Netflix and Chill – Ramin Bahrani’s ‘White Tiger’ (2021) Review
Arvind Adiga’s ‘White Tiger’ is a satirical study of the huge class divide that exists in the country. It’s a scathing tale of one man who crosses barriers to overcome […]
The Top Ten Performances Of Robert Duvall, Ranked.
In 1981, the New York Times declared him Americas greatest actor. Long before that, before his great success on film, acting guru Sanford Meisner said, “There are two great actors […]
The Ten Best Hindi Films Of 2020, Ranked.
The year 2020 was cruel to everyone including the film watchers, as it led many films to postpone their releases. Majority of the films were released on the OTT platforms. […]
The Ten Best Films Of 2020, Ranked.
As Bob Dylan prophetically sang in the mournful, timely song “The Times are a-Changin’” and indeed 2020 brought many changes that will be felt for years to come. The movie-going […]
The 15 Best Hindi Web Series Of 2020, Ranked.
The year 2020 will always be known as the year when hell was unleashed all over the world, in the form of Covid-19. Rendering the world virtually worthless, this disease […]
Revisiting The Classics – Alan J Pakula’s ‘All the President’s Men’ (1976)
Robert Redford, always a political activist, bought the rights to the book written by the two reporters who exposed Watergate, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. He knew in his gut […]
Revisiting The Classics – Sidney Lumet’s ‘Network’ (1976)
Sidney Lumet’s lacerating black comedy, ‘Network’, which is also a cautionary film about the power of television seemed to see far into the future with blistering clarity, exploring how reality […]
Revisiting The Classics – Roman Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’ (1974)
The old fashioned credits begin and over them we hear solemn music, then a solitary horn, lonely and mournful, foreshadowing what J.J. Gittes (Jack Nicholson) will feel by the end […]
Netflix and Chill – Anurag Basu’s ‘Ludo’ (2020) Review
The game of Ludo represents the randomness of life. Nobody can predict the next number on the dice, as it’s being rolled by the player. Just like the arbitrary events […]
Netflix and Chill: Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ Review
There was a time Steven Spielberg was going to direct this, but it never seemed to jell, not even the great Spielberg could get the film off the ground. As […]
The 50 Greatest Scenes In American Films (1920-2019) – Part 1
They sear themselves into our brains as we see them, staying there forever, on playback in the landscape of our minds. They are the greatest scenes in movie history and […]
Netflix and Chill – ‘Bad Boys Billionaires: India’ Review
While watching the episodes of ‘Bad Boys Billionaires: India’, you find yourself being amazed, getting in awe of these people who got embroiled into the greatest ever financial scams. As […]
Revisiting The Classics – Martin Scorsese’s ‘Goodfellas’ (1990)
Sitting down to explore the finest films directed by Martin Scorsese, most might think his seething black and white boxing biography ‘Raging Bull’ (1980) might top the list. Visceral, bloody, […]
TIFF 2020 Exclusive: ‘Good Joe Bell’ and ‘I am Greta’ Review
Our correspondent John H Foote writes the review from the ground zero of #TIFF2020 GOOD JOE BELL Based on the true stories of Jaden Bell and his father Joe, portrayed […]
