Srilekha Mitra, Author at The Red Sparrow

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A Beginners Guide to Agnès Varda: Understanding France Through the Godfather of The French New Wave

Posted on December 5, 2023December 5, 2023
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bySrilekha Mitra

Agnès Varda belonged to the Left Bank Side of the French New Movement, which was strongly tied to the ‘nouveau roman’ movement in literature. Her works are an amalgamation of…

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Napoleon: Ridley Scott’s Historical Drama Depicts the French Emperor As A Tormented Lover Rather Than A Great Warrior – Review

Posted on November 25, 2023November 25, 2023
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bySrilekha Mitra

Napoleon Bonaparte and his saga of valour are etched in the pages of history for over eons now. Many directors such as Abel Gance and Sergei Bondarchuk have already made…

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BIFF: A Look at the Towering Influence of Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa & Kaagaz Ke Phool

Posted on September 4, 2023September 4, 2023
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bySrilekha Mitra

Guru Dutt is undoubtedly one of the greatest showmen of Indian cinema, but what makes him great is his representation of the predicament of artists who are entrapped in the…

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Asteroid City: Wes Anderson’s Film is Replete with Beckettian Absurdity

Posted on August 28, 2023August 28, 2023
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bySrilekha Mitra

Wes Anderson’s films are characterized by their delightful blend of cinema and architecture accompanied with exotic colour palettes conveying the emotional overtones of the characters. There’s a grain of eccentricity…

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The Banshees Of Inisherin Allegorically Reflects The Turbulent Times In Irish History Through A Fractured Friendship

The Irish War of Independence was a period of gory, anarchy and tumult for Ireland. Many promising young leaders who could have brought glory to the country died in this…

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Bablyon Explicates The Dynamism Of Cinema With Changing Times

Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” depicts the journey of the world of cinema approximately dating from 1926 till 1952, twenty six years almost three decades in a span of three hours, it…

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How Everything Everywhere All At Once Subverts The Notions of Reality and Identity

Posted on February 22, 2023February 22, 2023
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bySrilekha Mitra

Reality is fluid and can be perceived in many different ways, every person has their own reality and or maybe multiple realities but what matters for an individual is reconciling…

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Bob Biswas – A Dichotomy Between Conscience And Compulsion

Posted on December 3, 2021December 3, 2021
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bySrilekha Mitra

Bob Biswas was an intrinsic character of the movie ‘Kahaani’ whose uncanny presence accompanied by his folded hands when he introduced himself to his victims as “Nomoshkar, Ami Bob Biswas.”…

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Sherni, Amazon Prime – Its Woman VS Patriarchy In This Vidya Balan Stunner

Sherni, on the surface, narrates the tale of a man-eater tigress who poses threat to a village situated in the vicinity of Madhya Pradesh. However, it is steeped in intense…

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Gulabo Sitabo – A Non-Critical Journey Of Greed Filled With Laughter And Warmth

Little Things – An extraordinary peep into the ordinary

Rajma Chawal – A dose of love, from home

Srilekha Mitra

A Beginners Guide to Agnès Varda: Understanding France Through the Godfather of The French New Wave

Napoleon: Ridley Scott’s Historical Drama Depicts the French Emperor As A Tormented Lover Rather Than A Great Warrior – Review

BIFF: A Look at the Towering Influence of Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa & Kaagaz Ke Phool

Asteroid City: Wes Anderson’s Film is Replete with Beckettian Absurdity

The Banshees Of Inisherin Allegorically Reflects The Turbulent Times In Irish History Through A Fractured Friendship

Bablyon Explicates The Dynamism Of Cinema With Changing Times

How Everything Everywhere All At Once Subverts The Notions of Reality and Identity

Bob Biswas – A Dichotomy Between Conscience And Compulsion

Sherni, Amazon Prime – Its Woman VS Patriarchy In This Vidya Balan Stunner

A Beginners Guide to Agnès Varda: Understanding France Through the Godfather of The French New Wave

Animal: Ranbir Kapoor Elevates This Heightened Masala Entertainer With One Of His Career Best Performances – Review

Sam Bahadur: Resorts to Conventions of A Punctured Down Template While Turning the Story Into a Footnote of Loose Chapters – Review

What Watching Kal Ho Naa Ho For the First Time On Its 20th Anniversary Made Me Realize

Deconstructing The Ineffable Charm of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Concert Film

Napoleon: Ridley Scott’s Historical Drama Depicts the French Emperor As A Tormented Lover Rather Than A Great Warrior – Review

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