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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)
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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)
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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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The Simpsons
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The Zombification of The Simpsons (1989)

February 27, 2023
Georgia May
MM Keeravani
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Tracing Back MM Keeravani’s Musical Identity For A Hindi Audience

February 25, 2023
Rohit Saha
Pathaan
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Celebrating Secularism With Shahrukh Khan’s Pathaan (2023)

February 22, 2023
Balaganesh Kothapalli
Discovering Steven Spielberg's Magic Why The Fabelmans and Close Encounters of the Third Kind Should be a Double Bill
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Discovering Steven Spielberg’s Magic: Why The Fabelmans and Close Encounters of the Third Kind Should be a Double Bill

February 22, 2023
Rob Jones
Malayalam Buddy Movies - Rani Padmini (2)
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Analysing the ‘New’ in Malayalam’s New-Generation Buddy Movies: Rani Padmini (2015) and Super Sharanya (2022)

February 21, 2023
Krishnanunni Padinjassery
How Aditya Chopra Created & Dismantled The On-Screen Persona of SRK's Raj With With These Two Films
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From DDLJ to Rab Ne: How Aditya Chopra Created & Dismantled The On-Screen Persona of SRK’s Raj

February 15, 2023
Aryan Vyas
Shah Rukh Khan in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na (1994)
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Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh Khan on The Big Screen

February 12, 2023
Rohit Saha
Spike Jonze's Her
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The Seasons of Time: An Introduction To Post-Love Era, Based on Spike Jonze’s Her

February 12, 2023
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Essay · Review

On Female Violence in Thelma and Louise

January 31, 2023
Ankita Rathour
Qala
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Qala (2022): The Anatomy of Guilt

January 28, 2023
Shivani Muralikrishna

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The Eerie and Fantastical Exhibition of Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead Trilogy
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The Eerie and Fantastical Exhibition of Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead Trilogy

Aravind Nair July 10, 2024

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On Race Relations & Queerness in Todd Haynes’ Far From Heaven (2002)
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On Race Relations & Queerness in Todd Haynes’ Far From Heaven (2002)

Jeffrey Davies July 8, 2023

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Searching for the Local Übermencsch: Joel Grey in ‘Man on a Swing’ (1974)
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Searching for the Local Übermencsch: Joel Grey in ‘Man on a Swing’ (1974)

Vassilis Kroustallis April 12, 2023

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

Ankita Sen April 4, 2024

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You Only Live Once? How Creative Fatigue Plagued the End of the Bond Eras of Pierce Brosnan and 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

Joséphine des Aulnois March 23, 2023

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Charting the Rise of ‘Richsploitation’: The Genre You Don’t Know You Love
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Charting the Rise of ‘Richsploitation’: The Genre You Don’t Know You Love

Elliott Kendal March 22, 2023

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

Krishnanunni Padinjassery March 20, 2023

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

Aravind Nair March 12, 2023

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

Krishnanunni Padinjassery April 19, 2024

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