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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

August 3, 2025
Santosh Kumar Mamgain
Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

August 2, 2025
Manav
Go Ah-sung as Park Hyun-seo in Bong Joon-ho's 'The Host' (2006)

Neocolonial Anxieties in Bong Joon-ho’s ‘The Host’ (2006)

August 2, 2025
Shahim Sheikh
Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cinema 

Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Cinema 

July 31, 2025
Anju Devadas
Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus? 

Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus? 

July 30, 2025
Bipasha Bhattacharyya
Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antihero  and His Mirror 
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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antihero and His Mirror 

Subhashree Paul July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhan’s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)
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The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhan’s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)

Rugmini Dinu July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindan’s ‘chidambaram’
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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindan’s ‘Chidambaram’ (1985)

Anju Devadas July 28, 2025August 3, 2025

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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future
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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

Santosh Kumar Mamgain August 3, 2025August 3, 2025
Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion
Column · Featured

Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

Manav August 2, 2025August 3, 2025
Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus? 
Column

Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus? 

Bipasha Bhattacharyya July 30, 2025July 30, 2025

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

July 18, 2023
Nivedita Nair
Essay

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
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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

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The Drive across “Mother-ing Up” & “Daughter-ing Down”: The Multitudinous Complexities of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Lady Bird (2017)
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The Drive across “Mother-ing Up” & “Daughter-ing Down”: The Multitudinous Complexities of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Lady Bird (2017)

Sreetama Basu August 20, 2024

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How ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ Exudes Typical Grandiose of KJo’s Films While Subverting Societal Stereotypes
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How ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ Exudes Typical Grandiose of KJo’s Films While Subverting Societal Stereotypes

Srilekha Mitra August 1, 2023

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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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