10 Best Soviet Silent Comedy Films
In a lot of ways, silent cinema was an accomplished art. While the German expressionist school of film-making in the…
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Courier (1986) Review – A Poignant Coming-of-Age Drama Set in the Twilight of Soviet Union
In the mid-1980s, general secretary of the Communist Party and the leader of Soviet Russia Mikhail Gorbachev launched a series…
The Best Films Watched in 2020
.The less said, the better about the last year – 2020. It started with an Oscar euphoria – Bong Joon-ho’s…
10 Great Films On Hotstar You Can Stream Right Now
10 Great Films On Hotstar That You Can Stream Right Now: After Netflix and Amazon Prime, Hotstar is one of…
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The Twentieth Century [2020] Review: The art of Storytelling at its most Cinematically Bizarre
Toronto, Canada. 1899, merely before the dawn of a new century. William Mackenzie King is one of the highly suited…
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Gaza Mon Amour [2020]: ‘TIFF’ Review – A unconventionally charming romance amidst police discourse
Arab and Tarzan Nasser are twin brother filmmakers from Gaza. Their sophomore film is a sweet-natured romance within a conservative…
The 50 Best Films Of 2019
Making this end of the year list is a cathartic experience for me. In a way, I get to tell…
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The Firemen’s Ball [1967] – A Bewitching Satire on Human Frailties and Political Groupthink
The Firemen’s Ball (‘Hori ma panenko’, 1967) was Milos Forman’s first color and last Czech film. Why would a comedy…
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Coffee and Cigarettes [2003] Review – Discerning the Sublime among the Quotidian Banality
Jim Jarmusch’s movies often spring up from the characters; or he creates characters with a specific actor in mind. After…