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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

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Exploring Black Male Queerness and Notions of Masculinity in Moonlight

May 30, 2017
Debopriyaa Dutta
Article · Essay

[WATCH] Video Essay Explores The Generation Gap in Two Mike Nichols’s Classics

May 12, 2017
Shikhar Verma
Article · Essay

The Overrated Phenomenon: Art of bashing the Popular

May 6, 2017
Rohitavra Majumdar
Article · Essay

Meta-Humor: A gift or a curse?

April 11, 2017
Nivedita Nair
Into the wild
Article · Essay

My token of Gratitude and Appreciation for Into the Wild

April 5, 2017
Mohsin Mistri
Article · Essay

The Sexual Ambivalence of Brandon Sullivan In Shame

February 24, 2017
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Article · Essay

A Love Letter to La La Land

January 9, 2017
Rohitavra Majumdar
Article · Essay

A24: Hollywood’s Last Best Hope

January 9, 2017
Jeremie Richards
Article · Essay

Watching the unseen in Flesh [1968] and Trash [1970]

November 16, 2016
David Morgan Brown
Article · Essay

Satoshi Kon: One of the most influential filmmakers of his Time

October 7, 2016
Victor Uhlman

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The Film Industryโ€™s Gender Parity, Ending Unsubstantiated Discrimination
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The Film Industryโ€™s Gender Parity, Ending Unsubstantiated Discrimination

David Morgan Brown February 22, 2021

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Ser Brienne of Tarth: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
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Ser Brienne of Tarth: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Sumeet Kaur February 21, 2021

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The Death of Death in Blockbusters – No-One’s Ever Really Gone
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The Death of Death in Blockbusters – No-One’s Ever Really Gone

David Morgan Brown July 15, 2024

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A Spike Lee Joint: He Got Game [1998]
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David Morgan Brown February 21, 2021

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Why Alfonso Cuarรณn’s ROMA Is Essential for Young Filmmakers
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On-Screen Feral Kids: A Timeless and Spellbinding Subject
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Arun Kumar October 31, 2021

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

David Morgan Brown February 21, 2021

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Itโ€™s Okay If You Donโ€™t Like Alfonso Cuaroฬn’s Roma
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Itโ€™s Okay If You Donโ€™t Like Alfonso Cuaroฬn’s Roma

Deloret Imnidian July 15, 2023

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Joker and Fitzgerald’s Mutual Repugnance
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Joker and Fitzgerald’s Mutual Repugnance

Aqueb Safwan Jaser June 19, 2019

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