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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

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

May 6, 2025
Sanjida Samrin Rahman
The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinema 
Essay · Featured

The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinema 

Anju Devadas May 5, 2025May 5, 2025
The Holdovers (2023)
Column

Hal Ashby’s Enduring Legacy: How ‘The Holdovers’ Echoes the Spirit of a 1970s Master 

Bharat Bhoite April 30, 2025May 5, 2025
Reasons & Debates: Revisiting the Goopy-Bagha Saga
Essay

Reasons & Debates: Revisiting the Goopy-Bagha Saga

Soumalya Chatterjee April 29, 2025May 5, 2025

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Wag the Dog (1997)
Column

How Wag the Dog (1997) Predicted Our Age of Manufactured Wars and Media Spectacle

Arijit Paul May 23, 2025
Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’
Column

The Birth of the Blonde Femme Fatale of Cinema in Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’

Bharat Bhoite May 11, 2025May 11, 2025
Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of ‘Severance’
Column

Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of ‘Severance’

Bharat Bhoite May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

Essays

V For Vendetta
Essay

Mise-En-Scène In The Wachowski Siblings’ V For Vendetta

June 2, 2021
Gitesh Chand Maurya
I Am Cuba (1964)
Article · Essay

I Am Cuba [1964]: When Propaganda becomes Poetic

June 1, 2021
Shahim Sheikh
The Handmaid's Tale
Article · Essay

The Handmaid’s Tale [2017- ]: A Reflection of Both the Past and the Future

May 27, 2021
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Contact (1997)
Article · Essay

Contact (1997): Revisiting The Underrated Sci-Fi 24-Years On

May 27, 2021
Priya Singh
Performance in Toiletry
Article · Essay

The Performance of Toiletry : Two Bollywood Female Protagonists and Self-Expression

May 26, 2021
Ahendrila Goswami
Nomadland (2020)
Article · Essay

Nomadland (2020) And Its Most Elite Trifecta

May 26, 2021
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Funny Games
Article · Essay

How Haneke plays with the audience expectations in ‘Funny Games’

May 24, 2021
Shikhar Verma
Magnolia (1999)
Article · Essay

Magnolia (1999) : An Epic Melodrama Somewhere Between Ingenuity And Insanity

May 21, 2021
Shahim Sheikh
Akaler Sandhane (1980)
Article · Essay

Akaler Sandhane (1980) : A Famine within A Famine

May 20, 2021
Sayan Dutta
The 400 Blows
Article · Essay

How “The 400 Blows” Deviates From Classical Conventions of Narration?

May 19, 2021
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Beginning (2020): Dissent Against the Logic of Patriarchal Order
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Beginning (2020): Dissent Against the Logic of Patriarchal Order

Levan Tskhovrebadze September 1, 2021

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The Pied Piper of Corto Maltese and the Chaotic, Entertaining but Insightful The Suicide Squad (2021)
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The Pied Piper of Corto Maltese and the Chaotic, Entertaining but Insightful The Suicide Squad (2021)

Atreyo Palit September 17, 2021

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A Study of Fragmentation in the Aftermath of World War II in Christian Petzold’s Phoenix (2014)
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A Study of Fragmentation in the Aftermath of World War II in Christian Petzold’s Phoenix (2014)

Ahendrila Goswami August 24, 2021

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Raw (2016) – Julia’s fascination with Human body and Cannibalism
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Raw (2016) – Julia’s fascination with Human body and Cannibalism

Sandeep Sreelekha July 10, 2024

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Shershaah and Why the Formulaic Biopic Works
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Shershaah and Why the Formulaic Biopic Works

Ankita Rathour February 13, 2022

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Conflicting Resolutions and the Metaphor of the Aged People in Kieślowski’s Three Colors Trilogy
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Conflicting Resolutions and the Metaphor of the Aged People in Kieślowski’s Three Colors Trilogy

Atreyo Palit September 17, 2021

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Changes in Bollywood in 10 Years
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Changes in Bollywood in 10 Years

Devraj Kalsi August 13, 2021

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Irreversible (2002): A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
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Irreversible (2002): A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Shahim Sheikh August 27, 2024

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Salt of the Earth [1954] – A Landmark American Independent Cinema on the Working Class
Essay · Great Films

Salt of the Earth [1954] – A Landmark American Independent Cinema on the Working Class

Arun Kumar July 31, 2021

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