Yeh Ballet [2020] Netflix Review – A typical underdog tale laden with umteenth cliches
The new Netflix original ‘Yeh Ballet’ takes us back to the unseen talents from Dharavi. As if Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Gully…
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Miss Americana [2020] Netflix Review- Purely for the “Swifties”
Miss Americana [2020, Netflix] focuses on Taylor Swift who until recently was the youngest solo artist to win for Best…
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Acasa, My Home [2020]: ‘Sundance’ Review – Taming the Civil Way of Life
‘Acasa, My Home’ follows the Enaches, a Romani family marginally attached to Romania’s capital city of Bucharest comprising a couple…
20 Criminally Underrated Films of 2019
20 Criminally Underrated Films of 2019: 2019 has been a great year for films. The veteran film-makers like Quentin Tarantino,…
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Dark Waters [2019] Review– A Conventional yet Compelling Account of Toxic Chemical Pollution
Todd Haynes’ Dark Waters (2019) tells one of the biggest, blood-curdling stories of corporate malfeasance. Through the slightly dramatized tale…
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Rome, Open City [1945] Review – A Powerful Lament on the Quiet Defiance of War-Afffected Italians
Film-maker and screenwriter Paul Schrader in his remarkable introduction essay to the new edition of his seminal film theory text,…
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Lumumba [2000] Review – An Informative and Poignant Political Docu-Drama
Haitian film-maker and political activist Raoul Peck through swift dramatizations has persistently explored the traumas of post-colonial turbulence. Though born…
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Verdict [2019]: ‘TIFF’ Review – Authentic but Lacking
Verdict (2019) rests on a simple and effective premise. Pushed to her breaking point, a Philippine wife and mother decides…
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Salvatore Giuliano [1962] Review – A Portrait of Sicily through the Tale of an Enigmatic Bandit
The island of Sicily in Italy was invaded by the Allied forces in 1943, indirectly leading to the reemergence of…