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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982): A Visionary Filmmakerโ€™s Journey of Reconciliation Through Cinema

July 2, 2025
Jack Keating
Beyond the Azure: Re-watching Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' Through a Decade of Discovery

Beyond the Azure: Re-watching Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ Through a Decade of Discovery

June 29, 2025
Helly Malviya
How โ€˜Paprikaโ€™ Kickstarted My Decade-Long Obsession with Dreamsย 

How โ€˜Paprikaโ€™ Kickstarted My Decade-Long Obsession with Dreamsย 

June 29, 2025
Em Stonham
5 Reasons Why an Arnold Schwarzenegger Cult Classic Outplayed โ€˜Mickey 17โ€™?

5 Reasons Why an Arnold Schwarzenegger Cult Classic Outplayed โ€˜Mickey 17โ€™?

June 29, 2025
Gregory Austin
Rewinding Emotion: The Power of Flashback in Vikramaditya Motwaneโ€™s โ€˜Looteraโ€™

Rewinding Emotion: The Power of Flashback in Vikramaditya Motwaneโ€™s โ€˜Looteraโ€™

June 28, 2025
Lagan Mangla
Destination Moon at Seventy-Five: Reassessing a Pioneering Vision of Space, Science, and Enterprise
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Destination Moon at Seventy-Five: Reassessing a Pioneering Vision of Space, Science, and Enterprise

Andrew Kidd June 28, 2025June 29, 2025
The French Dispatch: or All Great Beauties Withhold Their Deepest Secretsย 
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The French Dispatch: or All Great Beauties Withhold Their Deepest Secretsย 

Hector Levya June 28, 2025June 28, 2025
Talking Through Privilege: The Whit Stillman Trilogy and the Art of Gentle Disillusionment
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Talking Through Privilege: The Whit Stillman Trilogy and the Art of Gentle Disillusionment

Talha Younas June 24, 2025July 3, 2025

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982): A Visionary Filmmakerโ€™s Journey of Reconciliation Through Cinema
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982): A Visionary Filmmakerโ€™s Journey of Reconciliation Through Cinema

Jack Keating July 2, 2025July 2, 2025
Beyond the Azure: Re-watching Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' Through a Decade of Discovery
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Beyond the Azure: Re-watching Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ Through a Decade of Discovery

Helly Malviya June 29, 2025July 1, 2025
How โ€˜Paprikaโ€™ Kickstarted My Decade-Long Obsession with Dreamsย 
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How โ€˜Paprikaโ€™ Kickstarted My Decade-Long Obsession with Dreamsย 

Em Stonham June 29, 2025July 1, 2025

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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 

September 24, 2024
Emily Holland
Dev.D Dev D
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Dev.D (2009): Replacing Love And Tragedy With Lust And Ego

September 23, 2024
Swetal Agrawal
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Tamasha (2015): A Tale of Drama, Love, and Dualism

September 19, 2024
Sridhar Venkateswaran
Anatomy of a Fall: Confronting Ethics as a Consequence of a Decision-Making
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Anatomy of a Fall: Confronting Ethics as a Consequence of a Decision-Making

September 16, 2024
Avantika Tewari
Armond White
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Film Critic Armond White is Not a Troll

September 14, 2024
David Morgan Brown
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Irrfan Khan: An Act of Letting Go

September 11, 2024
Santanu Das

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

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

Ritesh Sharma March 2, 2025

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Watchmen: The Often-Overlooked Differences Between Zack Snyder’s Movie and Alan Moore’s Graphic Novel
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Watchmen: The Often-Overlooked Differences Between Zack Snyder’s Movie and Alan Moore’s Graphic Novel

Mohan Kumar December 3, 2024

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Bazinian Realism and the Cinema of Alfonso Cuarรณn
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Bazinian Realism and the Cinema of Alfonso Cuarรณn

Abirbhab Maitra November 21, 2024

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โ€˜Girls Will Be Girlsโ€™ Is an Intimate Love Letter to Girlhood & Those Who Missed Out on Theirs
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โ€˜Girls Will Be Girlsโ€™ Is an Intimate Love Letter to Girlhood & Those Who Missed Out on Theirs

Sakshi Salil Chavan February 25, 2025

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โ€˜Melancholiaโ€™ (2011) and the End of Everything: Exploring Depression, Despair, and the Human Condition
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โ€˜Melancholiaโ€™ (2011) and the End of Everything: Exploring Depression, Despair, and the Human Condition

Mohan Kumar October 3, 2024

Read More โ€˜Melancholiaโ€™ (2011) and the End of Everything: Exploring Depression, Despair, and the Human ConditionContinue

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 

Emily Holland September 24, 2024

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Dev.D (2009): Replacing Love And Tragedy With Lust And Ego
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Dev.D (2009): Replacing Love And Tragedy With Lust And Ego

Swetal Agrawal September 24, 2024

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Tamasha (2015): A Tale of Drama, Love, and Dualism
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Tamasha (2015): A Tale of Drama, Love, and Dualism

Sridhar Venkateswaran September 19, 2024

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