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Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot (2024) Tenderly Explores The Power Of Found Family

May 27, 2025
Sakshi Salil Chavan
Wag the Dog (1997)

How Wag the Dog (1997) Predicted Our Age of Manufactured Wars and Media Spectacle

May 23, 2025
Arijit Paul
Paul Thomas Anderson's Psychological Prowess through the Lens of his Most Problematic Picture

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Psychological Prowess through the Lens of his Most Problematic Picture

May 15, 2025
Hector Levya
Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’

The Birth of the Blonde Femme Fatale of Cinema in Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’

May 11, 2025
Bharat Bhoite
Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of ‘Severance’

Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of ‘Severance’

May 7, 2025
Bharat Bhoite
When Life Gives You Tangerines
Column

The Pearl Necklace in ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’: An Ode to the Enduring Spirit of Mothers, Seen Through the Eyes of a Daughter —and One Day, a Mother Herself

Sanjida Samrin Rahman May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinema 
Essay · Featured

The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinema 

Anju Devadas May 5, 2025May 5, 2025
The Holdovers (2023)
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Hal Ashby’s Enduring Legacy: How ‘The Holdovers’ Echoes the Spirit of a 1970s Master 

Bharat Bhoite April 30, 2025May 5, 2025

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Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot (2024) Tenderly Explores The Power Of Found Family
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Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot (2024) Tenderly Explores The Power Of Found Family

Sakshi Salil Chavan May 27, 2025May 27, 2025
Wag the Dog (1997)
Column

How Wag the Dog (1997) Predicted Our Age of Manufactured Wars and Media Spectacle

Arijit Paul May 23, 2025
Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’
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The Birth of the Blonde Femme Fatale of Cinema in Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’

Bharat Bhoite May 11, 2025May 11, 2025

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

July 17, 2023
Jerry Horne
Essay

Jodorowsky and Lynch Go Boating

July 17, 2023
Deloret Imnidian
Ari Aster on set of Midsommar
Essay

The Strange Thing About Johnsons, Hereditary, and Midsommar: An Analysis of Family Horror in Ari Aster’s Filmography

July 15, 2023
Beatrice Gangi
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
Essay

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

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A Long Time on the Epiphanic Road: Chihiro’s Coming of Age and Personal Growth in Spirited Away (2001)
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A Long Time on the Epiphanic Road: Chihiro’s Coming of Age and Personal Growth in Spirited Away (2001)

Sreetama Basu July 5, 2024

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Undine: When A Curse Becomes A Choice
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Undine: When A Curse Becomes A Choice

Sofia Sheehan July 28, 2023

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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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