Creatura (2023) is a Catalan-language film by Spanish filmmaker and actor Elena Martin Gimeno, which was screened at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. It boldly explores an adult woman’s sexuality, her emotional hangups (including…
Reviews
Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery (2023) Review: Social satire is supposed to be a form of witty criticism aimed at societal flaws. While it’s not written in stone that a witty delivery is…
Robots (2023) Review: Artificial intelligence is all the rage in today’s world. Since the news about ChatGPT bringing content to the fingertips of human beings, we haven’t for a moment stopped speculating…
Inshallah A Boy (2023) Movie Review: Inshallah A Boy (2023), a realist drama in the spirit of Dardenne Brothers, marks director Amjad Al Rasheed’s Cannes feature debut as well as his home…
Directed by Raj Rachakonda, ‘8 AM Metro’ follows two strangers who meet by chance encounter on a metro and feel a strong connection. Iravati (played by Saiyami Kher), a married woman from…
Indonesian documentary filmmaker Ismail Fahmi Lubis’ Help Is on the Way (2020) offers a broader and deeply personal look at the plight of domestic workers and caregivers. A stat in the opening…
Essays & Columns
Love, Politics, and Identity in Dil Se: Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se.. (1998) is a musical drama chronicling the romance between Amar (Shah Rukh Khan), an earnest and curious journalist for All India…
Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead Trilogy Essay: The 1980s is the decade that unequivocally stands as the valedictorian when it comes to the horror genre in Hollywood cinema. On the bedrock of…
On Race Relations & Queerness in Far From Heaven (2002): Three years into the 2020s, the cultural reckoning resulting from the Black Lives Matter movement has forced mainstream media and Hollywood at…
The Dominance of the South Indian Films: According to the recent Ormax Media report, the Indian gross Box office stood at Rs 10,637 Cr in 2022, just Rs 300 Cr less than…
Joel Grey in ‘Man on a Swing’ (1974): In the early 1970s, US director Frank Perry (of the ‘David and Lisa,’ ‘The Swimmer’ fame) had just come out of two back-to-back, women-in-distress…
There are going to be spoilers about the third episode of Succession Season 4. So please don’t progress further unless you have seen “Connor’s Wedding”. The title of this episode is misleading.…
All Posts
Although the obviousness of the title of this article is very obvious, here’s a clarification: this is a ranking of all the feature-length Spider-Man movies. A Wikipedia article on Spider-Man movies shows…
Saint X (Season 1 Finale) Episode 8: I have to give it to ‘Saint X’ for delivering a finale that ties up every loose thread. It does not leave you with any…
Family (2023) Review: Don Palathara’s new film, Family, has a lurking quality to it. Concrete information is skirted as the filmmaker opts for storytelling premised upon implication and gives free rein to…
Happiness Battle (Season 1), Episode 2: This episode gets us hooked with the most unexpected twist at the ending. The show takes us on an emotional journey filled with anger and hate…
Silo (Season 1), Episode 6 Recap & Ending Explained: Apple TV+ sci-fi drama series Silo takes a sharp turn as Juliette digs deeper into her investigation, discovering the shocking truth about a…
Back when “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” was released around the peak of the MCU wave, it offered an unbounded visceral experience that made the story feel immensely spry and urgent. With its…
Mehdi Avaz’s A Beautiful Life is a musical drama that follows the story of a talented singer. We meet Elliott (played by Christopher), a young fisherman who lives a fairly mundane life.…
Dave (Season 3 Finale), Episodes 9 & 10: As Dave ambles towards the season’s endgame, the actual conflict of the season comes into sharper focus, and it is kind of the same…
