My first reaction on learning of Sanju’s existence was “why?”. Sanjay Dutt is not your conventional celebrity and has a murky past. But is his story interesting enough to warrant a 2.5-hour…
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The deafening silence of the mute protagonist echoes the rampant corruption and conservatism of China that has slowly snipped the light of hope away from the working class, pushed them in deep…
The Return [2018]: ‘NYAFF’ Review The Return’s premiere this year at the New York Film Festival – the Korean film’s sixth festival screening in what has turned out to be an immense…
The Looming Storm [2018] – A Slow-Burn Procedural with Potent Social Commentary The rapidly industrialized provincial towns, the anonymity and isolation of the local working population have served as the dangerous…
An interesting journey into the mind of a serial killer that also touches on themes of voyeurism, loneliness, childhood trauma, sexual repression & the art of filmmaking, Peeping Tom was torn to…
Isle of Dogs Review [2018]: Creating resonance through a language barrier To quickly summarize the plot, Isle of Dogs tells the story of a near-future Japan that has quarantined all dogs onto…
A good horror movie can scare the shit out of audience. But scares only work if the audience is invested in characters. That’s why it is important to create empathy for the characters before you put them in a life-threatening situation. In this article, I discuss some of the techniques that Jennifer Kent uses in The Babadook to create empathy for the characters.
End of Summer [2018]: ‘NYAFF’ Review Debutant director Zhou Quan’s End Of Summer is undoubtedly the unadulterated version of what’s wrong with modern day pressures of matching a significant standard of living,…