Reasons & Debates: Revisiting the Goopy-Bagha Saga
Satyajit Ray’s 1969 visual rendition of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury’s children’s fantasy “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne” (GGBB), along with its later…
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ as Political Parable – A Superhero Story in the Age of Authoritarianism
“I was raised to believe in grace. But you should know, I was also raised to believe in retribution.” In…
Ridicule (1996) Movie Review: The Path to the King Is Paved with Jokes and Blood
Many movies have dealt with the period of the French Revolution, since it was a pivotal era in history, full…
Finding Beauty in the Absurd: An Existential Reading of ‘American Beauty’ (1999)
Is life a comedy or a tragedy? Artists from all over the world try to find the right answers to…
Night of the Living Dead (1968) Movie Ending Explained & Themes Analyzed: What Happens to Ben in the End?
Directed, photographed, and edited on a shoestring budget by George A. Romero and co-written by John Russo, “Night of the…
A Desert (2025) Movie Review: Slow-Burn First Feature Nods at Inspirations, but Grows Aggressively Vapid and Weary
It would be hard to believe that “A Desert” is Joshua Erkman’s feature-length debut. The kind of masterful buildup the…
Neshoma (2024) ‘Hot Docs’ Movie Review: Richly Imaginative and Wistful Account of Jewish Community Pre-Holocaust
Sandra Beerends’ “Neshoma” is an invocation of a bygone era, lives endured and lost, by turns wondrous and affecting. A…
Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Haider’: A Melancholic Symphony of Betrayal, Resistance, and Redemption
“Haider” (2014) stands as Vishal Bhardwaj’s crowning achievement—a film that transcends its identity as a mere Shakespearean adaptation to become…