and Death [1946] Review: A Timeless Treasure of British Cinema
A wonderful, charming & fascinating story of love that blossoms between a British pilot & an American radio operator under…
Aarya (Season 1) Hotstar Review: Underutilizes an interesting premise, managing to evoke only an iota of empathy
The only possible reason why the new Disney+Hotstar show ‘Aarya‘ would slip into anyone’s watchlist has to be the return…
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies [1995] Review: A Must For Film Fanatics
Documentaries about films are slowly becoming a genre in themselves, and I for one love them more than factual reportage…