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

Anju Devadas May 5, 2025May 5, 2025
The Holdovers (2023)
Column

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)
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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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Rosemary's Baby 1968
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Rosemary’s Baby (1968): Rethinking the Monstrous Mother in Popular Culture

March 30, 2023
Ankita Sen
End of Bond era - Pierce Brosnan & Daniel Craig
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You Only Live Once? How Creative Fatigue Plagued the End of the Bond Eras of Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig

March 22, 2023
Joséphine des Aulnois
Richsploitation - Luis Bunuel
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Charting the Rise of ‘Richsploitation’: The Genre You Don’t Know You Love

March 21, 2023
Elliott Kendal
Woman with a Movie Camera
Essay

Women behind the Camera: Examining Space and Gender in Woman with a Movie Camera (2022)

March 19, 2023
Krishnanunni Padinjassery
Memories of Murder
Essay

How Chaos Prevails Over Order in Bong Joon Ho’s Memories of Murder

March 11, 2023
Aravind Nair
Nirmalyam
Essay

50 Years of Nirmalyam (1973): Timeless, Introspective, and Radical

March 9, 2023
Krishnanunni Padinjassery
Charlotte Wells Aftersun (2022) - Memory and Imagination
Essay

Aftersun (2022) As A Tale of Aching (Re)Memory and Imagination

March 3, 2023
Purusharth Chawla
Essay

Minari (2020) as More than Just a Family Drama: An Interpretation of the Film’s Marxist Themes

March 2, 2023
Shivani Muralikrishna
How Titane is sexually liberating but also stifling
Essay

How Titane (2021) Is Sexually Liberating but also Stifling

February 28, 2023
Michelle D’Costa
EO (2022) Movie Essay
Essay

‘EO’: Reimagining ‘Au Hasard Balthazar’ To Study Human Nature Five Decades Later

February 27, 2023
Aryan Vyas

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Tangled in Nostalgia’s Embrace: Boys Over Flowers’ Struggles Against Sands Of Time
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Tangled in Nostalgia’s Embrace: Boys Over Flowers’ Struggles Against Sands Of Time

Sanghavi P.S May 28, 2023

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How Volver (2006) Became Pedro Almodóvar’s Most Revolutionary Film?
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How Volver (2006) Became Pedro Almodóvar’s Most Revolutionary Film?

Sofia Sheehan May 23, 2023

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The Psychology Behind Our Love for True Crime Documentaries: Exploring the Fascination
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The Psychology Behind Our Love for True Crime Documentaries: Exploring the Fascination

Aravind Nair July 14, 2023

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Why Carrie Fisher Was Such An Icon On And Off The Big Screen
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Why Carrie Fisher Was Such An Icon On And Off The Big Screen

Jerry Horne July 19, 2023

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Succession: How “America Decides” Deconstructs Corporatocracy With A Waking Nightmare
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Succession: How “America Decides” Deconstructs Corporatocracy With A Waking Nightmare

Aryan Vyas May 19, 2023

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The Eternal Daughter (2022): When the Haunt is Within Us.
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The Eternal Daughter (2022): When the Haunt is Within Us.

Ketan Koparkar May 18, 2023

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The Conversation (1974) – The Weaponization of Paranoia through Film Imagery
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The Conversation (1974) – The Weaponization of Paranoia through Film Imagery

Arnav Srivastav May 3, 2023

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

Shahim Sheikh April 27, 2023

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Solidarity & Intersectionality in Harlan County, USA (1976)
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Solidarity & Intersectionality in Harlan County, USA (1976)

Sofia Sheehan April 24, 2023

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