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

August 31, 2023
Poonam Vaze
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
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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
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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
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Passages and the Cultural Problem of the Death of Sex Scenes in Film

August 5, 2023
Virat Nehru
Wes Anderson's Asteroid City
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The Many Influences of Wes Andersonโ€™s Asteroid City (2023)

August 4, 2023
Srilekha Mitra

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When Auteurism meets Mythology: How Effective is The Killing of a Sacred Deerโ€™s Rendition of Greek Allegory?ย 
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When Auteurism meets Mythology: How Effective is The Killing of a Sacred Deerโ€™s Rendition of Greek Allegory?ย 

Aadesh Gupta July 10, 2024

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Why Are Michael Haneke Films So Disturbing?
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Aravind Nair September 29, 2023

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