Hana-Bi [1997] Review – The Meditative Trip of a Beleaguered Detective
Takeshi Kitano’s Golden Lion winner Hana-Bi (‘Fireworks’, 1997) is in many ways the perfect amalgamation of the film-maker’s humanist expression…
The Tunnel [2011] Review: Undone By Its Weak Ending
A competently crafted found-footage horror narrated in faux-documentary style, The Tunnel utilizes its narrow spaces, dark alleys & underground setting…
Kill Me If You Dare Netflix [2019] Review: A rom-com that closely follows the blueprint
Titled on Netflix as ‘Kill Me If You Dare’, Öldür Beni Sevgilim is a Turkish language film. Directed by Senol…
Comets (2019): ‘TIFF’ Review – Of Memories & torrid Affair
Tamar Shavgulidze’s sophomore film ‘Comets’ (2019) unfurls at an unhurried pace in airy, pastoral villa, like an indolent and languid…
Posham Pa [2019] Zee5 Review – An unsatisfactory real-life documentation
Posham Pa is directed by national award-winning director Suman Mukhopadhyay and is based on true events from the life of…
Zana [2019]: ‘TIFF’ Review – Adriana Matoshi is Magnetic in this post-war tormentor
Kosovo-born, LA-based writer/director Antoneta Kastrati’s ‘Zana’ is her feature-length debut. After a decade long career in documentary filmmaking, Kastrati dives…
Henry Glassie: Field Work [2019]: ‘TIFF’ Review – A Wonderful Visual Diary of the World And Its Inhabitants
Henry Glassie: Field Work is more of an experience than a film really. An experience that is best described as…
Partenonas (Parthenon)[2019]: ‘Venice’ Review – A trance-like postmodern tracing of memory
Obfuscation is an understatement when it comes to Lithuanian filmmaker and academic, Mantas Kvedaravičius’ feature film Partenonas (Parthenon). Following the…