What Films Get Wrong About Drug Addiction
One of the most fundamental parts of writing a memorable, likable character is the idea of pathos. Pathos is the…
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25 Great Dad Movies: Memorable Fatherhood Movies of The 21st Century
The relationship between a father and his kids is strangely beautiful. Unlike the relationship you share with your mother, this…
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The Stepford Wives [2004]: Dress-up and Denial
Satire is really hard to pull off. This is a genre that demands a very specific checklist of elements for…
Exploring Black Male Queerness and Notions of Masculinity in Moonlight
‘In Moonlight, Black Boys Look Blue’: Exploring Black Male Queerness and Notions of Masculinity in Moonlight Black Cinema, right from…
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Raw [2016] – The Horrors of Growing Up and Conforming to the Cliques
All the institutions in our society jab at the principles we live by. While the alleged democratic society champions’ individuality…
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Before Sunrise [1995]: A beautiful love poem
When a young filmmaker named Richard Linklater visited Philadelphia after shooting his debut film in 1989, he met a woman…
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Get Out [2017]: Stay Woke OR Sink To The Floor
Jordan Peele’s Get Out presents itself as a horror film, as it toured and won hearts at the Sundance Film…
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The President [2014] – A Harrowing Drama on the Endless Cycle of Subjugation and Violence
Human rights activist and renowned Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s The President (2014) opens in highly fascinating manner. A dictator of…
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Personal Shopper [2016] – An Imaginative Examination of Grief and Personal Identity
French film-maker Oliver Assayas has made divisive range of films in his three-plus decades film-making career. From the ‘Day for…