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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)
Column

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’
Column

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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The Turin Horse [2011]: The Futility of Existence

August 8, 2017
Kalpit Tandon
Article · Essay

Jerusalem: The virtual pilgrimage to the land of perennially ambiguous identity.

August 2, 2017
Mohsin Mistri
Dunkirk - highonfilms.com
Article · Essay

Here Is Why the Non-Linear Narrative In ‘Dunkirk’ Didn’t Work

July 26, 2017
Suvo Pyne
Article · Essay

[WATCH] Video Essay Explores How Christopher Nolan Manipulates Time

July 18, 2017
Shikhar Verma
Article · Essay

In Response to “They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To”: Rom Com Edition

July 16, 2017
Lara Kalenderian
Article · Essay

Melancholia [2011]: Alien on Earth

June 24, 2017
Nivedita Nair
Article · Essay

Of Love, Grief and Rediscovery: A Love Letter to Clementine

June 21, 2017
Shivansh Mishra
Godfather - highonfilms.com
Article · Essay

The Godfather Paradox : Diasporic Dialectics, Gender Trouble and Issues of Identity

June 19, 2017
Debopriyaa Dutta
Article · Essay

Amadeus [1984]: For the Artist in You

June 4, 2017
Asra Mamnoon
Article · Essay

The Stepford Wives [2004]: Dress-up and Denial

June 3, 2017
Lara Kalenderian

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

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Internet Piracy Prevents Censorship
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Cinema Mon Amour // Why Do We Love Movies?
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Cinema Mon Amour // Why Do We Love Movies?

highonfilms July 18, 2023

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How Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction Condemns American Nihilism
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How Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction Condemns American Nihilism

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Lookback at Bresson: Pickpocket [1959]
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Lookback at Bresson: Pickpocket [1959]

Shikhar Verma February 22, 2021

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How Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets explores the themes of Penance and Salvation
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Malu Barroso February 22, 2021

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How Ingmar Bergman Explores Dissociation and Identity in Persona
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How Ingmar Bergman Explores Dissociation and Identity in Persona

Nivedita Nair February 22, 2021

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Joker in Cinema: Infinitely elastic yet extremely constricted
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Joker in Cinema: Infinitely elastic yet extremely constricted

Ashwani Kumar July 15, 2024

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The Film Industry’s Gender Parity, Ending Unsubstantiated Discrimination
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The Film Industry’s Gender Parity, Ending Unsubstantiated Discrimination

David Morgan Brown February 22, 2021

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