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Echo Valley (2025)

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Echo Valley (2025) Movie Review: An Intriguing Ethical Thriller Loses Itself With Implausibility

Liam Gaughan June 8, 2025

Honeyjoon (2025)

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Honeyjoon (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: An Intricate Mother-Daughter Dramedy about Bridging the Gap Between the Past and the Future

Akash Deshpande June 8, 2025

Inside (2025)

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Inside (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: An Unflinching, Hard-Boiled Account of the Making and Unmaking of a Man

Akash Deshpande June 8, 2025

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Karate Kid Legends (2025) | All 6 Karate Kid Movies, Ranked

All 6 Karate Kid Movies, Ranked

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Javier Bardem Performances - Live Flesh (1997)

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All movies in the John Wick Universe (including Ballerina), Ranked

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True Colours: 10 Great Female Character Actors Who Elevate Performance Art

True Colours: 10 Great Female Character Actors Who Elevate Performance Art

June 4, 2025

Prithvijeet Sinha

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10 Great Books A Cinephile Must Read

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Maborosi (1995)

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Reviews

Echo Valley (2025)

Featured · Review

Echo Valley (2025) Movie Review: An Intriguing Ethical Thriller Loses Itself With Implausibility

Liam Gaughan June 8, 2025

Honeyjoon (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Honeyjoon (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: An Intricate Mother-Daughter Dramedy about Bridging the Gap Between the Past and the Future

Akash Deshpande June 8, 2025

Inside (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Inside (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: An Unflinching, Hard-Boiled Account of the Making and Unmaking of a Man

Akash Deshpande June 8, 2025

Esta Isla (This Island, 2025)

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Esta Isla (This Island, 2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Sublime and Quietly Wise Journey through Escape and Discovery

Debanjan Dhar June 8, 2025

Emmanuelle (2025) Movie Review: Noémie Merlant cannot salvage this laborious and inconsequential erotic drama

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Emmanuelle (2025) Movie Review: Noémie Merlant cannot salvage this laborious and inconsequential erotic drama

Shikhar Verma June 7, 2025

K.O. (2025)

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K.O. (2025) ‘Netflix’ Movie Review & Ending Explained: Does Bastien Help Emma Find Leo?

Akash Deshpande June 7, 2025

Essays

Popular Cinema in India: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of the Indian Cinema and Its Cinematic Tropes

Essay

Popular Cinema in India: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of the Indian Cinema and Its Cinematic Tropes

Santosh Kumar Mamgain June 8, 2025

What ‘Havoc’ Tells Us About Losing the Feel in Filmmaking?

Column

What ‘Havoc’ Tells Us About Losing the Feel in Filmmaking?

Ritesh Sharma June 7, 2025

Dreams on a Train: Psychoanalysis and the Subconscious Journey in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’ (1966)

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Dreams on a Train: Psychoanalysis and the Subconscious Journey in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’ (1966)

Shivani Muralikrishna June 7, 2025

“A War” (Krigen, 2015)

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Anatomy of ‘A War’: Tobias Lindholm’s Unflinching Dissection of War

Soumalya Chatterjee June 5, 2025

‘Sancharram’ (The Journey, 2004)

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Queering the Routes and Roots in the ‘Sancharram’ (The Journey, 2004)

Dr. Aparna Ajith June 4, 2025

Dancing With Death: The Role of Music in Tarantino’s Kill Scenes

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Dancing With Death: The Role of Music in Tarantino’s Kill Scenes

Priyanca Rajput June 4, 2025

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Plot Twists And Thesis Statements: Writing Essays With a Cinematic Edge

When Life Gives You Tangerines

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

The Boom (1963) Movie

The Boom (Il Boom, 1963) Movie Review: Sell Your Eye and Witness the Economic Boom

Drowning By Numbers (1988)

Drowning By Numbers (1988) Movie Review: Cinema As A Puzzle Box

Starship Troopers (1997)

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Starship Troopers (1997) Movie Ending Explained: Does Johnny Capture the Brain Bug?

Bokshi (2025)

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Bokshi (2025) “IFFR” Movie Review: Bhargav Saikia’s Mystical Witchcraft Tale Packs a Daring Punch in a Modern Tale of Dominion and Revolution

Predator (1987) Movie

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Predator (1987) Movie Ending Explained: Can Dutch and His Men Triumph Over the Ultimate Hunter?

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

Raid 2 (2025)

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Raid 2 (2025) Movie Review: From an Income Tax Officer to an Omnipotent Sleuth, Amay Patnaik Loses His Charm in The Much-Awaited Sequel