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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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RIngu 1998
Article · Essay

[Watch] Video Essay Exploring why “Ringu” is a relevant horror film in the era of clickbaits

May 12, 2018
Topher Ames
LEMMY-CONTRA-ALPHAVILLE
Article · Essay

[Watch] Video Essay Exploring High and Low Art in Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville

May 10, 2018
Topher Ames
Article · Essay

Who is Tony Stark?

May 7, 2018
Smita Ganguli
Article · Essay

The Problem of Inclusion Rider: Conformity Hinders Creativity.

April 27, 2018
Suvo Pyne
Article · Essay

Lookback on Lumet: Fail-Safe [1964]

April 7, 2018
David Morgan Brown
Article · Essay

Feminism and its Eternal Affair with Film-making

March 14, 2018
Bijaya Biswal
cinema and the art
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Cinema and the Art of Life

February 13, 2018
Asra Mamnoon
Article · Essay

The Relationship Between the Awards Ceremonies and the Film Press

January 28, 2018
David Morgan Brown
Tarkovsky
Article · Essay

Andrei Tarkovsky as an Existentialist Cinematic Philosopher

October 25, 2017
Bijaya Biswal
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Wong Kar-Wai’s Love Trilogy

August 23, 2017
Shikhar Verma

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