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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 

Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

July 30, 2025
Subhashree Paul
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
Rugmini Dinu
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, 2025July 28, 2025
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

Em Stonham July 24, 2025August 1, 2025
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€™

Rugmini Dinu 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 

Bipasha Bhattacharyya July 30, 2025July 30, 2025
Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 
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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

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

September 1, 2024
Shinji Alizeh Majumder
After Hours
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After Hours: Martin Scorseseโ€™s Forgotten Surrealist Odyssey

August 5, 2024
Georgia May
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

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The Open Ending of Masaan: Subversive, Unconventional, Endless
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The Open Ending of Masaan: Subversive, Unconventional, Endless

Shreya Chauhan September 9, 2024

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Art and the Obstinate Expectations of Avant-Gardism

Bijaya Biswal September 6, 2024

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The Reincarnation Of Indian Cinema
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The Reincarnation Of Indian Cinema

Bijaya Biswal September 4, 2024

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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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