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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 
Column

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
Column · Featured

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

Essays

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The Unspoken Diversity Deficiency at the Oscars: Amount of Films & Foreign Films

February 12, 2019
David Morgan Brown
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Itโ€™s Okay If You Donโ€™t Like Alfonso Cuaroฬn’s Roma

January 31, 2019
Deloret Imnidian
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Joker and Fitzgerald’s Mutual Repugnance

January 20, 2019
Aqueb Safwan Jaser
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Bird Box [2018]: Netflix’s Most Popular Film Is Also The Most Problematic

January 12, 2019
Deloret Imnidian
Article · Essay

5 Screenwriting Lessons You Can Learn From The Breaking Bad Pilot

December 12, 2018
Deloret Imnidian
Essay

Here’s Why the Ending of The Shape of Water Doesn’t Work

December 2, 2018
Pallavi Dandamudi
Article · Essay

James Gunn and the cancel-culture

July 23, 2018
David Morgan Brown
Article · Essay

The Babadook: How to Create Empathy

July 7, 2018
Deloret Imnidian
Article · Essay

The State of Modern Comedies โ€“ Solution I: Everything Is Terrible!- Playing Upon Expectations

June 30, 2018
David Morgan Brown
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The State of Modern Comedies: Introduction II โ€“ Golden Globes Best Comedy?

May 26, 2018
David Morgan Brown

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Lookback at Hitchcock: Marnie [1964]
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Lookback at Hitchcock: Marnie [1964]

Shikhar Verma February 24, 2021

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Bong Joon-ho – Cinema of modest Prestige and Everlasting Regrets
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Jai Bhatt July 15, 2024

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Australian New Wave – Films of the ’80s
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David Morgan Brown July 14, 2023

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Women in a Man’s World: A Close Look at Aditya Kripalani’s Filmography
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Ashwani Kumar February 23, 2021

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Michael Haneke: Throwing Away the Chekhov’s Gun
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Vignesh Ram February 23, 2021

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Woody Allen and Cinema as the Opium of the Masses
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Woody Allen and Cinema as the Opium of the Masses

Malu Barroso February 23, 2021

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Here’s why the cynical re-examination of Fight Club (1999) is lame
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David Morgan Brown August 20, 2024

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25 years of The Shawshank Redemption: A Film About ‘Hanging In There’
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25 years of The Shawshank Redemption: A Film About ‘Hanging In There’

Reubyn Coutinho May 21, 2023

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How the Burden of Dreams can take man deep into the Heart of Darkness
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How the Burden of Dreams can take man deep into the Heart of Darkness

Jeremie Richards February 22, 2021

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