Jai Bhim (2021) Prime Video Review: A Loud Legal Drama that Iconizes its Protagonist at the Cost of its Subjects
Jai Bhim (2021) Prime Video Review: At a crucial junction in the film as the second act concludes and the…
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Number 26 (2021) Short Film Review: A Hypnotic Inspection of a Felony
In her debut short Number 26 (2021), an emerging Georgian director Gvantsa Mepharishvili examines the psychological turmoil of a ski…
Snakehead (2021): A Bildungsroman, Fresh in Spirit but Old in Storytelling
We enter into the film and the United States of America with our protagonist, Sister Tse, an immigrant from China,…
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House of Secrets [2021] ‘Netflix’ Review: Case Analysis Beyond the News Headlines
Netflix released the three-part mini docu-series ‘House of Secrets: The Burari Diaries’ in October 2021 and has taken the OTT…
The Medium Movie Explained: Ending, Themes & Spiritual Confusion and Karmic Retribution Analysed
The Medium (2021) is a Thai-South Korean supernatural-horror film that marks the return of filmmaker Banjong Pisanthanakun to straight horror…
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Becoming Cousteau [2021] Review – A brilliant reminder on the transformational legacy of Jacques-Yves Cousteau
In the opening minutes of Liz Garbus’s outstanding, endlessly watchable documentary on the life and legacy of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the…
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Moving On [2019] Review – A Tender Family Drama Reminiscent of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Works
In his debut feature Maborosi, Hirokazu Kore-eda dissects the post-loss period of an individual’s encounter, recognition, and eventually, settlement with…
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Seeding Change [2021] Review – An inspiring and sustainable way of doing business
There’s no other way to start talking about a socially, moreover, environmentally aware documentary than to bring the climate crises…
A Deconstruction of Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker Trilogy
I had watched a couple of Kiarostami’s films early on in my life and I wasn’t very enthused by his…