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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-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

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

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

July 30, 2025
Bipasha Bhattacharyya
Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 

Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

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

Rugmini Dinu July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜chidambaramโ€™
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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜Chidambaramโ€™ (1985)

Anju Devadas July 28, 2025August 3, 2025
The Horror of the Unseen: How โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear
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The Horror of the Unseen: How the 1999 Movie โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear

Em Stonham July 24, 2025August 1, 2025

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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion
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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

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

Bipasha Bhattacharyya July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 
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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

Subhashree Paul July 30, 2025July 30, 2025

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Rosemary's Baby 1968
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Rosemaryโ€™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
Josรฉphine des Aulnois
Richsploitation - Luis Bunuel
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Charting the Rise of โ€˜Richsploitationโ€™: The Genre You Donโ€™t Know You Love

March 21, 2023
Elliott Kendal
Woman with a Movie Camera
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Women behind the Camera: Examining Space and Gender in Woman with a Movie Camera (2022)

March 19, 2023
Krishnanunni Padinjassery
Memories of Murder
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How Chaos Prevails Over Order in Bong Joon Hoโ€™s Memories of Murder

March 11, 2023
Aravind Nair
Nirmalyam
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50 Years of Nirmalyam (1973): Timeless, Introspective, and Radical

March 9, 2023
Krishnanunni Padinjassery
Charlotte Wells Aftersun (2022) - Memory and Imagination
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Aftersun (2022) As A Tale of Aching (Re)Memory and Imagination

March 3, 2023
Purusharth Chawla
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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
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How Titane (2021) Is Sexually Liberating but also Stifling

February 28, 2023
Michelle D’Costa
EO (2022) Movie Essay
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‘EO’: Reimagining ‘Au Hasard Balthazar’ To Study Human Nature Five Decades Later

February 27, 2023
Aryan Vyas

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Succession & The Brilliant Execution of Inevitability: How This Prestige Drama’s Overarching Themes Came Full Circle in Its Final Episode
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Succession & The Brilliant Execution of Inevitability: How This Prestige Drama’s Overarching Themes Came Full Circle in Its Final Episode

Aryan Vyas June 10, 2023

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Hey Ram (2000): The Art of Semi-fiction
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Hey Ram (2000): The Art of Semi-fiction

Gitesh Chand Maurya June 9, 2023

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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 Almodรณvarโ€™s Most Revolutionary Film?
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How Volver (2006) Became Pedro Almodรณvarโ€™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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