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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

Can HOPE Survive Between TWO INDIAS? Karan Tejpalโ€™s โ€˜Stolenโ€™ Brilliantly Attempts To Find Out

June 15, 2025
Ayan Dawn
Characterising the Space: The Cinematic Space as the Protagonist in โ€˜Laila Aur Satt Geetโ€™

Characterising the Space: The Cinematic Space as the Protagonist in โ€˜Laila Aur Satt Geetโ€™ (The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs, 2020)

June 15, 2025
Sahil
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
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

Santosh Kumar Mamgain June 7, 2025June 8, 2025
What โ€˜Havocโ€™ Tells Us About Losing the Feel in Filmmaking?
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What โ€˜Havocโ€™ Tells Us About Losing the Feel in Filmmaking?

Ritesh Sharma June 7, 2025June 7, 2025

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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
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€™
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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€™

Ajay Rahul Raja June 17, 2025June 17, 2025
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

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PHOENIX (2014)
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A Study of Fragmentation in the Aftermath of World War II in Christian Petzoldโ€™s Phoenix (2014)

August 24, 2021
Ahendrila Goswami
Raw 2016
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Raw (2016) – Julia’s fascination with Human body and Cannibalism

August 19, 2021
Sandeep Sreelekha
Shershaah 2021
Article · Essay · Prime Video

Shershaah and Why the Formulaic Biopic Works

August 19, 2021
Ankita Rathour
Three Colors Trilogy
Article · Essay

Conflicting Resolutions and the Metaphor of the Aged People in Kieล›lowskiโ€™s Three Colors Trilogy

August 14, 2021
Atreyo Palit
Bollywood in 10 years
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Changes in Bollywood in 10 Years

August 13, 2021
Devraj Kalsi
Irreversible 2002 Cover Image
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Irreversible (2002): A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

August 4, 2021
Shahim Sheikh
Essay · Great Films

Salt of the Earth [1954] โ€“ A Landmark American Independent Cinema on the Working Class

July 31, 2021
Arun Kumar
Scorsese's The Irishman Final Scene
Article · Essay

Needle Drop in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman

July 24, 2021
Jack Keating
The-War-With-Grandpa
Article · Essay

Crossover adaptations for Indian audience

July 21, 2021
Devraj Kalsi
Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa
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Why “Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa” is a Near-Perfect Tribute to Its Inspiration

July 18, 2021
Ahendrila Goswami

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