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Giant (2025) Movie Review: A Long and Halfhearted Attempt to Capture a Real-Life Tale through a Formulaic Rise-and-Fall Arc

Akash Deshpande May 16, 2026

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Titanic Ocean (2026) Movie Review: Atmospheric Mermaid School set coming-of-age film transforms into a prosaic exercise of familiar tropes

Shikhar Verma May 19, 2026
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Fjord (2026) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: Cultural Complexities Clash in Cristian Mungiu’s Latest Calamitous Family Drama

Julian Malandruccolo May 20, 2026

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40 Best Samurai Movies, Ranked

May 20, 2026

WWII Movies Ranked - Come and See (1985)

The 20 Greatest WWII Movies Ever Made, Ranked

May 15, 2026

Anticipated Films of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival - Sheep in the Box

20 Most Anticipated Films of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival

May 17, 2026

Julian Malandruccolo

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‘The Punisher: One Last Kill’ and the Portrait of a Man in a Million Pieces

Shivansh Mishra May 20, 2026
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Stillness, Memory, and Time in the Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang

Sree May 19, 2026
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Love in the Ruins of Paradise: How “Pathey Holo Deri” Turns Melodrama Into a Study of Desire and Selfhood

Sree May 14, 2026

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The Generic Top 10 Movies of 2017 List

The 15 Best Directorial Debuts Of 2017

I, Tonya [2017] – A Dark Tale of Media Hysteria, Domestic Abuse, and Class Snobbery

mother! [2017]: Earth’s Bleeding Heart

All These Sleepless Nights [2017] – Partying Hipsters & Dancing Realizations

A Decade On: There Will Be Blood [2007]

Mother! [2017]: An Exercise in Gender Studies

The Killing of a Sacred Deer [2017]: Revenge is a Dish Best Served Twisted

Battle of the Sexes [2017] – An Imperfect Yet Rousing & Timely Examination of Rampant Sexism

Somebody’s Darling [2016] : Supernatural Manifestation of Fraternity Culture