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Matrubhoomi: Men Without Women (2003)

‘Matrubhoomi’ and the Curse of Men Without Women

July 10, 2025
Manav
When Horror Hurts- Violence, Realism, and Responsibility in Funny Games (1997) and When Evil Lurks (2023)  - hof

When Horror Hurts: Violence, Realism, and Responsibility in ‘Funny Games’ (1997) and ‘When Evil Lurks’ (2023) 

July 10, 2025
Hannah John
How Faith Ironically Becomes the Real Revolution Against Capitalist Excess in Wes Anderson's ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ 

How Faith Ironically Becomes the Real Revolution Against Capitalist Excess in Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ 

July 10, 2025
Gourab Saha
Guru Dutt at 100: The Enduring Legacy of ‘Pyaasa’ and ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’

Guru Dutt at 100: The Enduring Legacy of ‘Pyaasa’ and ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’

July 10, 2025
Srilekha Mitra
Jukti Takko Aar Gappo

The Conflict of Reason and Ruin: A Marxist-Psychoanalytic Reading of Ritwik Ghatak’s ‘Jukti Takko Aar Gappo’ Through an Absurdist Lens

July 8, 2025
Ishani Routh
The Stars of Aamir Khan: A Comparative Reflection on ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’
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The Stars of Aamir Khan: A Comparative Reflection on ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’

Kalpa Jyoti Bhuyan July 7, 2025July 10, 2025
Guru Dutt: The Lonely Artist Who Spoke Through Shadows
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Guru Dutt: The Lonely Artist Who Spoke Through Shadows

Nishtha Ranjan July 7, 2025July 13, 2025
Fragments of the Forgotten: Memory Loss and the Mystique of Identity in Indian Cinema
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Fragments of the Forgotten: Memory Loss and the Mystique of Identity in Indian Cinema

Anju Devadas July 7, 2025July 10, 2025

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Matrubhoomi: Men Without Women (2003)
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‘Matrubhoomi’ and the Curse of Men Without Women

Manav July 10, 2025July 14, 2025
When Horror Hurts- Violence, Realism, and Responsibility in Funny Games (1997) and When Evil Lurks (2023)  - hof
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When Horror Hurts: Violence, Realism, and Responsibility in ‘Funny Games’ (1997) and ‘When Evil Lurks’ (2023) 

Hannah John July 10, 2025July 10, 2025
How Faith Ironically Becomes the Real Revolution Against Capitalist Excess in Wes Anderson's ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ 
Column

How Faith Ironically Becomes the Real Revolution Against Capitalist Excess in Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ 

Gourab Saha July 10, 2025July 10, 2025

Essays

The Universality and Timelessness of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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The Universality and Timelessness of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

July 15, 2023
Beatrice Gangi
Awards · Essay

A Spike Lee Joint: 25th Hour [2002]

July 15, 2023
David Morgan Brown
Masaan
Awards · Essay

How Neeraj Ghaywan’s ‘Masaan’ amplifies its themes through Visual Storytelling

July 15, 2023
Parth Pant
Ingmar Bergman
Article · Essay

Love, God and Silence: The Evolution of the Films of Ingmar Bergman

July 14, 2023
Sam Sybert
Essay

Raj Kapoor – Director’s Study

July 10, 2023
Nikhil Tembhurnikar
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The Wicker Man: A Critique of Society’s Fear of Difference

July 9, 2023
Aravind Nair
Michael Corleone
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Michael Corleone: The Tragic Transformation of Cinema’s Most Complex Anti-Hero

July 8, 2023
Çisemnaz Çil
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
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Toxic Disney Superstardom and ‘The Lizzie McGuire Movie’

July 4, 2023
Jeffrey Davies
The Exorcist
Essay

How ‘The Exorcist’ Established its Status as an Enduring Horror Classic

June 28, 2023
Arun Kumar
How “Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse” challenges the very identity of Spider-Man and its intersectionality
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How “Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse” challenges the very identity of Spider-Man and its intersectionality

June 22, 2023
Amartya Acharya

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Barbenheimer: How ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Critiques Our Flawed World In Their Own Ways
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Barbenheimer: How ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Critiques Our Flawed World In Their Own Ways

Srilekha Mitra August 21, 2024

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Why Oppenheimer Will Go Down As One of The Most Defining Films Of Our Era?
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Why Oppenheimer Will Go Down As One of The Most Defining Films Of Our Era?

Aryan Vyas August 21, 2024

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The Dialectical Argument For & Against Greta Gerwig’s Barbie
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The Dialectical Argument For & Against Greta Gerwig’s Barbie

Aryan Vyas August 20, 2024

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The Viewer in Kubrickland: Solving Stanley Kubrick’s Hermeneutic Labyrinth
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The Viewer in Kubrickland: Solving Stanley Kubrick’s Hermeneutic Labyrinth

Debopriyaa Dutta July 29, 2023

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Stanley Kubrick: Placing Gender Within Kubrickan Framework
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Stanley Kubrick: Placing Gender Within Kubrickan Framework

Jayasmita Dutta Roy July 26, 2023

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On ‘Fleabag’ and the Appeal of Damaged Characters
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On ‘Fleabag’ and the Appeal of Damaged Characters

Adil Rahim Hyder July 20, 2023

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Masculinity and Ignorance as themes in neo-noirs: Taxi Driver, Chinatown, and Drive
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Masculinity and Ignorance as themes in neo-noirs: Taxi Driver, Chinatown, and Drive

Nivedita Nair July 18, 2023

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Will Movie Adaptations of Famous Games Prove to Be Successful in the Long Run?
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Will Movie Adaptations of Famous Games Prove to Be Successful in the Long Run?

Jerry Horne July 17, 2023

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Jodorowsky and Lynch Go Boating
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Jodorowsky and Lynch Go Boating

Deloret Imnidian July 17, 2023

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