I had watched a couple of Kiarostami’s films early on in my life and I wasn’t very enthused by his linear storytelling, long takes and mundane landscape shots. To an extent that…
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10 Great Films That Helped Cinema Grow As An Art Form: Since the inception of the medium, films have garnered new meanings for their ever-expansive exploration over the decades. From the Soviet…
Road movies are difficult to tabulate. More so because they mirror the styles of various popular genres like comedy (It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, World), action-thriller (Mad Max), or horror (Zombieland), amongst…
The Persian title of ‘There Is No Evil’ is ‘Sheytân vojūd nadârad.’ This translates to ‘Satan does not exist.’ As I revisit the film, this reminds me of what Chloé Zhao said…
“But in the end, one needs more courage to live than to kill himself” – Albert Camus Arguably the most debated philosophical problem in history, it’s moral, ethical and religious reasonings entangled…
The 75 Best Movies of the 2010s Decade The decade of the 2010s was a wild cinematic ride, taking me on a coming-of-age journey unlike any other. It all began with a…
