The Interval Scene of Ishq (2019): “I am a man, I need to know” “Oh, I didn’t see any of this manliness yesterday” This conversation between the lovers at exactly the half-way…

The Interval Scene of Ishq (2019): “I am a man, I need to know” “Oh, I didn’t see any of this manliness yesterday” This conversation between the lovers at exactly the half-way…
An elephant trumpets in the background when we first see Ayyappan in Sachy’s highly entertaining action drama, Ayyappanum Koshiyum (2020). Ayyappan (Biju Menon) is a SI working in the Attappadi forest area…
Frank Krutnik identifies three types of noirs that feature a male protagonist in a certain form of masculinity. There is the man as a professional (most likely in a respectable job like…
Spike Jonze’s Her is one of the most powerful sci-fi films I have ever seen. Its commentary on techno-social isolation and loneliness is deeply cutting, and not at all far from how…
German film-maker Valeska Grisebach’s long-overdue third feature Western (2018) has got poker-faced men, horses, guns, and magnificent outdoor scenery as in the genre the movie’s title denotes. But it’s neither set in…