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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 Wilderโ€™s โ€˜Double Indemnityโ€™

The Birth of the Blonde Femme Fatale of Cinema in Billy Wilderโ€™s โ€˜Double Indemnityโ€™

May 11, 2025
Bharat Bhoite
Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of โ€˜Severanceโ€™

Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of โ€˜Severanceโ€™

May 7, 2025
Bharat Bhoite
When Life Gives You Tangerines
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The Pearl Necklace in โ€˜When Life Gives You Tangerinesโ€™: An Ode to the Enduring Spirit of Mothers, Seen Through the Eyes of a Daughter โ€”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 Cinemaย 
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The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinemaย 

Anju Devadas May 5, 2025May 31, 2025
The Holdovers (2023)
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Hal Ashbyโ€™s Enduring Legacy: How โ€˜The Holdoversโ€™ Echoes the Spirit of a 1970s Masterย 

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 30, 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 Wilderโ€™s โ€˜Double Indemnityโ€™
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The Birth of the Blonde Femme Fatale of Cinema in Billy Wilderโ€™s โ€˜Double Indemnityโ€™

Bharat Bhoite May 11, 2025May 11, 2025

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Sexual Violence and the Objectification of Women in Hindi Cinema
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Sexual Violence and the Objectification of Women in Hindi Cinema

February 18, 2025
Santosh Kumar Mamgain
Ralph Fiennes in The Menu
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The Menuโ€™s Hidden Meaning: A Chilling Take on Purgatory and Sin

February 15, 2025
Naveed Zahir
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Robert Eggersโ€™ โ€˜Nosferatuโ€™ (2024): Changes and Continuity in Vampiric Traditions

January 20, 2025
Kalpa Jyoti Bhuyan
Anora Sean Baker
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Sex, Power, and Representation: Analyzing Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Through Feminist and Auteur Lenses

December 23, 2024
Ritesh Sharma
Watchmen 2009
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Watchmen: The Often-Overlooked Differences Between Zack Snyder’s Movie and Alan Moore’s Graphic Novel

December 3, 2024
Mohan Kumar
Bazinian Realism and the Cinema of Alfonso Cuarรณn
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Bazinian Realism and the Cinema of Alfonso Cuarรณn

November 20, 2024
Abirbhab Maitra
girls will be girls
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โ€˜Girls Will Be Girlsโ€™ Is an Intimate Love Letter to Girlhood & Those Who Missed Out on Theirs

October 25, 2024
Sakshi Salil Chavan
Melancholia (2011)
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โ€˜Melancholiaโ€™ (2011) and the End of Everything: Exploring Depression, Despair, and the Human Condition

October 1, 2024
Mohan Kumar
Maddening Ambiguity & โ€˜The Heiressโ€™ (1949): An Inspiration for Scorseseโ€™s โ€˜Killers of the Flower Moonโ€™ย 
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Maddening Ambiguity & โ€˜The Heiressโ€™ (1949): An Inspiration for Scorseseโ€™s โ€˜Killers of the Flower Moonโ€™ย 

September 24, 2024
Emily Holland
Dev.D Dev D
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Dev.D (2009): Replacing Love And Tragedy With Lust And Ego

September 23, 2024
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Tumbbad (2018): The Mythology of Unending Greed and Redemption
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Tumbbad (2018): The Mythology of Unending Greed and Redemption

Naina Rathi March 2, 2025

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Sexual Violence and the Objectification of Women in Hindi Cinema

Santosh Kumar Mamgain March 8, 2025

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The Menuโ€™s Hidden Meaning: A Chilling Take on Purgatory and Sin
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The Menuโ€™s Hidden Meaning: A Chilling Take on Purgatory and Sin

Naveed Zahir February 15, 2025

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Robert Eggersโ€™ โ€˜Nosferatuโ€™ (2024): Changes and Continuity in Vampiric Traditions
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Robert Eggersโ€™ โ€˜Nosferatuโ€™ (2024): Changes and Continuity in Vampiric Traditions

Kalpa Jyoti Bhuyan March 2, 2025

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Sex, Power, and Representation: Analyzing Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Through Feminist and Auteur Lenses
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Sex, Power, and Representation: Analyzing Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Through Feminist and Auteur Lenses

Ritesh Sharma March 2, 2025

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Watchmen: The Often-Overlooked Differences Between Zack Snyder’s Movie and Alan Moore’s Graphic Novel
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Watchmen: The Often-Overlooked Differences Between Zack Snyder’s Movie and Alan Moore’s Graphic Novel

Mohan Kumar December 3, 2024

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Bazinian Realism and the Cinema of Alfonso Cuarรณn
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Bazinian Realism and the Cinema of Alfonso Cuarรณn

Abirbhab Maitra November 21, 2024

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โ€˜Girls Will Be Girlsโ€™ Is an Intimate Love Letter to Girlhood & Those Who Missed Out on Theirs
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โ€˜Girls Will Be Girlsโ€™ Is an Intimate Love Letter to Girlhood & Those Who Missed Out on Theirs

Sakshi Salil Chavan February 25, 2025

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โ€˜Melancholiaโ€™ (2011) and the End of Everything: Exploring Depression, Despair, and the Human Condition
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โ€˜Melancholiaโ€™ (2011) and the End of Everything: Exploring Depression, Despair, and the Human Condition

Mohan Kumar October 3, 2024

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