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…
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.
The Insider [1999]: Tobacco & Truth Kill
At the running length of 157 mins, Michael Mann has engineered one of the flawless films that exponentially raise the tension with every passing second. Each frame is impeccably placed; every cut seems to be a masterstroke; every character seems to have born to play that respective part. Like, Wigand’s attorney bawling on other attorney who constantly interrupts him during questioning to Wigand in Kentucky Court.
Double Feature: John Carney’s Once (2007) & Begin Again (2014)
Being a John Cassavetes fan John Carney believes that films don’t need a big crew and grandeur production qualities, rather he believes that a film can be made with only two characters walking down a road humming their favorite tunes and talking their mutual love for Music. When you look at both the films, you find a striking similarity. Both the films have two characters – A guy and A girl, ironically named so in…
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Movie Review
The biggest gladiator match in the history of comic-book films feels like a stinking turd that jumps from one scene to another without even transitioning properly. At the end of the day when you look at the film it frustrates you and makes you angry. It just feels like that random drunk guy who doesn’t know where he is coming from and where he needs to move next. And finally when he gets his…