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Tatami (2025)

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Tatami (2025) Movie Review: Zar Amir Ebrahimi’s Political Sports Drama Bristles with Fury

Debanjan Dhar June 9, 2025

Dangerous Animals (2025)

Cannes · Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Dangerous Animals (2025) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: A Wildly Entertaining Stripped-to-the-Bone Slasher

Ollie Wheaton June 10, 2025

A Second Life (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

A Second Life (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: Agathe Rousselle Anchors This Minimalist Take on Disconnection

Debanjan Dhar June 10, 2025

Evergreen Lists

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

All 6 Karate Kid Movies, Ranked

June 6, 2025

Javier Bardem Performances - Live Flesh (1997)

15 Best Javier Bardem Performances, Ranked

June 6, 2025

John Wick (2014) | Every John Wick Movies, Ranked

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

June 4, 2025

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

Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher—Television | 10 Great Books A Cinephile Must Read

10 Great Books A Cinephile Must Read

June 4, 2025

Maborosi (1995)

10 Powerful Films That Tackle Depression, Trauma, and Therapy

June 2, 2025

Reviews

Tatami (2025)

Featured · Review

Tatami (2025) Movie Review: Zar Amir Ebrahimi’s Political Sports Drama Bristles with Fury

Debanjan Dhar June 9, 2025

Dangerous Animals (2025)

Cannes · Featured · Film Festivals · Review

Dangerous Animals (2025) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: A Wildly Entertaining Stripped-to-the-Bone Slasher

Ollie Wheaton June 10, 2025

A Second Life (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

A Second Life (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: Agathe Rousselle Anchors This Minimalist Take on Disconnection

Debanjan Dhar June 10, 2025

Bleeding (2025) Movie

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Bleeding (2025) Movie Review: This Impressive Vampire Allegory Lacks Bite

Debopriyaa Dutta June 10, 2025

The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: An Ambitious and Impeccably Shot Dystopian Fairy Tale that Struggles to Deepen its Allegory

Akash Deshpande June 9, 2025

Lemonade Blessing (2025)

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Lemonade Blessing (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Quirky Coming-of-Age Film about Living Under the Overwhelming Burden of Endless Expectations

Akash Deshpande June 9, 2025

Essays

The Sanctuary of Nature through the Queer Frame

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The Sanctuary of Nature through the Queer Frame

Gentrit Miftari June 10, 2025

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

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The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) Movie

Explainer · VOD

The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) Movie Ending Explained & Themes Analyzed: Why didn’t Herb Take the Money?

Salvable (2025) Movie

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Salvable (2025) Movie Review & Ending Explained: Does Sal Return to the Boxing Ring?

The Accountant 2 (2025)

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The Accountant 2 (2025) Movie Ending Explained: How Do Christian and Braxton Destroy Burke’s Plan?

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

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

The 6th Day (2000)

The 6th Day (2000) Movie Ending Explained: How Do Adam and His Clone Help Rescue Adam’s Family?

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Movie

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Movie Ending Explained & Themes Analyzed: Why did Kevin Commit the Crime?

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