Nothing Personal [2009] : A wonderful ode to privacy and solitude!
There are so many unspoken emotions and feelings that are carefully presented in Urszula Antoniak’ Nothing Personal that you can almost feel every touch, smell the potatoes boiling and listen past those headphones feeling every beat of the classic music playing along. Nothing Personal works like magic in a wonderful countryside. Where, road lead you to the right path and where solitude is not considered to be a sign of inappropriateness. It is not only…
Terror Trinity 2016: The Wailing, Under the Shadow, The Witch
2016 is a year of horror films. Out of the many that came our way, 3 films stand-out.
Doctor Strange [2016] : Handsome, Ambitious and Cold
With powers to direct Marvel’s superhero bandwagon, comes the responsibility of making another blockbuster. One needs to mold scripts as…
Under The Shadow [2016] – JIO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Review
The fear and anxiety in Babak Anvari’s Under The Shadow not only lurks around closed doors, broken windows, shady basements, restricted roads, terrorized neighborhood but travels almost everywhere. The universality of the fear, both supernatural and real, is terrifying to an extent where the human mind starts questioning everything. And what makes Under The Shadow a brilliant horror film is when it proves your guesses to be wrong in every other instance. It’s a smart,…
Certain Women [2016] : JIO MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star Review
“Certain Women” is a remarkable and ambiguous study of gritty and gumptious individuals, cold-shouldered and unheard by the alienated community. Since director Kelly Reichardt’s camera only watches and listens to the existential threat faced by the characters without ever escalating the dramatic quotient, it demands a contemplative mindset to watch.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil [2016]: The Grapes of Love
In the end, Karan Johar’s much-hyped film about unrequited love comes off as a basketful of artificial fruits that looks delicious but is, unfortunately, inedible. Nonetheless, it is the most Joharistic film since Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, a crucial chapter in ‘Dharma’s Guide to Love and Friendship’ that also serves as a love letter to retro Bollywood.
Elle [2016] : Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star
Elle [2016] – An Incendiary Tale of a Woman in Control Shame is an emotion not strong enough to keep…
Good Night Good Morning [2010]
For all my friends bemoaning the purpose, rationale, and economics of parallel cinema [ like it was a mythical beast]-…