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Rana Naidu (TV Series 2025, Season 2)

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Rana Naidu (TV Series 2025, Season 2) ‘Netflix’ Review: Trades in the Edgy Provocative Mediocrity of the First Season for Bland Mediocrity

Amartya Acharya June 14, 2025

Materialists (2025) Movie

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Materialists (2025) Movie Review: Classic Rom-Com Tropes Unravel To Reveal the Cynicism of Modern Dating

Julian Malandruccolo June 14, 2025

A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025)

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A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: Alexandra Daddario and Ashley Park Bring Some Spark to This Unfocused Couple-Vacation Drama

Debanjan Dhar June 14, 2025

Evergreen Lists

The 10 Best Indian Movies of 2025 (So Far)

June 14, 2025

Shashwat Sisodiya

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

Reviews

Alphabet Soup (2025) Docuseries Review: A Raw but Increasingly Repetitive Look at the Queer Dating Experience in New York City

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Alphabet Soup (2025) Docuseries Review: A Raw but Increasingly Repetitive Look at the Queer Dating Experience in New York City

Shikhar Verma June 15, 2025

Materialists (2025) Movie

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Materialists (2025) Movie Review: Classic Rom-Com Tropes Unravel To Reveal the Cynicism of Modern Dating

Julian Malandruccolo June 14, 2025

A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

A Tree Fell In The Woods (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: Alexandra Daddario and Ashley Park Bring Some Spark to This Unfocused Couple-Vacation Drama

Debanjan Dhar June 14, 2025

Tow (2025)

Featured · Film Festivals · Review · Tribeca

Tow (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Fierce and Spectacular Rose Byrne Lifts This Drama Of Resistance

Debanjan Dhar June 12, 2025

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)

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

Essays

Characterising the Space: The Cinematic Space as the Protagonist in ‘Laila Aur Satt Geet’

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Characterising the Space: The Cinematic Space as the Protagonist in ‘Laila Aur Satt Geet’ (The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs, 2020)

Sahil June 15, 2025

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 13, 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

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Am I OK Trailer

Dakota Johnson Navigates Self-Discovery in New ‘Am I OK?’ Trailer for Coming-Out Dramedy

Is Political Cinema Empowering or Manipulating the Indian Voter?

About Dry Grasses (2023) Movie Review

Review · Streaming Now · The Criterion Channel

About Dry Grasses (2023) Movie Review – Nuri Bilge Ceylan takes a meditative look at what truly transforms a man into someone they themselves don’t recognize

About Dry Grasses (2023) Movie Ending & Themes Explained

Explainer · Streaming Now · The Criterion Channel

About Dry Grasses (2023) Movie Ending & Themes Explained: What Happens When Limited Knowledge is Construed for Omniscience?

String the Action: Action Movie Composition Techniques

The Sympathizer Episode 6 Recap & Ending Explained

JioHotstar · Streaming Now · TV · TV Recaps

The Sympathizer Episode 6 Recap & Ending Explained: How & why does the Captain kill Sonny?

A24 Acquires U.S. Rights for Ruben Östlund's Upcoming Film The Entertainment System Is Down

A24 Acquires U.S. Rights for Ruben Östlund’s Upcoming Film The Entertainment System Is Down

Everything Coming to Mubi in June 2024

Everything Coming to MUBI in June 2024

Santosh (2024) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review

Cannes · Film Festivals · Review

Santosh (2024) ‘Cannes’ Movie Review: Shahana Goswami Stuns In Starkly Layered Police Procedural