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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

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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

Tow (2025)

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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)

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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

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

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 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

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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Netflix's iHostage: Complete Cast & Character Guide

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Netflix’s iHostage: Complete Cast & Character Guide

Reversi (2025) Movie

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Reversi (2025) Movie Ending Explained: Does Akid’s Journey Prove That Acceptance Is Stronger Than Regret?

Angelina Jolie 2022 Rom-com - Life or Something Like It Netflix

This Angelina Jolie Rom-Com from 2002 is now a Netflix hit, despite a 28% RT score

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HBO’s The Last of Us Dramatizes A Controversial Death From The Game, And It’s Just As Brutal

Sinners (2025)

Sinners (2025) Movie Ending and Post-Credit Scenes Explained & Themes Analyzed: What Does Sammie’s Fate Represent?

Lust, Caution (2007) Ang Lee Movies

The 10 Best Ang Lee Movies

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Istanbul Encyclopedia (Netflix TV Mini Series, Istanbul Ansiklopedisi – 2025) Recap & Ending Explained: How Did the City Itself Shape Zehra’s Identities?

Friendship (2025)

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Friendship (2025) Movie Review: An Endurance Test of Comedy That Is Hilarious, Yet Existential

Tinctoria (2025)

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Tinctoria (2025) MAMI Select Short Film Review: Singling Out the Stain of Shame From the Stain of Indigo