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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 

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)
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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, 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

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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion
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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

Manav August 2, 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
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

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Best Films of Richard Linklater - Dazed and Confused (1993)
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The Trappings of Nostalgia: On Wooderson, Dazed and Confused, and the Cinema of Richard Linklater

October 19, 2023
Aneesh Raikundalia
KG George
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K. G. George and the Craft of Flashback

October 7, 2023
Gayatri Devi
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
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When Auteurism meets Mythology: How Effective is The Killing of a Sacred Deerโ€™s Rendition of Greek Allegory?ย 

October 4, 2023
Aadesh Gupta
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Why Are Michael Haneke Films So Disturbing?

September 29, 2023
Aravind Nair
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€

September 22, 2023
Utsha Sarkar
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Adulthood is Learning Vulnerability: An Analysis of Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

September 20, 2023
Beatrice Gangi
Oppenheimer as an Accumulation of Nolanโ€™s Filmography.jpg
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Concept, Rhythm, and Horror: Oppenheimer as an Accumulation of Nolanโ€™s Filmography

September 12, 2023
Aadesh Gupta
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€™

September 4, 2023
Sayan Dutta
The Black Cauldron
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Why is โ€˜The Black Cauldronโ€™ Disneyโ€™s Missed Horror Masterpiece?

September 4, 2023
Beatrice Gangi
Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer
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Revelation as Paradox: Oppenheimer and the Criticality of Scientific Reason

September 2, 2023
Shaswata Ray

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Seeing Beyond the Sores: Unmasking Leprosy in the Malayalam Films Ashwamedham and Sarasayyaย 
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Seeing Beyond the Sores: Unmasking Leprosy in the Malayalam Films Ashwamedham and Sarasayyaย 

Dr. Aparna Ajith January 23, 2024

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Understanding the World of Eraserhead
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Understanding the World of Eraserhead

Deloret Imnidian January 19, 2024

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24 Years of Hrithik Roshan: The Story So Far
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24 Years of Hrithik Roshan: The Story So Far

Avneesh Mehta February 9, 2024

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Transcendental Style as An Idea Of Being in the Filmography of Carlos Reygadasย 
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Transcendental Style as An Idea Of Being in the Filmography of Carlos Reygadasย 

Maria Vatcharadze August 20, 2024

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How ‘Apathy’ Is The Gravest Sin In Se7en (1995)
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How ‘Apathy’ Is The Gravest Sin In Se7en (1995)

Priya Singh November 13, 2023

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Prem Pujari (1970) – Complicity of Dev Anandโ€™s Stardom in the Construction of Toxic Nationalism and Patriarchal Rules
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Prem Pujari (1970) – Complicity of Dev Anandโ€™s Stardom in the Construction of Toxic Nationalism and Patriarchal Rules

Nikhil Sanghotra November 8, 2023

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Dariush Mehrjui: In Search of Lower Depths
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Dariush Mehrjui: In Search of Lower Depths

Gayatri Devi October 26, 2023

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The Trappings of Nostalgia: On Wooderson, Dazed and Confused, and the Cinema of Richard Linklater
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The Trappings of Nostalgia: On Wooderson, Dazed and Confused, and the Cinema of Richard Linklater

Aneesh Raikundalia July 30, 2025

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K. G. George and the Craft of Flashback
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K. G. George and the Craft of Flashback

Gayatri Devi October 13, 2023

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