The Crime Behind The Curtain: Looking Back at ‘Yavanika,’ a Cinematic Masterpiece
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances. …
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Can HOPE Survive Between TWO INDIAS? Karan Tejpal’s ‘Stolen’ Brilliantly Attempts To Find Out
Karan Tejpal’s “Stolen” (2025), backed by Anurag Kashyap, Gaurav Dhingra, Kiran Rao, Nikhil Advani, and Vikramaditya Motwane, is a scintillating…
“The True Way to Do Everything Is Through Empathy”: Faraz Ali on His Short Film ‘Obur,’ on Empathy, and on His Experience of Spending a Week With Werner Herzog
In her article Playing Cricket in Eidgah: Affective Labour in Kashmiri Childhood(s), Sarbani Sharma postulates “the figure of the Kashmiri…
Characterising the Space: The Cinematic Space as the Protagonist in ‘Laila Aur Satt Geet’ (2020)
Cinematic space has the potential to transcend the limited four borders of the frame and go beyond, and sometimes, even…
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Tow (2025) ‘Tribeca’ Movie Review: A Fierce and Spectacular Rose Byrne Lifts This Drama Of Resistance
Adapted from a real-life incident, Stephanie Laing’s “Tow” is a stirring celebration of a woman who took on the system….
Ground Zero (2025) Movie Ending Explained: What Happens to Ghazi Baba?
Ground Zero” is a 2025 movie directed by Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar that features an ensemble cast led by Emraan…
Dreams on a Train: Psychoanalysis and the Subconscious Journey in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’ (1966)
In Satyajit Ray’s “Nayak: The Hero” (1966), there is a very important scene set in a flashback. It is an…
Queering the Routes and Roots in the ‘Sancharram’ (The Journey, 2004)
The term LGBTQ has gained significant importance in the academic parlance, too. The glimpse of lesbian life and the transgressive…
Stolen (2025) Movie Review: No Escape From the Mob in This Pulsating Thriller That Deconstructs Class Privilege
One of the more interesting revelations of the 2023 edition of the JIO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival so far has…