Don’t Think Twice [2016] Review – A Delightfully Layered Dramedy
“I feel like your 20s are all about hope, and then your 30s are all about realizing how dumb it…
Watching the unseen in Flesh [1968] and Trash [1970]
Although he would rather not be associated with the independent scene, Paul Morrissey’s no-budget films Flesh (1968) and Trash (1970) could be credited with introducing to the cinema a more experimental and more life-like portrayal of the counterculture movement in America, one that was far less concerned about narrative concepts and more about directly observing the lives of the people amidst this movement.
Hell or High Water (2016) ‘Mashup’ Review: Reinventing the Vengeful West
“Lord of the Plains” Review by Pranav Birajdar This movie transcends genre. It neither feels like a heist thriller nor does…
To Live [1994] – A Humanist Masterpiece
The development of Chinese cinema is generally compartmentalized into six unique generations of film-makers, starting from the year 1905 (the…
Manchester By The Sea (2016) ‘MAMI’ Review
Writer-director Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea is an extraordinary film. A film about grief has never felt so deeply…
Endless Poetry [2016]: JIO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Review
That caterpillar called poetry
Hiding behind the book of biology
Shaken by tremor of emotions
Rejected the world of underwear
To become what he had always been
Kubo and the Two Strings [2016]: Of Memories and Magic
The best part about ‘Kubo’ is despite being a story of very different, imaginary world and using magic, monsters and other-worldly things as a plot device, it manages to remain a very humane movie. A movie, to which you can actually relate and feel for. It takes you to a trip down memory lane, reminds you of how beautiful your life once was or how nice it could have been. It gently tells you to…
Nerve (2016) ‘Mashup’ Review: A Candy Soaked Nightmare
A neon-drenched, pulsating nightmare for everyone out there whose life is crippled by the ever blooming popularity of the internet generation.
Nerve, is an instant entertainer which uses its fabulous pace to question some very interesting questions about our lifestyle, obsessions and our tendency to be the best in a world that’s blurred by an insta drive to fame and name.