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Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot (2024) Tenderly Explores The Power Of Found Family

May 27, 2025
Sakshi Salil Chavan
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 Wilderโ€™s โ€˜Double Indemnityโ€™

The Birth of the Blonde Femme Fatale of Cinema in Billy Wilderโ€™s โ€˜Double Indemnityโ€™

May 11, 2025
Bharat Bhoite
Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of โ€˜Severanceโ€™

Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of โ€˜Severanceโ€™

May 7, 2025
Bharat Bhoite
When Life Gives You Tangerines
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The Pearl Necklace in โ€˜When Life Gives You Tangerinesโ€™: An Ode to the Enduring Spirit of Mothers, Seen Through the Eyes of a Daughter โ€”and One Day, a Mother Herself

Sanjida Samrin Rahman May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinemaย 
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The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinemaย 

Anju Devadas May 5, 2025May 31, 2025
The Holdovers (2023)
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Hal Ashbyโ€™s Enduring Legacy: How โ€˜The Holdoversโ€™ Echoes the Spirit of a 1970s Masterย 

Bharat Bhoite April 30, 2025May 5, 2025

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Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot (2024) Tenderly Explores The Power Of Found Family
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Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robot (2024) Tenderly Explores The Power Of Found Family

Sakshi Salil Chavan May 27, 2025May 30, 2025
Wag the Dog (1997)
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How Wag the Dog (1997) Predicted Our Age of Manufactured Wars and Media Spectacle

Arijit Paul May 23, 2025
Billy Wilderโ€™s โ€˜Double Indemnityโ€™
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The Birth of the Blonde Femme Fatale of Cinema in Billy Wilderโ€™s โ€˜Double Indemnityโ€™

Bharat Bhoite May 11, 2025May 11, 2025

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Gladiator (2000)
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Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000): Hollywood and the Road Always Taken

July 16, 2024
Shahim Sheikh
Keanu Reeves in John Wick
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Baba Yaga’s Bullet Ballet: John Wick and the Rebirth of Modern Action Cinema

July 15, 2024
Aadesh Gupta
Chandu Champion: Kartik Aaryan Transforms Himself in This Tale of Indian Sisyphus
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Chandu Champion: Kartik Aaryan Transforms Himself in This Tale of Indian Sisyphus

July 8, 2024
Naina Rathi
Lost in Translation- How Anatomy of a Fall Captures the Difficulty of Representing Reality
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Lost in Translation: How “Anatomy of a Fall” Captures the Difficulty of Representing Reality

June 22, 2024
David Lobzhanidze
Dekalog II
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Dekalog II: Extraordinary Situation of Ordinary Lives

May 18, 2024
Anosh Aibara
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Kiran Raoโ€™s โ€˜Laapataa Ladiesโ€™ Walks, so Indian Feminism can Run

May 8, 2024
Naina Rathi
Dekalog: Eight (1989)
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Kieslowskiโ€™s โ€˜Dekalog: Eightโ€™ is a Short Film about Guiltย 

May 4, 2024
Anosh Aibara
Little Women
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Little Women (2019) – Own Your Story

April 22, 2024
Amla Chaturvedi
Rosemary's Baby
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Exploring The Inevitable Dualities In Rosemary’s Baby

April 4, 2024
Jayasmita Dutta Roy
Past Lives Screenplay analysis
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How the Screenplay of ‘Past Lives’ Nurtures its Deep Emotional Core

March 24, 2024
Shivani Muralikrishna

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Guru Dutt: A Purveyor of Romanticism
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Guru Dutt: A Purveyor of Romanticism

Pranav Joshi September 4, 2024

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Dali and Surrealism: Art, Aesthetics and Psychoanalysis
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Dali and Surrealism: Art, Aesthetics and Psychoanalysis

Shinji Alizeh Majumder December 5, 2024

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After Hours: Martin Scorseseโ€™s Forgotten Surrealist Odyssey
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After Hours: Martin Scorseseโ€™s Forgotten Surrealist Odyssey

Georgia May August 9, 2024

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Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000): Hollywood and the Road Always Taken
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Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000): Hollywood and the Road Always Taken

Shahim Sheikh March 2, 2025

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Baba Yaga’s Bullet Ballet: John Wick and the Rebirth of Modern Action Cinema
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Baba Yaga’s Bullet Ballet: John Wick and the Rebirth of Modern Action Cinema

Aadesh Gupta July 20, 2024

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Chandu Champion: Kartik Aaryan Transforms Himself in This Tale of Indian Sisyphus
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Chandu Champion: Kartik Aaryan Transforms Himself in This Tale of Indian Sisyphus

Naina Rathi July 8, 2024

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Lost in Translation: How “Anatomy of a Fall” Captures the Difficulty of Representing Reality
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Lost in Translation: How “Anatomy of a Fall” Captures the Difficulty of Representing Reality

David Lobzhanidze June 22, 2024

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Dekalog II: Extraordinary Situation of Ordinary Lives
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Dekalog II: Extraordinary Situation of Ordinary Lives

Anosh Aibara May 18, 2024

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Kiran Raoโ€™s โ€˜Laapataa Ladiesโ€™ Walks, so Indian Feminism can Run
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Kiran Raoโ€™s โ€˜Laapataa Ladiesโ€™ Walks, so Indian Feminism can Run

Naina Rathi March 2, 2025

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