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Matrubhoomi: Men Without Women (2003)

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

July 10, 2025
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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 13, 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

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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

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Fight Club (1999)
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Here’s why the cynical re-examination of Fight Club (1999) is lame

October 21, 2019
David Morgan Brown
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25 years of The Shawshank Redemption: A Film About ‘Hanging In There’

September 23, 2019
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How the Burden of Dreams can take man deep into the Heart of Darkness

September 20, 2019
Jeremie Richards
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A Lookback at The Unofficial Oliver Stone US Presidents Trilogy

September 15, 2019
Lakshmi Muthiah
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The Representation of Women in Film Noir

September 7, 2019
Malu Barroso
Us - Abby Drew A Picture
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Contextualizing Jordan Peeleโ€™s โ€˜Usโ€™

September 2, 2019
Mukulika Batabyal
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Waterland (1992) Analysis: A Subtle Apocalyptical Critique of the Episteme Called Human

September 1, 2019
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Kicking and Screaming
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How Noah Baumbach’s Kicking and Screaming explores Post Academia Tedium and Meaning of Life

August 28, 2019
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Baahubali Prabhas and Rana war
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Baahubali: A Mass of Clichรฉs Cloaked Under The Label “Magnum Opus”

August 10, 2019
Lakshmi Muthiah
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40 Years of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now

July 30, 2019
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The Seven Shades of Love

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