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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

August 2, 2025
Manav
Go Ah-sung as Park Hyun-seo in Bong Joon-ho's 'The Host' (2006)

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Shahim Sheikh
Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

July 31, 2025
Anju Devadas
Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus?ย 

Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus?ย 

July 30, 2025
Bipasha Bhattacharyya
Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 

Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

July 30, 2025
Subhashree Paul
The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)
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The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)

Rugmini Dinu July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜chidambaramโ€™
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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜Chidambaramโ€™ (1985)

Anju Devadas July 28, 2025July 28, 2025
The Horror of the Unseen: How โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear
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The Horror of the Unseen: How the 1999 Movie โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear

Em Stonham July 24, 2025August 1, 2025

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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion
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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

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Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus?ย 
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Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus?ย 

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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 
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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

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

June 16, 2025
Vaishnavi S
Popular Cinema in India: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of the Indian Cinema and Its Cinematic Tropes
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Popular Cinema in India: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of the Indian Cinema and Its Cinematic Tropes

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Santosh Kumar Mamgain
Paul Thomas Anderson's Psychological Prowess through the Lens of his Most Problematic Picture
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s Psychological Prowess through the Lens of his Most Problematic Picture

May 15, 2025
Hector Levya
The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinemaย 
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The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinemaย 

May 5, 2025
Anju Devadas
Reasons & Debates: Revisiting the Goopy-Bagha Saga
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Reasons & Debates: Revisiting the Goopy-Bagha Saga

April 29, 2025
Soumalya Chatterjee
A Minecraft Movie
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Unpacking ‘A Minecraft’ Movie: Nostalgia, the Sad State of Modern Blockbusters and Corporate Consolidation

April 28, 2025
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Superboys Of Malegaon (2025)
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Superboys Of Malegaon (2025): Faiza Ahmad Khan & Nasir Shaikhโ€™s Cinephilic Legacy Finds Home In Bollywood & Beyond

April 24, 2025
Sakshi Salil Chavan
Cure (1997)
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The Fear of Loneliness and End of Reason in Kiyoshi Kurosawaโ€™s โ€˜Cureโ€™

April 5, 2025
Andrew Kidd
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The Art Vs. Artist Discourse: Reassesssing The โ€œseparationโ€ Paradigm In Film

April 4, 2025
Anju Devadas
Why Women Centric Films in Hindi Cinema are not Necessarily Feminist Films?
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Why Women Centric Films in Hindi Cinema are not Necessarily Feminist Films?

March 20, 2025
Santosh Kumar Mamgain

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Voyeurism in Focus: The Moral Lens of โ€˜Camera Buffโ€™
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Manav June 30, 2025

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

Vaishnavi S June 24, 2025

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Popular Cinema in India: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of the Indian Cinema and Its Cinematic Tropes
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s Psychological Prowess through the Lens of his Most Problematic Picture
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s Psychological Prowess through the Lens of his Most Problematic Picture

Hector Levya June 9, 2025

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The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinemaย 
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Anju Devadas May 31, 2025

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Reasons & Debates: Revisiting the Goopy-Bagha Saga
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Reasons & Debates: Revisiting the Goopy-Bagha Saga

Soumalya Chatterjee May 5, 2025

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Unpacking ‘A Minecraft’ Movie: Nostalgia, the Sad State of Modern Blockbusters and Corporate Consolidation
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Unpacking ‘A Minecraft’ Movie: Nostalgia, the Sad State of Modern Blockbusters and Corporate Consolidation

Shivam Pota May 6, 2025

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Superboys Of Malegaon (2025): Faiza Ahmad Khan & Nasir Shaikhโ€™s Cinephilic Legacy Finds Home In Bollywood & Beyond
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Sakshi Salil Chavan April 24, 2025

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The Fear of Loneliness and End of Reason in Kiyoshi Kurosawaโ€™s โ€˜Cureโ€™
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The Fear of Loneliness and End of Reason in Kiyoshi Kurosawaโ€™s โ€˜Cureโ€™

Andrew Kidd April 14, 2025

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