Netflix and Chill – ‘Ray’ (2021) Review
The great Satyajit Ray, while writing the review for Vittorio De Sica’s ‘The Bicycle Thief’ (1948), had once said – “For a popular medium, the best kind of inspiration should derive […]
Amazon Prime: Amit Masurkar’s ‘Sherni’ (2021) Review
“Bandar baat ka khela.. khele main hai jhamele bade.. Neend main hoe hazamat, jaage toh phir tote ude…” “Bandar-baat”, aka the story of two cats fighting for a cake and […]
Revisiting The Classics – Oliver Stone’s ‘Natural Born Killers’ (1994)
More than a quarter-century has passed since Oliver Stone’s electrifying ‘Natural Born Killers’ first thundered onto movie screens for the first time, alighting a hurricane of controversy. By the nineties, […]
Amazon Prime Original – ‘The Family Man’ – Season 2 Review
“Doing something great is overrated because then people expect that from you all the time. What they don’t realise, is you’re as screwed up as they are”. ~ Mare Sheehan, […]
‘Mare Of Easttown’ (2021) Review
Mistakes. If the life of a human being has to be summarised in one word, it would be – mistakes. Since biblical times, our actions or inactions are often labelled […]
‘Friends: The Reunion’ (2021) Review
So no one told you life was gonna be this way? If you go on clapping along with the next set of tunes, well, there you are – fan spotted! […]
Netflix and Chill – ‘Alma Matters: Inside The IIT Dream’ (2021) Review
In the year 2001, which now feels a lifetime ago, I had appeared for the IIT JEE entrance examination. Thanks to the inherent herd mentality, everyone in the study group […]
Tharun Moorty’s ‘Operation Java’ (2021) Review
In today’s world, the whole of humanity is governed by the iron hands of technology. Everywhere we go, everything we do, we knowingly or unknowingly leave a digital footprint that […]
TVF’s ‘Aspirants’ (2021) Review
If you, like myself, hang around the internet, chances are that you have heard of this series. Now you may ask – “ We hear of every new release that is […]
Ray@100 – The Evil Men and Women Of Satyajit Ray’s Films
Satyajit Ray. The Wikipedia depiction of the man’s talent doesn’t do any justice to his artistry. A multifaceted person who was an auteur, a storyteller, an artist, a musician and […]
Twenty Years Of The Oscars – Best Actress Snubs!
Amy Adams has been a frequent nominee for Best Actress, yet has just as many times been a shocking omission, ‘Enchanted’ (2007) and ‘Arrival’ (2016) the most bizarre of the […]
Twenty Years Of The Oscars – Best Actor Snubs!
In honour of the great Delroy Lindo, one in a very long line of actors snubbed cruelly (this year) for his sterling performance in ‘Da Five Bloods’, I went back […]
Netflix and Chill – ‘Ajeeb Daastans’ (2021) Review
Anthology films are the flavour of the season. Several short films are put together, with a single theme or thought process which eventually speaks about the stories as a whole. […]
Twenty Years Of The Oscars – Best Actress Awards
And now the ladies! Did they win because of the sheer genius of their performance, or because they were “due” or for sentimental reasons, or they represented the flavour of […]
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