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

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Hitchcock and His Emotional Minefield

June 21, 2020
Ishita Ahuja
Secret
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Secrets: An Invitation to Intrusion and Manipulation of Lives

June 3, 2020
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Rajkumar Rao and Ayushmann Khurrana: Redefining the Definition of a Hindi Film Hero

June 1, 2020
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The Enduring Relevance of Mrinal Sen

May 31, 2020
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The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy: The Symbol Of The Ring

May 29, 2020
Georgia May
Booksmart 2019
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How Olivia Wilde’s 2019 debut film ‘Booksmart’ breaks stereotypes

May 28, 2020
Tirna Chatterjee
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National Identity In The Romantic Aesthetic of Michael Powell

May 22, 2020
Malu Barroso
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Irrfan Khan: A Thank You Note, A Final Goodbye

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Shivansh Mishra
Marnie 1964
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Lookback at Hitchcock: Marnie [1964]

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Shikhar Verma

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Memory as Resistance: How โ€˜Hirak Rajar Desheโ€™ and โ€˜Chorusโ€™ Speak for the Silenced
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Can HOPE Survive Between TWO INDIAS? Karan Tejpalโ€™s โ€˜Stolenโ€™ Brilliantly Attempts To Find Out
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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

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Anatomy of: Taxi Driver Scene – “Late for the Sky”
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Anatomy of: Taxi Driver Scene – “Late for the Sky”

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No Country For Old Men (2007): A Study of Human Duality
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No Country For Old Men (2007): A Study of Human Duality

Lokesh Ganesan May 14, 2021

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Creating an Ashoke Ganguli of his Own: Irrfan Khan in โ€œThe Namesakeโ€
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Creating an Ashoke Ganguli of his Own: Irrfan Khan in โ€œThe Namesakeโ€

Ahendrila Goswami May 14, 2021

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How Nayattu (2021) Is An Unrealistic and Misleading Anti-Dalit Movie
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How Nayattu (2021) Is An Unrealistic and Misleading Anti-Dalit Movie

Gokul KP June 13, 2021

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Cinema Against War
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Cinema Against War

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On The Lives Of Veronique: The Miraculous Krzysztof Kieslowski
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Santanu Das May 18, 2021

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The Problem With Cinematic Universes
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The Problem With Cinematic Universes

highonfilms May 9, 2021

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