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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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Do Faithful Movie Adaptations Work?

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C/o Kancharapalemย (2018): When Hope and Despair Marry Each Other

April 22, 2022
Arundhati Rao
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Frost (2017): When It Snows in Ukraine

April 17, 2022
Balachandran Chirammal
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Read My Lips (2001): Bringing Out the Best and the Badass in Each Other

April 16, 2022
Pranjal Singh
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Why โ€œSpencerโ€ is An Example of a Biopic Done Right

April 13, 2022
Momchil Draganov
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The Passions of Pedro Almodรณvar

April 7, 2022
Momchil Draganov
The Birth of a Nation 1915 Essay
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The KKK Files: How โ€œBirth of a Nationโ€ Deepened the Already Existing Fault Lines in the Society

April 7, 2022
Arjun Niyogi
The Great Dictator 1940 featured
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The Great Dictator (1940): What does Comedy mean for a Dictator?

April 5, 2022
Emre Yalรงฤฑn
The Batman 2022 Analysis
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The Batman (2022) Spoiler Analysis: What is the Future of the Caped Crusader?

April 1, 2022
Jude Pepler
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Rashomon and The Subjective Truth

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Arunabha Shome

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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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Once Upon a Time in Calcutta (2021): How to Survive in a Rapidly Changing Megalopolis?
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Once Upon a Time in Calcutta (2021): How to Survive in a Rapidly Changing Megalopolis?

Suman Saha September 23, 2022

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The Kashmir Files (2022): Vivek Agnihotri’s Hate Story II
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The Kashmir Files (2022): Vivek Agnihotri’s Hate Story II

highonfilms September 13, 2022

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How Does NOPE Measure Up To Jordan Peele’s Previous Two Films?
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How Does NOPE Measure Up To Jordan Peele’s Previous Two Films?

highonfilms September 12, 2022

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

Pranjal Singh August 18, 2022

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[Watch] Video Essay Exploring Why Costa-Gavras'”Z” is an Enduringly Relevant Political Thriller
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[Watch] Video Essay Exploring Why Costa-Gavras'”Z” is an Enduringly Relevant Political Thriller

Arun Kumar August 8, 2022

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

Abirbhab Maitra August 8, 2022

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The Problematic Representation of Dalits in Bollywood’s “Essential” Films
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The Problematic Representation of Dalits in Bollywood’s “Essential” Films

Aryan Vyas August 4, 2022

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