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Matrubhoomi: Men Without Women (2003)

โ€˜Matrubhoomiโ€™ and the Curse of Men Without Women

July 10, 2025
Manav
When Horror Hurts- Violence, Realism, and Responsibility inย Funny Games (1997) and When Evil Lurks (2023)ย  - hof

When Horror Hurts: Violence, Realism, and Responsibility inย ‘Funny Games’ (1997) and ‘When Evil Lurks’ (2023)ย 

July 10, 2025
Hannah John
How Faith Ironically Becomes the Real Revolution Against Capitalist Excess in Wes Anderson's โ€˜The Phoenician Schemeโ€™ย 

How Faith Ironically Becomes the Real Revolution Against Capitalist Excess in Wes Anderson’s โ€˜The Phoenician Schemeโ€™ย 

July 10, 2025
Gourab Saha
Guru Dutt at 100: The Enduring Legacy of โ€˜Pyaasaโ€™ and โ€˜Kaagaz Ke Phoolโ€™

Guru Dutt at 100: The Enduring Legacy of โ€˜Pyaasaโ€™ and โ€˜Kaagaz Ke Phoolโ€™

July 10, 2025
Srilekha Mitra
Jukti Takko Aar Gappo

The Conflict of Reason and Ruin: A Marxist-Psychoanalytic Reading of Ritwik Ghatakโ€™s โ€˜Jukti Takko Aar Gappoโ€™ Through an Absurdist Lens

July 8, 2025
Ishani Routh
The Stars of Aamir Khan: A Comparative Reflection on โ€˜Taare Zameen Parโ€™ and โ€˜Sitaare Zameen Parโ€™
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The Stars of Aamir Khan: A Comparative Reflection on โ€˜Taare Zameen Parโ€™ and โ€˜Sitaare Zameen Parโ€™

Kalpa Jyoti Bhuyan July 7, 2025July 10, 2025
Guru Dutt: The Lonely Artist Who Spoke Through Shadows
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Guru Dutt: The Lonely Artist Who Spoke Through Shadows

Nishtha Ranjan July 7, 2025July 10, 2025
Fragments of the Forgotten: Memory Loss and the Mystique of Identity in Indian Cinema
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Fragments of the Forgotten: Memory Loss and the Mystique of Identity in Indian Cinema

Anju Devadas July 7, 2025July 10, 2025

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Matrubhoomi: Men Without Women (2003)
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โ€˜Matrubhoomiโ€™ and the Curse of Men Without Women

Manav July 10, 2025July 10, 2025
When Horror Hurts- Violence, Realism, and Responsibility inย Funny Games (1997) and When Evil Lurks (2023)ย  - hof
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When Horror Hurts: Violence, Realism, and Responsibility inย ‘Funny Games’ (1997) and ‘When Evil Lurks’ (2023)ย 

Hannah John July 10, 2025July 10, 2025
How Faith Ironically Becomes the Real Revolution Against Capitalist Excess in Wes Anderson's โ€˜The Phoenician Schemeโ€™ย 
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How Faith Ironically Becomes the Real Revolution Against Capitalist Excess in Wes Anderson’s โ€˜The Phoenician Schemeโ€™ย 

Gourab Saha July 10, 2025July 10, 2025

Essays

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

May 27, 2021
Priya Singh
Performance in Toiletry
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The Performance of Toiletry : Two Bollywood Female Protagonists and Self-Expression

May 26, 2021
Ahendrila Goswami
Nomadland (2020)
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Nomadland (2020) And Its Most Elite Trifecta

May 26, 2021
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Funny Games
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How Haneke plays with the audience expectations in ‘Funny Games’

May 24, 2021
Shikhar Verma
Magnolia (1999)
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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 โ€œThe 400 Blowsโ€ Deviates From Classical Conventions of Narration?

May 19, 2021
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Similar Read to The Night Comes for Us:
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The Night Comes For Us (2018): Elevating the Indonesian Extreme Action Genre

May 17, 2021
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Garm Hava
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Garm Hava [1974]: On the Precipice of Belonging

May 15, 2021
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Taxi Driver
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Anatomy of: Taxi Driver Scene – “Late for the Sky”

May 15, 2021
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A Study of Fragmentation in the Aftermath of World War II in Christian Petzoldโ€™s Phoenix (2014)
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A Study of Fragmentation in the Aftermath of World War II in Christian Petzoldโ€™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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Ankita Rathour February 13, 2022

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Conflicting Resolutions and the Metaphor of the Aged People in Kieล›lowskiโ€™s Three Colors Trilogy
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Conflicting Resolutions and the Metaphor of the Aged People in Kieล›lowskiโ€™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] โ€“ A Landmark American Independent Cinema on the Working Class
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Salt of the Earth [1954] โ€“ A Landmark American Independent Cinema on the Working Class

Arun Kumar July 31, 2021

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Needle Drop in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman
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Needle Drop in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman

Jack Keating July 29, 2021

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Crossover adaptations for Indian audience
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Crossover adaptations for Indian audience

Devraj Kalsi July 29, 2021

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