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Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

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Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus?ย 

Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus?ย 

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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 

Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

July 30, 2025
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The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)

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July 30, 2025
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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜chidambaramโ€™

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The Horror of the Unseen: How โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear
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The Horror of the Unseen: How the 1999 Movie โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear

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A Short Film About Love (Krรณtki film o milosci,1988)
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Through the Lens of Love and Longing: Revisiting Kieล›lowskiโ€™s โ€˜A Short Film About Loveโ€™

Rugmini Dinu July 21, 2025August 1, 2025
โ€˜The Ugly Stepsisterโ€™ and the Cost of Becoming โ€˜Beautiful Enoughโ€™
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โ€˜The Ugly Stepsisterโ€™ (2025) and the Cost of Becoming โ€˜Beautiful Enoughโ€™

Aja Haymore July 21, 2025August 1, 2025

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Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus?ย 
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Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus?ย 

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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 
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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

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The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)
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The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)

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Tumbbad (2018): The Mythology of Unending Greed and Redemption

February 22, 2025
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Sexual Violence and the Objectification of Women in Hindi Cinema
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Sexual Violence and the Objectification of Women in Hindi Cinema

February 18, 2025
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Anya Taylor Joy and Ralph Fiennes in The Menu
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The Menuโ€™s Hidden Meaning: A Chilling Take on Purgatory and Sin

February 15, 2025
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Robert Eggersโ€™ โ€˜Nosferatuโ€™ (2024): Changes and Continuity in Vampiric Traditions

January 20, 2025
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Anora Sean Baker
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Sex, Power, and Representation: Analyzing Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Through Feminist and Auteur Lenses

December 23, 2024
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Watchmen 2009
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Watchmen: The Often-Overlooked Differences Between Zack Snyder’s Movie and Alan Moore’s Graphic Novel

December 3, 2024
Mohan Kumar
Bazinian Realism and the Cinema of Alfonso Cuarรณn
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Bazinian Realism and the Cinema of Alfonso Cuarรณn

November 20, 2024
Abirbhab Maitra
girls will be girls
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โ€˜Girls Will Be Girlsโ€™ Is an Intimate Love Letter to Girlhood & Those Who Missed Out on Theirs

October 25, 2024
Sakshi Salil Chavan
Melancholia (2011)
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โ€˜Melancholiaโ€™ (2011) and the End of Everything: Exploring Depression, Despair, and the Human Condition

October 1, 2024
Mohan Kumar
Maddening Ambiguity & โ€˜The Heiressโ€™ (1949): An Inspiration for Scorseseโ€™s โ€˜Killers of the Flower Moonโ€™ย 
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Maddening Ambiguity & โ€˜The Heiressโ€™ (1949): An Inspiration for Scorseseโ€™s โ€˜Killers of the Flower Moonโ€™ย 

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Why Women Centric Films in Hindi Cinema are not Necessarily Feminist Films?
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Santosh Kumar Mamgain March 20, 2025

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Kalpa Jyoti Bhuyan March 2, 2025

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Sex, Power, and Representation: Analyzing Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Through Feminist and Auteur Lenses
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Watchmen: The Often-Overlooked Differences Between Zack Snyder’s Movie and Alan Moore’s Graphic Novel
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