The Age of Shadows [2016] – A Spy Thriller with Electrifying Setpieces
The modern Korean film-makers are the best genre re-generators. While paying tribute to the genre movies of their cinematic ancestors,…
Slightly Overrated Films: Moonlight [2016] (and Boyhood [2014])
Both Chiron from Moonlight and Mason from Boyhood are blank canvases that all other characters must act around.
The 50 Best Films Of 2016
If I could describe 2016 in three words it would be – Poetry, grief and terror. The three recurring themes…
I, Daniel Blake [2016]: A Poignant Social-Realist Drama
It’s been five decades since Mr. Ken Loach made the hard-hitting television drama Cathy Come Home. The 75 minute drama…
Embrace of the Serpent [2015] : Wildness Personified
There has always been moments of insanity when men has ventured too close to the forests. The thick outgrow of…
The Sexual Ambivalence of Brandon Sullivan In Shame
Steve McQueen’s Shame focuses on the life of Brandon Sullivan played by Michael Fassbender. On the surface, the film deals…
10 Best Films From BIFFES 2017
10 Best Films From BIFFES 2017: The 9th Bengaluru International Film Festival featured 230 great films over the span of…
Lion [2016] – A Melodrama with Considerable Stretches of Admirable Nuance
At first glance, Garth Davis’ feature-film debut Lion (2016) seems to be a repeat of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire (2008)…