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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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Nightcrawler 2014 Jake Gyllenhaal
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Nightcrawler (2014): The Unveiling of ‘Behind the Scene Deception of the Media

August 8, 2022
Abirbhab Maitra
Bollywood Problem 01
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The Problematic Representation of Dalits in Bollywood’s “Essential” Films

August 4, 2022
Aryan Vyas
Trainspotting (1996)
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Choose Trainspotting (1996)

July 29, 2022
Atreyo Palit
The Spiral Staircase Essay (1946)
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Exploring the Staircase as the Protagonist in The Spiral Staircase (1946)

July 27, 2022
Ahendrila Goswami
Vertigo 1958 01
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On “Vertigo” and the Obsession for Control of Total Reality

July 24, 2022
Jack Keating
Blacks in Cinema 01 Birth of a Nation
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A Brief History of the Struggles of Blacks in Cinema

July 19, 2022
Balachandran Chirammal
Modern Love Mumbai 2022
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Modern Love Mumbai (2022): Food As a Love Language

June 3, 2022
Rohit Saha
Dekalog: One
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Dekalog: One and Kieslowskiโ€™s Art of Cinematic Shock

May 31, 2022
Zeus Ghosh
Hunger 1966
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Hunger (1966): An Exploration of the Subliminal Psyche

May 30, 2022
Sourima Chakraborty
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Discussing Systemic Sabotage and Institutional Suicide in Jana Gana Mana (2022)

May 29, 2022
Krishnanunni Padinjassery

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Nightmare Alley (2021) – A Character Analysis of Stanton Carlisle
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Nightmare Alley (2021) – A Character Analysis of Stanton Carlisle

Aratrika Roy July 30, 2023

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The Enigma Called โ€˜Oppaโ€™: How Korean Men Made Their Way Into Our Living Rooms
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The Enigma Called โ€˜Oppaโ€™: How Korean Men Made Their Way Into Our Living Rooms

Kajal Kapur January 17, 2023

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โ€˜Normal Peopleโ€™ is Toxicity wrapped in Western Melancholy, cleverly disguised as an absorbing story
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โ€˜Normal Peopleโ€™ is Toxicity wrapped in Western Melancholy, cleverly disguised as an absorbing story

Simra Sadaf August 20, 2024

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The Metacinematic Cuisine of The Menu
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The Metacinematic Cuisine of The Menu

Aravind Nair October 1, 2024

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Exploring the Narrative Angle and the Role of Women in Rituparno Ghosh’s ‘Shubho Mahurat’
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Exploring the Narrative Angle and the Role of Women in Rituparno Ghosh’s ‘Shubho Mahurat’

Arpita Chowdhury May 3, 2023

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[Watch] The Unexpected Popularity of RRR in the West Explained
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[Watch] The Unexpected Popularity of RRR in the West Explained

Matt Geiger April 19, 2024

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

Pranjal Singh December 18, 2022

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The Terrifyingly Candid Films of Nadav Lapid
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The Terrifyingly Candid Films of Nadav Lapid

Dipankar Sarkar December 5, 2022

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Disseminating Doubt, Demanding Dignity: The Declaration and Alienation of Ariyippu (2022)
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Disseminating Doubt, Demanding Dignity: The Declaration and Alienation of Ariyippu (2022)

Krishnanunni Padinjassery November 17, 2022

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