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Escape from the 21st Century (2025) Movie Review: An endlessly creative and breathlessly wild genre mash-up

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Escape from the 21st Century (2025) Movie Review: An endlessly creative and breathlessly wild genre mash-up

Shikhar Verma June 12, 2025

Deep Cover (2025)

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Deep Cover (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Hysterical, Crisply Written Comedy of Errors that Hits All the Right Notes

Akash Deshpande June 12, 2025

How to Train Your Dragon (2025)

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How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Movie Review: A Derivative yet Riveting Fantasy Remake

Liam Gaughan June 11, 2025

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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

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Escape from the 21st Century (2025) Movie Review: An endlessly creative and breathlessly wild genre mash-up

Featured · Review

Escape from the 21st Century (2025) Movie Review: An endlessly creative and breathlessly wild genre mash-up

Shikhar Verma June 12, 2025

Deep Cover (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Deep Cover (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Hysterical, Crisply Written Comedy of Errors that Hits All the Right Notes

Akash Deshpande June 12, 2025

Cheers to Life (Viva a Vida, 2025)

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Cheers to Life (Viva a Vida, 2025) Movie Review & Ending Explained: Will Jessica Find Her Estranged Family?

Sanghavi P.S June 11, 2025

How to Train Your Dragon (2025)

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How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Movie Review: A Derivative yet Riveting Fantasy Remake

Liam Gaughan June 11, 2025

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)

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

Ollie Wheaton June 10, 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

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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?

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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

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

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

Dr. Aparna Ajith June 11, 2025

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The Terminator (1984) Movie

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The Terminator (1984) Movie Ending Explained: How Does Sarah Defeat the Cyborg?

Words of War (2025)

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Words of War (2025) Movie Review: Lacks the Fire and Gusto of its Indomitable Protagonist

Sharp Corner (2025)

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Sharp Corner (2025) Movie Review: Swerving Through The Torment of Inadequacy

Death of a Unicorn (2025)

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Death of a Unicorn (2025) Movie Ending Explained & Themes Analyzed: What are The Unicorn Tapestries and How are they Connected to the Leopolds?

Tom Hardy in Havoc (2025)

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MAMA (2025)

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MAMA (2025) ‘Hot Docs’ Movie Review: Wrenching and Unflinchingly Frank Portrait of Moving Through Illness

The Holdovers (2023)

Hal Ashby’s Enduring Legacy: How ‘The Holdovers’ Echoes the Spirit of a 1970s Master

Hesitation Wound (Tereddüt Çizgisi, 2023)

Hesitation Wound (Tereddüt Çizgisi, 2023) Movie Review: A Quiet Courtroom Drama That Finds Power in Moral Ambiguity

Being Maria (2024)

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Being Maria (2024) Movie Review & Ending Explained: Does Maria Choose to Meet Bertolucci?