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 […]
Twenty Years Of The Oscars – Best Actor Awards
Should they or was another actor more worthy? Was their performance truly for the ages, as an Academy Award winning performance should be, or a win to atone for losing […]
Netflix and Chill – ‘The Serpent’ (2021) Review
It was the year 1997 when every newspaper was screaming aloud about the one man, who despite the overwhelming evidence against him, walked free out of an Indian jail. Infamously […]
The Oscars 2021 – Academy Contenders Reflecting The Times?
Films are often thought to be a purely escapist art form when in fact some of the greatest films ever made both comment and educate on historical and modern happenings, […]
Mari Selvaraj’s ‘Karnan’ (2021) Review
‘Karnan’ opens with a young girl lying on a road suffering from an epileptic fit and on the brink of death. Lorries and Buses pass by, but no-one stops. She eventually […]
Amazon Prime – Anudeep KV’s ‘Jathi Ratnalu’ (2021) Review
Comedy is a serious business. Gags can turn into boring ‘hmms’ and uninterested ’zzzs’ if the jokes don’t land well. Satire can fall flat, if it doesn’t serve its purpose. […]
Dibakar Banerjee’s ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ (2021) Review
On the breakfast table, a guest asks Sandeep about the fluctuations of the stock market to which her landlord rather snidely remarks that a lady who handles the customer service […]
Zack Snyder’s ‘Justice League’ (2021) Review
Have you ever heard of Leonardo Da Vinci’s greatest unfinished painting called ‘St Jerome’? The unfinished painting hangs in the Vatican Museums whose greatness lies in its details. A closer […]
The Academy Awards 2021 Nomination – The Cinemawala Prediction.
On March 15, the Academy Award nominations will begin the countdown to the biggest year of the year in Hollywood. Wildly late, and leaned down to the pandemic, this year’s […]
Marvel’s ‘WandaVision’ (2021) Season Review
This article contains spoilers about the MCU films ‘Age Of Ultron’, ‘Infinity War’ and ‘End Game’. If you’re yet to watch those films, do not read further. You’ve been warned! […]
