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Going Clear [2015]: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Going Clear [2015]: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

ByPallavi Tripathi

Going clear is a documentary but it works like a horror film because of the content it deals with. The structure of Scientology as deciphered by Alex Gibney through the interviews of multiple heads of the church who has now left the church due to the ‘assault’ inflicted upon them by the church is depicated quite effectively. The true horror comes with the revelation that people were doing what they were doing, however unethical and immoral it may be with full conscious and will.

The 400 Blows [1959]: An unsentimental film about Adolescence

The 400 Blows [1959]: An unsentimental film about Adolescence

ByAmritt Rukhaiyaar

I did read quite a bit about Francois Truffaut before watching ‘The 400 Blows’ and found the man notoriously interesting. Before Truffaut made his debut as a film director, he was a vehement film critic who infamously stripped movies he didn’t like, in his reviews. His harsh film criticism barred him from attending the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. Only one year later, he won the Best Director Award at the same festival for his debut film The 400 Blows. He was also one of the men who devised “The Auteur Theory”,

Jean Vigo: The Man who achieved Poetry with Prosaic Words and Acts
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Jean Vigo: The Man who achieved Poetry with Prosaic Words and Acts

ByPallavi Tripathi

We live in the time where we question ourselves every minute- in the name of existentialism – is it worth it ? So, here is a person who lived only for 29 years, struggled all his life, had to battle illness along with the financial crisis to make and release his films. His films live, breath and leaves an impression on hearts, minds and soul of its viewer more than 80 years after it has released. Probably, that answers all the existential question

Cartel Land [2015]: On the Frontlines of Narco Culture

Cartel Land [2015]: On the Frontlines of Narco Culture

ByArun Kumar

At one early point in Director Matthew Heineman’s vibrant, drug war documentary Cartel Land (2015), we see a worn out, weeping woman talking about how her husband was kidnapped and tortured in horrific, unspeakable ways. The woman’s terrifying experience might make us think of “Cartel Land” as a subjective documentary on Mexico’s hazardous narco culture. But, surprisingly the documentary ends up being an objective one as Heineman accomplishes what he had set out to do – ‘to observe & document’.

10 Great Films High On Films Recommends: 3rd Edition

10 Great Films High On Films Recommends: 3rd Edition

ByHigh on Films

As one of the Angulo Brothers says Mr. Blonde’s lines while they were enacting the whole climax of Reservoir Dogs, my first reaction to it was exactly like Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction when he was told that hash is legal in Amsterdam, “oh man, I am going” he said out of excitement, I was almost that excited. Here are the 10 films that made it to the 3rd edition of our ‘HOF-Men Recommend’ Series. You can check out the 1st and 2nd Edition at the end of this post.

Bakita Byaktigato (2013) Review: Of fantasy and Realism..

Bakita Byaktigato (2013) Review: Of fantasy and Realism..

ByRohitavra Majumdar

How would you react if you were told that there exists a parallel world, along with yours, which is only far better, happier than the world you live in; and there is some sort of magical portal to reach it? Would you believe it? Do you, in general, believe in magic realism or parallel universe or alternative reality? How do you, in fact, draw a line between imagination and reality?

Pawn Sacrifice (2014): Complex as Chess

Pawn Sacrifice (2014): Complex as Chess

ByNafees Ahmed

Boris Spassky shudders and says his agent after he wins the first match against his arch-rival Bobby Fischer. What cost Fischer that certainly drawn match was his unconscious blunder move of sacrificing his pawn. But if we take a closer look at the life of Bobby Fischer, the above quote sums up his psyche of how earnestly he took the game of Chess.