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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

August 3, 2025
Santosh Kumar Mamgain
Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

August 2, 2025
Manav
Go Ah-sung as Park Hyun-seo in Bong Joon-ho's 'The Host' (2006)

Neocolonial Anxieties in Bong Joon-ho’s ‘The Host’ (2006)

August 2, 2025
Shahim Sheikh
Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

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

July 31, 2025
Anju Devadas
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 

July 30, 2025
Bipasha Bhattacharyya
Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 
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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

Subhashree Paul July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
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)

Rugmini Dinu July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜chidambaramโ€™
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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜Chidambaramโ€™ (1985)

Anju Devadas July 28, 2025August 3, 2025

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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future
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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

Santosh Kumar Mamgain August 3, 2025August 3, 2025
Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion
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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

Manav August 2, 2025August 3, 2025
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 

Bipasha Bhattacharyya July 30, 2025July 30, 2025

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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
Apocalypse Now
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40 Years of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now

July 30, 2019
David Morgan Brown
A Man Escaped
Article · Essay

Lookback at Bresson: A Man Escaped [1956]

July 24, 2019
Shikhar Verma
Article · Essay

How “There Will Be Blood” and “Requiem For A Dream” Explore The Rotten American Dream

July 22, 2019
Theodore Gercke
Article · Essay

What exactly is Under the Silver Lake?

July 21, 2019
David Morgan Brown
Postmodernity in Films
Article · Essay

Postmodernity and the city: Blade Runner, Dark City, Akira

July 18, 2019
Nivedita Nair
Internet Piracy
Article · Essay

Internet Piracy Prevents Censorship

July 11, 2019
David Morgan Brown
Cinema Mon Amour 3 Why Do We Love Movies Shawshank
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Cinema Mon Amour // Why Do We Love Movies?

June 26, 2019
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Pulp Fiction
Article · Essay

How Tarantinoโ€™s Pulp Fiction Condemns American Nihilism

June 26, 2019
Aqueb Safwan Jaser

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How the 2019 Malayalam film Ishq showed a middle finger to toxic masculinity
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Jeeva Pitchaimani February 24, 2021

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Ayan Dawn June 15, 2025

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

Kudrat Wadhwa January 6, 2025

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The Weaker Sex in Breaking Bad
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The Weaker Sex in Breaking Bad

Jeeva Pitchaimani February 24, 2021

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

Ashwani Kumar July 17, 2020

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