A Suitable Boy – An Unsuitable, Inconsistently Paced Adaptation
With such a great star-cast that featured the likes of Tabu, Ram Kapoor, Ishaan Khatter, Namit Das, Vijay Varma, Vinay Pathak, and more, A Suitable Boy was a much-awaited BBC…
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Vandana Devi
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Enola Holmes, Netflix – She Might Just Be Your New Favourite Holmes Sibling
If you look at the team that put together Enola Holmes, it gives you an assurance – this is definitely going to be a fun ride. And a fun ride…
Let’s Talk About – Auteur Theory
In very simple terms, Auteur theory is a theory of filmmaking in which the director is the most important and relevant person in the film. The director wields the camera…
Let’s Talk About – Melodrama
Melodrama, as the name suggests, is exaggerated drama. Everything is turned up to the highest volume. The key features of Melodrama include excessive emotions, high drama, telling music and more.…
Let’s Talk About – Light And Colour
Movies are more than just the stories and the plots. Movies are pieces of art. Sometimes, if you pay close attention, you can see so many little details that add…
Let’s Talk About – Neo-Noir Films
To understand Neo-noir, we might first need to look at what Film Noir used to be. During the 1940s and 50s in America, there was a shift in the mood…
Kappela – Intelligent Filmmaking With Astounding Performances
You cannot help but marvel at the new crop of Malayalam films out there. The new vanguard has all but taken over the filmmakers of the early 2000s. Their experimental…
Da 5 Bloods, Netflix – A Lesson In History And A Lesson In Filmmaking
This Spike Lee joint, like other Spike Lee joints, is a phenomenal work of art. It’s more than a film, it truly is a work of art. It’s visually complex.…
Mrs. America – Iconic Plot and Masterful Performances
Fanboys and Fangirls would pause multiple times in a Zack Snyder flick to see the beauty of the shots, to see the quality of the frames. I would suggest everyone…
Varane Avashyamund – Come For Shobana, Stay For Shobana
Varane Avashyamund is the directorial debut of Anoop Sathyan and produced by the very popular Dulquer Salman. This movie had everything going for it. It promised a stellar cast with…