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Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

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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 

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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 

Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

July 30, 2025
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The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)

The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)

July 30, 2025
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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜chidambaramโ€™

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The Horror of the Unseen: How โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear
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The Horror of the Unseen: How the 1999 Movie โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear

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A Short Film About Love (Krรณtki film o milosci,1988)
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Through the Lens of Love and Longing: Revisiting Kieล›lowskiโ€™s โ€˜A Short Film About Loveโ€™

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โ€˜The Ugly Stepsisterโ€™ and the Cost of Becoming โ€˜Beautiful Enoughโ€™
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Aja Haymore July 21, 2025August 1, 2025

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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 

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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 
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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

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Anatomy of a Fall: Confronting Ethics as a Consequence of a Decision-Making
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Film Critic Armond White is Not a Troll

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Art and the Obstinate Expectations of Avant-Gardism

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The Reincarnation Of Indian Cinema

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โ€˜Girls Will Be Girlsโ€™ Is an Intimate Love Letter to Girlhood & Those Who Missed Out on Theirs
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Sakshi Salil Chavan February 25, 2025

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โ€˜Melancholiaโ€™ (2011) and the End of Everything: Exploring Depression, Despair, and the Human Condition
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Maddening Ambiguity & โ€˜The Heiressโ€™ (1949): An Inspiration for Scorseseโ€™s โ€˜Killers of the Flower Moonโ€™ย 
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Dev.D (2009): Replacing Love And Tragedy With Lust And Ego
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Swetal Agrawal September 24, 2024

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Tamasha (2015): A Tale of Drama, Love, and Dualism
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Sridhar Venkateswaran September 19, 2024

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Anatomy of a Fall: Confronting Ethics as a Consequence of a Decision-Making
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Avantika Tewari September 16, 2024

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Film Critic Armond White is Not a Troll

David Morgan Brown September 14, 2024

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Irrfan Khan: An Act of Letting Go
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Santanu Das September 11, 2024

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