Where Is the Friend’s Home? (1987) – A Multi-Layered Parable about a Virtuous Kid
Where Is the Friend’s Home? Analysis: Experiencing Iranian film-maker Abbas Kiarostami’s films is similar to witnessing a great poet in…
Lion [2016]: Contaminated Peace of a Lost Child
“All stars came out in search of the moon, the ill-fated came out on the streets; They came out in…
For Your Consideration: Gerry [2002]
“Gerry” is an obscure film. On one hand, it’s incredibly frustrating and dull, on the other hand, it’s strangely liberating and worth keeping in your memories for at least a quarter mile of your life’s highway. While the plot of the film is as thin as a trail in a vast landscape of nothingness, the indecisive ability of Gus Van Sant’s most under-seen film calls for consideration.
13 Reasons Why [2017]: The importance of reaching out to people
A few days ago I made this post on Facebook, where I casually mocked random things people do just to…
The Limits Of Control [2009] : Saving Creativity!
The point of the film, however, isn’t about a conspiracy, a strange protagonist who never sleep or the disjointed characters that he meets, it’s just a testament to all the creators of the world. A presumptuous and stupendous representation of the importance of art, science, and everything that connects creativity to the world in general. I suppose the film tries to contradict the idea of existential decay in every individual. It follows the philosophy that…
Badlands [1973]: An Achingly Beautiful, Instant Classic Debut
As and when aimlessness exploded deep in the veins of American lost towns, they teetered on the verge of despair….
The Commune [2017] : Habitat International Film Festival 2017 Review
The Commune’ takes a wrecking spin on the idea of being together. It basically tells us how even being together can break people from the inside, where even smart people need to take a final decision.
A Death in the Gunj [2017]: A Brooding Atmospheric Mystery-Drama
“A Death in the Gunj” is an apt title that raises an occult curiosity which compels us to examine each character closely…