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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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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 Kieslowski’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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Do Faithful Movie Adaptations Work?

May 10, 2022
Aryan Vyas
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C/o Kancharapalem (2018): When Hope and Despair Marry Each Other

April 22, 2022
Arundhati Rao

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‘Normal People’ is Toxicity wrapped in Western Melancholy, cleverly disguised as an absorbing story
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‘Normal People’ 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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On Class and Queer Love: The Particularity of Films about Migrants Pride
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On Class and Queer Love: The Particularity of Films about Migrants Pride

highonfilms October 4, 2022

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

Pranjal Singh September 24, 2022

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