Seberg (2019) tells the real life story surrounding young Hollywood star Jean Seberg and her surveillance by the FBI in the 1960s and 70s. Following her public support of (and donations to) the Black Panthers in the early 60s, Seberg… Continue Reading
” Boredom makes men to villian” This is exactly what you feel when you watch The Lighthouse. The Lighthouse (2019) offers a different kind of thrill, something which hasn’t been seen in a while. There are so many things which… Continue Reading
Within the few opening minutes of the new Netflix film Yeh Ballet (2020), director Sooni Taraporevala efficiently establishes the texture and underlying associations of the film. A stunning aerial view of the Mumbai-Worli sea link, a symbol of high privilege,… Continue Reading
In Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad (2020), when Taapsee Pannu’s Amrita covers her face a moment after she is slapped by her husband, there is an almost deafening silence. She glances sideways to check who had seen her in that instant, and… Continue Reading
“If you are looking for a happy ending, you won’t find one here.” That’s the warning every Korean horror movie should come with. Sheer, morbid curiosity about the craft, is what makes a person delve into this band of horror.… Continue Reading
Abyakto (2020) traces a relationship marred by a failure in communication. Director Arjunn Dutta takes an essential spoke of a subject, doesn’t say anything quite new but uses a remarkably fresh treatment to deliver an ambient, richly moody cinematic experience.… Continue Reading
What does it take to make a movie scene effective? Is it only the actors and the dialogues or there are other aspects too? The way cinema is perceived as an art of storytelling it takes more than just the… Continue Reading
I first saw 500 Days of Summer (2009) when I was in my adolescence and loved it but at the same time, felt that the character of Summer(played by Zooey Deschanel) was a complete “bitch” who simply loved to toy with… Continue Reading
Rising above the romantic genre clichés filmmakers have now advanced to explore more about love and complicated relationships. Talking about cinema, it has changed a lot over years and will continue to change as we progress. One such thing that… Continue Reading
Ever since Martin Scorsese’s epic gangster drama The Irishman (2019) was screened at the New York Film Festival, the reviews have been unanimously excellent, with Indiewire praising it as “Scorsese’s best work since Goodfellas.” But the film, which chronicles the… Continue Reading