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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

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Gravity
Article · Essay

The Grief in Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity

September 5, 2020
Shikhar Verma
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Article · Essay

Mise-en-scène in Brokeback Mountain (2005)

August 19, 2020
Purusharth Chawla
Ishq
Article · Essay

How the 2019 Malayalam film Ishq showed a middle finger to toxic masculinity

August 5, 2020
Jeeva Pitchaimani
Artist
Article · Essay

The Artist Versus The Technocrat

August 1, 2020
Jeeva Pitchaimani
Essay

Revisiting Aamir Khan’s Taare Zameen Par after reading Carl Honoré’s In Praise of Slowness

July 29, 2020
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Essay

How Masaan (2015) Divorces Women’s Desire From Shame

July 28, 2020
Kudrat Wadhwa
Breaking Bad
Article · Essay

The Weaker Sex in Breaking Bad

July 28, 2020
Jeeva Pitchaimani
Songs From Far Away Land
Essay · Review

Songs From Far Away Land (2020) Short Film Review: A Mournful Recollection

July 17, 2020
Ashwani Kumar
Article · Essay

How Bacurau Creates a Political Narrative Through Archetypes and Self-Awareness

July 7, 2020
João Victor Montuori
Hitchcock
Article · Essay

Hitchcock and His Emotional Minefield

June 21, 2020
Ishita Ahuja

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

Priya Singh October 6, 2021

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

Ahendrila Goswami August 14, 2021

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Nomadland (2020) And Its Most Elite Trifecta
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Nomadland (2020) And Its Most Elite Trifecta

highonfilms May 27, 2021

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

Shikhar Verma May 24, 2021

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

Shahim Sheikh June 2, 2021

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Akaler Sandhane (1980) : A Famine within A Famine
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Akaler Sandhane (1980) : A Famine within A Famine

Sayan Dutta February 13, 2022

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

highonfilms May 20, 2021

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The Night Comes For Us (2018): Elevating the Indonesian Extreme Action Genre
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The Night Comes For Us (2018): Elevating the Indonesian Extreme Action Genre

highonfilms May 18, 2021

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Garm Hava [1974]: On the Precipice of Belonging
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Garm Hava [1974]: On the Precipice of Belonging

highonfilms May 16, 2021

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