Bao (2018) Short Film Review: Asian representation in mainstream Hollywood has long been caricaturish and cartoonish. A handful of films stand out in terms of getting Asian culture right, and with the…
Reviews
Belgian filmmaker Claude Schmtiz’s The Other Laurens (L’autre Laurens, 2023) – screened at Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes – is a neo-noir thriller that tells a familiar tale of sardonic people and seedy…
Days of Daisy (2023) Movie Review: Motherhood – unlike what most people would like to believe – is a difficult choice. It is not only about bringing a new life into the…
Wildflower (2023) Movie Review: The first thing you’ll notice about Wildflower is its well-rounded ensemble. With veteran actors like Jackie Weaver and Jean Smart at the helm, what could go wrong? The…
You and Me and Me (2023) Movie Review: ‘You and Me and Me’ (Original title: Thoe kap chan kap chan) is a remarkably evocative film. For a script that essentially explores a…
Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s Chicken for Linda! boasts a wide range of themes and streamlined sentiments within its breezy 76-minute runtime. An animated feature about a single mother willing to do…
Essays & Columns
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (2023) Book-To-Screen Adaptation: Published in 1844, Alexandre Dumas’ classic book The Three Musketeers is almost two hundred years old. Still, it remains widely popular within and beyond France:…
How Batman’s Joker Got His Scars?: The Joker was portrayed in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight more realistically, and one of his distinguishing features was the scars on his face. The late…
Solidarity & Intersectionality in Harlan County, USA (1976): A portrait of an Appalachian city in the 1970s may seem utterly irrelevant to today’s world. However, with the growing unrest and fights for…
The Bourne Film Franchise: The Bourne franchise’s character named Nicky, originally had a different ending, and the choice to alter her destiny rescued the spy thriller series. Although Julia Stiles’ Nicky ultimately…
Reading beyond the silences in “Mrs. Chatterjee Vs. Norway”: Oftentimes, in the film medium, messages are conveyed through various means besides dialogues. Silences, body movements, expressions, lighting, and color convey a lot…
Dev Anand starrer Prem Pujari (1970) Movie Essay: How should someone look at a film which dabbles into multiple territories of emotions, moods, and even genres of films, and while doing so,…
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Missed Connections (2023), Netflix Movie Ending Explained: Jelise Chung’s ‘Missed Connections’ follows the story of a hopeless romantic. Mae, who meets Norman by a chance encounter, falls madly in love with him.…
School of Lies (Season 1) Review: The show opens with someone seeing what he should not have. It is late at night in a boarding school. The opening note is ominous and…
I follow a common rule of thumb when completely engrossed in a long-form narrative. The time it takes me to recall or dissect plot moments as flaws after I have finished watching…
Medellin (2023): Medellin presents for its viewers a flavorful meeting of French elegance and Colombian salsa. The action thriller has recently been released on Prime Video and stars Frank Gastmabide, Ramzy Bedia,…
The Good Bad Mother (Season 1), Episodes 11 & 12 Recap & Ending Explained: The latest two episodes of the Netflix K-drama, The Good Bad Mother, show a terrifying accident at the…
City on Fire Episode 6: The previous episode of ‘City on Fire’ explored the connection between the fires in the city and the lives and status of its characters. After William learns…
Virginie Efria is everywhere. The French actress has been such a regular in contemporary cinema post her breakthrough role in Justin Triet’s (current Palme d’Or winner) 2016 film ‘In Bed with Victoria’…
Release almost two years ago, the Netflix original ‘2 Hearts’ is on the streaming giant’s top charts yet again. Lance Hool directs the tear-jerker that stars Euphoria fame stars Jacob Elordi as…
