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…
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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…
Class of ’83 – Relies Heavily On Voice-Over To Cope With The Narrative, With Nothing New To Add
Based on ‘The Class of 83’ by Hussain Zaidi, this film is about a story of a tough, rigid cop with a tragic past, who creates an experiment with the…
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.…
Raat Akeli Hai – Best Of Both Worlds, Crime Thriller And Social Commentary
Jatil – a name that the protagonist laments, yet it is a perfect name for Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s character. This sanskrit origin name is another name for Shiva, the God of…
Omerta – A Demonic Rajkummar Plays A Cold And Calculative Criminal Mastermind In This Riveting Drama
In one of the scenes, General Mahmud asks Omar Sheikh if he knows why he was chosen? On asking why, he’s been told that it was because he was an…
Raat Akeli Hai – Trailer Talk
Nawazuddin Siddiqui has a certain unrefined charm to him, in a way that’s raw and distinct. Be it his dialogue delivery, his intensity or the rage of his gaze; this…
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…
Aarya – A Complicated Web Of Betrayal, Greed, Love And Family That Doesn’t Miss A Beat
Sushmita Sen plays a desperate but warm mother, who is willing to do anything to protect her family, amidst her family’s business of drugs and internal betrayal. The official remake…
Betaal – An ‘Indianized’ Wrong Turn That Capitalises In A Disaster
There is so much furor when an underdog wins. Be it Murad’s rise as a rapper in Gully Boy or Chennai Super Kings’ win in their comeback season in the…