Roads of Fire (2025) Movie Review: A Harrowing Skillfully Managed Portrait of People in Need
Films about immigrants, both fictional and documentary, must always avoid oversentimentalizing in an already heated political environment. For its most…
All Five Mari Selvaraj Films Ranked
Pa. Ranjith and Mari Selvaraj have transformed the landscape of Tamil cinema — though, predictably, a few detractors might claim…
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (Dorosute no hate de bokura, 2020) Movie Review: A Small-Scale Sci-Fi That Feels Endlessly Warm
Director Junta Yamaguchi had remarkably high ambitions for his debut feature, “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes” (Dorosute no hate de…
Hedda (2025) Movie Review: An Excessively Overstated, Hollow Literary Reworking Redeemed By Lively Performances
“Hedda” (2025) is an earnest attempt to reimagine Henrik Ibsen’s classic story for a younger generation, and admirably avoids many…
Host (2025) Movie Ending Explained: How Did Ing and Ploy Outsmart Aim and Bring about Her Downfall?
“Host” (2025) is a chilling Thai psychological horror film set on a remote island where a strict reform school promises…
The Ballad of a Small Player (2025) ‘Netflix’ Movie Ending Explained: What Happened to Dao Ming?
Cinema, foremost, is a visual medium. And Edward Berger’s (“Conclave,” “All Quiet on the Western Front”) latest, “The Ballad of…
Pursued (2025) Movie Review: A Tonally Inconsistent and Implausible Serial Killer Movie
The tone is everything – even if your ambitions are relegated to making a low-budget crime thriller that works on…
From Slumber to Wakefulness: An Analysis of Sleep and Being Awake in Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s ‘Kodiyettam’ (‘Ascent,’ 1978)
The thirteenth-century Dominican monk James de Voragine, in his famous “Legenda Aurea” (“Golden Legend”), narrated the enchanting tale of the…