Revisiting The Classics : Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jaws’ (1975)
I had just turned sixteen the first time I saw ‘Jaws’ (1975) not knowing the film and work of the director would alter the course of my life. The film […]
Amazon Prime: Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Gulabo Sitabo’ (2020) Review
For a densely populated country like India, the ratio between a landlord and his/her tenants are one-to-many. Landlords are often seen bickering with the tenants over rents, services provided, conditions […]
Netflix and Chill: Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Choked-Paisa Bolta Hai’ (2020) Review
Anurag Kashyap, the enfant-terrible of contemporary Indian cinema, is back with his latest offering ‘Choked- Paisa Bolta Hai’ on Netflix. Set in 2016, it’s based on a bank employee’s discovery […]
Zee 5 Original: ‘Chintu Ka Birthday’ (2020) Review
Birthdays are supposed to be a day of everlasting fun, especially for kids. Cakes, candles, balloons and gifts can make any kid go crazy on this special day. Well, Chintu […]
Revisiting The Classics : Clint Eastwood’s ‘The Bridges Of Madison County’ (1995)
When Clint Eastwood stepped in to direct the film, there were bowls of protest. Bruce Beresford and Steven Spielberg both toyed with directing the picture, Beresford going so far as […]
Apple TV+ ’s ‘Defending Jacob’ (2020) Review
The small township of Newton gets rocked by the news of a murdered teenager known as Ben Rifkin. Soon voices on the internet and social media point fingers at Jacob […]
Amazon Prime Original: ‘Paatal Lok’ Review
Mythology, is some way or the other, is connected to facts. Perhaps, distorted facts. Some say mythology was the brainchild of the sages. For a layman, it was far more […]
Films That I Like – Akshay Roy’s ‘Meri Pyaari Bindu’ (2017)
Sometimes there are films that you like for no particular reason. Not because of its songs, not because it’s funny or full of melodrama, but for the way, the film […]
Revisiting The Classics : Mike Nichols’s ‘Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf’ (1966)
There are seven great plays of the 20th century that remain as fresh, as powerful and as urgent as the first day they opened on Broadway. They are ‘Death of […]
Revisiting The Classics : Billy Wilder’s ‘Ace In The Hole’ (1951)
Great films that have failed to find an audience have been around since the silent era, so it is no surprise, that in the fifties, the same event took place […]
Amazon Prime Original – ‘The Test – A New Era For Australia’s Team’ (2020) Review
The greatest thing about sports or for that matter, any competitive game is that it brings out the real characteristics of the people involved in it. Whereas individual game or […]
Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ (2019) Review
To begin, in this film in which Eastwood once again explores an underdog railing against authority, the nearly ninety-year-old two times Oscar-winning Best Director has made a very good film, […]
TVF’s ‘Panchayat’ (2020) – Season 1 Review
TVF has been churning out stellar stories for some time now. It has made itself into a solid brand whose core competency is strong storytelling. Shows like ‘Pitchers’, ‘Tripling’, ‘Permanent […]
Leigh Whannell’s ‘The Invisible Man’ (2020) Review
Clint Eastwood once stated that half of his job was done with casting, that once the actors were in place, he could relax and just let them do their job […]
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