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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 Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’

The Birth of the Blonde Femme Fatale of Cinema in Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’

May 11, 2025
Bharat Bhoite
Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of ‘Severance’

Helena and Helly R: The Fractured Self at the Heart of ‘Severance’

May 7, 2025
Bharat Bhoite
When Life Gives You Tangerines
Column

The Pearl Necklace in ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’: An Ode to the Enduring Spirit of Mothers, Seen Through the Eyes of a Daughter —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 Cinema 
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The Avenging Woman: The Politics and Aesthetics of Female Rage in Rape-Revenge Cinema 

Anju Devadas May 5, 2025May 31, 2025
The Holdovers (2023)
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Hal Ashby’s Enduring Legacy: How ‘The Holdovers’ Echoes the Spirit of a 1970s Master 

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 Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’
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The Birth of the Blonde Femme Fatale of Cinema in Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’

Bharat Bhoite May 11, 2025May 11, 2025

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Rocky aur Rani kii Prem Kahani Sterotypes
Essay

How ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ Exudes Typical Grandiose of KJo’s Films While Subverting Societal Stereotypes

July 31, 2023
Srilekha Mitra
A Long Time on the Epiphanic Road: Chihiro’s Coming of Age and Personal Growth in Spirited Away (2001)
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A Long Time on the Epiphanic Road: Chihiro’s Coming of Age and Personal Growth in Spirited Away (2001)

July 30, 2023
Sreetama Basu
Undine (2020)
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Undine: When A Curse Becomes A Choice

July 28, 2023
Sofia Sheehan
Barbieheimer
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Barbenheimer: How ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Critiques Our Flawed World In Their Own Ways

July 27, 2023
Srilekha Mitra
Why Oppenheimer Will Go Down As One of The Most Defining Films Of Our Era?
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Why Oppenheimer Will Go Down As One of The Most Defining Films Of Our Era?

July 27, 2023
Aryan Vyas
The Dialectical Argument For & Against Greta Gerwig's Barbie
Essay

The Dialectical Argument For & Against Greta Gerwig’s Barbie

July 26, 2023
Aryan Vyas
Essay

The Viewer in Kubrickland: Solving Stanley Kubrick’s Hermeneutic Labyrinth

July 26, 2023
Debopriyaa Dutta
A Clockwork Orange
Essay

Stanley Kubrick: Placing Gender Within Kubrickan Framework

July 26, 2023
Jayasmita Dutta Roy
Fleabag
Essay

On ‘Fleabag’ and the Appeal of Damaged Characters

July 19, 2023
Adil Rahim Hyder
Masculinity in noirs
Article · Essay

Masculinity and Ignorance as themes in neo-noirs: Taxi Driver, Chinatown, and Drive

July 18, 2023
Nivedita Nair

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Is ‘Taxi Driver’ A Feminist Tale?
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Is ‘Taxi Driver’ A Feminist Tale?

Michael Thomas September 28, 2023

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Taxi Driver [1976] : An Existential Ride
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Taxi Driver [1976] : An Existential Ride

Swagata Das August 20, 2024

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Mean Streets (1973) – Fifty Years On
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Mean Streets (1973) – Fifty Years On

Luke Parry July 5, 2024

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‘Elemental’ is a tender tale that cannot hide its Male Saviour Complex 
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‘Elemental’ is a tender tale that cannot hide its Male Saviour Complex 

Deepshikha Deb August 17, 2023

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How ‘The Flash’ Resets DC Extended Universe To Make Way For Gunn’s DC Universe?
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How ‘The Flash’ Resets DC Extended Universe To Make Way For Gunn’s DC Universe?

Abhishek Sharma August 12, 2023

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

Virat Nehru August 7, 2023

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The Many Influences of Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City (2023)
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The Many Influences of Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City (2023)

Srilekha Mitra August 4, 2023

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The Drive across “Mother-ing Up” & “Daughter-ing Down”: The Multitudinous Complexities of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Lady Bird (2017)
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The Drive across “Mother-ing Up” & “Daughter-ing Down”: The Multitudinous Complexities of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Lady Bird (2017)

Sreetama Basu August 20, 2024

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How ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ Exudes Typical Grandiose of KJo’s Films While Subverting Societal Stereotypes
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How ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ Exudes Typical Grandiose of KJo’s Films While Subverting Societal Stereotypes

Srilekha Mitra August 1, 2023

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