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Wag the Dog (1997)

How Wag the Dog (1997) Predicted Our Age of Manufactured Wars and Media Spectacle

May 23, 2025
Arijit Paul
Paul Thomas Anderson's Psychological Prowess through the Lens of his Most Problematic Picture

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Psychological Prowess through the Lens of his Most Problematic Picture

May 15, 2025
Hector Levya
Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’

The Birth of the Blonde Femme Fatale of Cinema in Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’

May 11, 2025
Bharat Bhoite
Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of ‘Severance’

Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of ‘Severance’

May 7, 2025
Bharat Bhoite
When Life Gives You Tangerines

The Pearl Necklace in ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’: An Ode to the Enduring Spirit of Mothers, Seen Through the Eyes of a Daughter —and One Day, a Mother Herself

May 6, 2025
Sanjida Samrin Rahman
The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinema 
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The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinema 

Anju Devadas May 5, 2025May 5, 2025
The Holdovers (2023)
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Hal Ashby’s Enduring Legacy: How ‘The Holdovers’ Echoes the Spirit of a 1970s Master 

Bharat Bhoite April 30, 2025May 5, 2025
Reasons & Debates: Revisiting the Goopy-Bagha Saga
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Reasons & Debates: Revisiting the Goopy-Bagha Saga

Soumalya Chatterjee April 29, 2025May 5, 2025

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Wag the Dog (1997)
Column

How Wag the Dog (1997) Predicted Our Age of Manufactured Wars and Media Spectacle

Arijit Paul May 23, 2025
Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’
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The Birth of the Blonde Femme Fatale of Cinema in Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’

Bharat Bhoite May 11, 2025May 11, 2025
Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of ‘Severance’
Column

Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of ‘Severance’

Bharat Bhoite May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

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Pickpocket - Cafe
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Lookback at Bresson: Pickpocket [1959]

June 18, 2019
Shikhar Verma
Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets
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How Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets explores the themes of Penance and Salvation

June 17, 2019
Malu Barroso
Dissociation and Identity in Persona
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How Ingmar Bergman Explores Dissociation and Identity in Persona

June 14, 2019
Nivedita Nair
Joker in Cinema - High on Films
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Joker in Cinema: Infinitely elastic yet extremely constricted

May 24, 2019
Ashwani Kumar
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The Film Industry’s Gender Parity, Ending Unsubstantiated Discrimination

May 3, 2019
David Morgan Brown
Article · Essay

Ser Brienne of Tarth: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

April 29, 2019
Sumeet Kaur
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The Death of Death in Blockbusters – No-One’s Ever Really Gone

April 28, 2019
David Morgan Brown
He Got Game_HOF
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A Spike Lee Joint: He Got Game [1998]

April 20, 2019
David Morgan Brown
Roma High on Films
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Why Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA Is Essential for Young Filmmakers

April 2, 2019
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Feral Kids
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On-Screen Feral Kids: A Timeless and Spellbinding Subject

February 16, 2019
Arun Kumar

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Ishita Ahuja August 14, 2021

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Shivansh Mishra February 24, 2021

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