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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
Column

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)
Column

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)
Column

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

Essays

Dil Se
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25 Years Later: Love, Politics, and Identity in Dil Se

August 21, 2023
Shivani Muralikrishna
American Prometheus
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American Prometheus: The Triumph of Oppenheimerโ€™s (2023) Screenplay is in Exposing the Failure of Dr. Oppenheimer

August 19, 2023
Ashwani Kumar
Taxi Driver
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Is ‘Taxi Driver’ A Feminist Tale?

August 17, 2023
Michael Thomas
Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
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Taxi Driver [1976] : An Existential Ride

August 17, 2023
Swagata Das
Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets
Essay

Mean Streets (1973) – Fifty Years On

August 17, 2023
Luke Parry
Elemental Movie Essay
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โ€˜Elementalโ€™ is a tender tale that cannot hide its Male Saviour Complexย 

August 17, 2023
Deepshikha Deb
The Flash DC
Essay

How โ€˜The Flashโ€™ Resets DC Extended Universe To Make Way For Gunnโ€™s DC Universe?

August 11, 2023
Abhishek Sharma
Franz Rogowski & Adรจle Exarchopoulos in Ira Sachs Passages 2023
Essay

Passages and the Cultural Problem of the Death of Sex Scenes in Film

August 5, 2023
Virat Nehru
Wes Anderson's Asteroid City
Essay

The Many Influences of Wes Andersonโ€™s Asteroid City (2023)

August 4, 2023
Srilekha Mitra
Explore the intricate dynamics of the mother-daughter bond in Lady Bird (2017) as they navigate "Mother-ing Up" and "Daughter-ing Down
Essay

The Drive across โ€œMother-ing Upโ€ & โ€œDaughter-ing Downโ€: The Multitudinous Complexities of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Lady Bird (2017)

August 2, 2023
Sreetama Basu

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Lav Diazโ€™s Tale of Decay and Hope in โ€œNorte, the End of Historyโ€
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Lav Diazโ€™s Tale of Decay and Hope in โ€œNorte, the End of Historyโ€

Utsha Sarkar July 5, 2024

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Adulthood is Learning Vulnerability: An Analysis of Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
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Adulthood is Learning Vulnerability: An Analysis of Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

Beatrice Gangi October 7, 2023

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Concept, Rhythm, and Horror: Oppenheimer as an Accumulation of Nolanโ€™s Filmography
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Concept, Rhythm, and Horror: Oppenheimer as an Accumulation of Nolanโ€™s Filmography

Aadesh Gupta August 21, 2024

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A Quest for Home in Ingmar Bergmanโ€™s โ€˜Autumn Sonataโ€™
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A Quest for Home in Ingmar Bergmanโ€™s โ€˜Autumn Sonataโ€™

Sayan Dutta September 5, 2023

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Why is โ€˜The Black Cauldronโ€™ Disneyโ€™s Missed Horror Masterpiece?
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Why is โ€˜The Black Cauldronโ€™ Disneyโ€™s Missed Horror Masterpiece?

Beatrice Gangi September 5, 2023

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Revelation as Paradox: Oppenheimer and the Criticality of Scientific Reason
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Revelation as Paradox: Oppenheimer and the Criticality of Scientific Reason

Shaswata Ray August 21, 2024

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Where the Crawdads Sing (2022): Embark On A Scenic Trip Into The Marshland With Kya
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Where the Crawdads Sing (2022): Embark On A Scenic Trip Into The Marshland With Kya

Poonam Vaze August 31, 2023

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25 Years Later: Love, Politics, and Identity in Dil Se
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25 Years Later: Love, Politics, and Identity in Dil Se

Shivani Muralikrishna August 21, 2023

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American Prometheus: The Triumph of Oppenheimerโ€™s (2023) Screenplay is in Exposing the Failure of Dr. Oppenheimer
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American Prometheus: The Triumph of Oppenheimerโ€™s (2023) Screenplay is in Exposing the Failure of Dr. Oppenheimer

Ashwani Kumar March 11, 2024

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