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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
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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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Exotica (1994): A Confounding Tale of Strange Obsessions and Unbearable Suffering

December 6, 2022
Pranjal Singh
Nadav Lapid Synonyms
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The Terrifyingly Candid Films of Nadav Lapid

December 5, 2022
Dipankar Sarkar
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Disseminating Doubt, Demanding Dignity: The Declaration and Alienation of Ariyippu (2022)

November 16, 2022
Krishnanunni Padinjassery
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On Class and Queer Love: The Particularity of Films about Migrants Pride

October 4, 2022
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Five Times Two (2004): A Portrait of a Marriage on the Terms of Endangerment

September 24, 2022
Pranjal Singh
once upon a time in Calcutta
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Once Upon a Time in Calcutta (2021): How to Survive in a Rapidly Changing Megalopolis?

September 14, 2022
Suman Saha
The Kashmir Files 2022
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The Kashmir Files (2022): Vivek Agnihotri’s Hate Story II

September 13, 2022
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Jordan Peele Nope
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How Does NOPE Measure Up To Jordan Peele’s Previous Two Films?

September 9, 2022
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Casa Grande 2014
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Casa Grande (2014): A Non-Traditional Bildungsroman About Class, Color and Comfort

August 17, 2022
Pranjal Singh
Costa-Gavras
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[Watch] Video Essay Exploring Why Costa-Gavras’”Z” is an Enduringly Relevant Political Thriller

August 8, 2022
Arun Kumar

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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

Rob Jones February 23, 2023

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Analysing the โ€˜Newโ€™ in Malayalamโ€™s New-Generation Buddy Movies: Rani Padmini (2015) and Super Sharanya (2022)
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Analysing the โ€˜Newโ€™ in Malayalamโ€™s New-Generation Buddy Movies: Rani Padmini (2015) and Super Sharanya (2022)

Krishnanunni Padinjassery February 21, 2023

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From DDLJ to Rab Ne: How Aditya Chopra Created & Dismantled The On-Screen Persona of SRK’s Raj
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From DDLJ to Rab Ne: How Aditya Chopra Created & Dismantled The On-Screen Persona of SRK’s Raj

Aryan Vyas February 15, 2023

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Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh Khan on The Big Screen
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Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh Khan on The Big Screen

Rohit Saha February 13, 2023

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The Seasons of Time: An Introduction To Post-Love Era, Based on Spike Jonze’s Her
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The Seasons of Time: An Introduction To Post-Love Era, Based on Spike Jonze’s Her

highonfilms May 29, 2024

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On Female Violence in Thelma and Louise

Ankita Rathour February 1, 2023

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Qala (2022): The Anatomy of Guilt
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Qala (2022): The Anatomy of Guilt

Shivani Muralikrishna January 29, 2023

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

highonfilms August 20, 2024

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A Decade On: Her (2013) – Meditating Through A Haunting Dream
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A Decade On: Her (2013) – Meditating Through A Haunting Dream

Aravind Nair January 20, 2023

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