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Rabid Cities, Abandoned Souls: โ€˜Black Dogโ€™ (2024) as a Mirror to Modern China

Rabid Cities, Abandoned Souls: โ€˜Black Dogโ€™ (2024) as a Mirror to Modern China

June 18, 2025
Abhay Yadav
The Making of a Serious Man: Adam Sandlerโ€™s Quiet Evolutionย 

The Making of a Serious Man: Adam Sandlerโ€™s Quiet Evolutionย 

June 18, 2025
Rafael Jovine
Memory as Resistance: How โ€˜Hirak Rajar Desheโ€™ and โ€˜Chorusโ€™ Speak for the Silenced

Memory as Resistance: How โ€˜Hirak Rajar Desheโ€™ and โ€˜Chorusโ€™ Speak for the Silenced

June 17, 2025
Ishani Routh
When Grief Haunts More than Ghosts: Exploring Loss in โ€˜The Devilโ€™s Backbone,โ€™ โ€˜The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,โ€™ & โ€˜Donโ€™t Look Nowโ€™

When Grief Haunts More than Ghosts: Exploring Loss in โ€˜The Devilโ€™s Backbone,โ€™ โ€˜The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,โ€™ & โ€˜Donโ€™t Look Nowโ€™

June 17, 2025
Ajay Rahul Raja
The Crime Behind The Curtain: Looking Back at โ€˜Yavanika,โ€™ a Cinematic Masterpieceย 

The Crime Behind The Curtain: Looking Back at โ€˜Yavanika,โ€™ a Cinematic Masterpieceย 

June 16, 2025
Vaishnavi S
Stolen (2025) movie
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Can HOPE Survive Between TWO INDIAS? Karan Tejpalโ€™s โ€˜Stolenโ€™ Brilliantly Attempts To Find Out

Ayan Dawn June 15, 2025June 15, 2025
Characterising the Space: The Cinematic Space as the Protagonist in โ€˜Laila Aur Satt Geetโ€™
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Characterising the Space: The Cinematic Space as the Protagonist in โ€˜Laila Aur Satt Geetโ€™ (The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs, 2020)

Sahil June 15, 2025June 15, 2025
The Sanctuary of Nature through the Queer Frame
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The Sanctuary of Nature through the Queer Frame

Gentrit Miftari June 9, 2025June 10, 2025

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Rabid Cities, Abandoned Souls: โ€˜Black Dogโ€™ (2024) as a Mirror to Modern China
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Rabid Cities, Abandoned Souls: โ€˜Black Dogโ€™ (2024) as a Mirror to Modern China

Abhay Yadav June 18, 2025
The Making of a Serious Man: Adam Sandlerโ€™s Quiet Evolutionย 
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The Making of a Serious Man: Adam Sandlerโ€™s Quiet Evolutionย 

Rafael Jovine June 18, 2025
Memory as Resistance: How โ€˜Hirak Rajar Desheโ€™ and โ€˜Chorusโ€™ Speak for the Silenced
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Memory as Resistance: How โ€˜Hirak Rajar Desheโ€™ and โ€˜Chorusโ€™ Speak for the Silenced

Ishani Routh June 17, 2025June 17, 2025

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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
Mukundan Unni Associates
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Mukundan Unni Associates (2022) – A Metamodern (?) Replica of The Tragedy of Macbeth

January 28, 2023
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Her (2013) - Meditating Through A Haunting Dream
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A Decade On: Her (2013) – Meditating Through A Haunting Dream

January 19, 2023
Aravind Nair
Nightmare Alley
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Nightmare Alley (2021) – A Character Analysis of Stanton Carlisle

January 19, 2023
Aratrika Roy
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The Enigma Called โ€˜Oppaโ€™: How Korean Men Made Their Way Into Our Living Rooms

January 16, 2023
Kajal Kapur
Normal People is Toxic
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โ€˜Normal Peopleโ€™ is Toxicity wrapped in Western Melancholy, cleverly disguised as an absorbing story

January 11, 2023
Simra Sadaf
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The Metacinematic Cuisine of The Menu

January 8, 2023
Aravind Nair
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Exploring the Narrative Angle and the Role of Women in Rituparno Ghosh’s ‘Shubho Mahurat’

December 29, 2022
Arpita Chowdhury
The Unexpected Popularity of RRR in the west Explained
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[Watch] The Unexpected Popularity of RRR in the West Explained

December 16, 2022
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How Chaos Prevails Over Order in Bong Joon Hoโ€™s Memories of Murder
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How Chaos Prevails Over Order in Bong Joon Hoโ€™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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Aftersun (2022) As A Tale of Aching (Re)Memory and Imagination
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Aftersun (2022) As A Tale of Aching (Re)Memory and Imagination

Purusharth Chawla October 26, 2024

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

Shivani Muralikrishna March 3, 2023

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How Titane (2021) Is Sexually Liberating but also Stifling
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How Titane (2021) Is Sexually Liberating but also Stifling

Michelle D'Costa July 10, 2024

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

Aryan Vyas February 28, 2023

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

Georgia May February 27, 2023

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Tracing Back MM Keeravani’s Musical Identity For A Hindi Audience
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Tracing Back MM Keeravani’s Musical Identity For A Hindi Audience

Rohit Saha March 3, 2023

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Celebrating Secularism With Shahrukh Khan’s Pathaan (2023)
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Balaganesh Kothapalli February 22, 2023

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