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Many Cinemas of Manipur
Arijit Sen, an independent journalist, writes about Boong, the winner of the best children’s film at the BAFTA
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The Illusion of Body Positivity in Bollywood: Aditi Rao Hydari’s Gaja Gamini Walk in Heeramandi
Aditi Rao Hydari’s mesmerizing performance of the Gaja Gamini Walk in the song “Saiyaan Hatto Jaao” from the Netflix series “Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar” has taken the Indian media and audience by storm. The Gaja Gamini Walk, considered the epitome of seduction in the Kamasutra, is a graceful and sensual…
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TBR pays tribute to the maestro for his 101st birthday, with ten unique posters that celebrate his films
TBR pays tribute to the maestro for his 101st birthday, with ten unique posters that celebrate his films
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Film Historian SMM Ausaja shares unique hand drawn posters of Raj Kapoor’s films, as a tribute to celebrating 100 years of Raj Kapoor in Hindi cinema.
Film Historian SMM Ausaja shares unique hand drawn posters of Raj Kapoor’s films, as a tribute to celebrating 100 years of Raj Kapoor in Hindi cinema.
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Evolution of Film Publicity Art
Film historian and archivist of vintage film memorabilia, SMM Ausaja, takes us down memory lane of the evolution of Film publicity in the Indian Movie Industry.
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Final Account: The Repeat and Rise of a Dangerous Past
The author discusses the documentary, Final Account; the aftermath of January 6 Capitol Riots and Milgram’s Shock Experiment videos.
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Of Mothers and Daughters: Pedro Almodóvar’s Julieta and Three Alice Munro Short Stories
Pedro Almodóvar’s 20th feature Julieta (2016) stays wholly with its eponymous heroine, played by the vivacious Adriana Ugarte in her younger years and by Emma..
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Fantastic Men and Where to Find Them
Lucy Mills writes about the representation of masculinity in Hollywood films and how it affects the representation of other genders.
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Wakanda forever, lah, beyond the West
TGV is the newer of Miri’s two movie theaters. Past the vendors selling durian and rambutan in the tamu, the stall keepers offering nasi lemak..
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Medea on Prozac
Dyna Kassir’s essay is a collection of speculative thoughts, diverse and scattered but many times blended and regrouped, inspired by the 2008 movie “Slumdog Millionaires” directed by Danny Boyle.
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From Samuel Goldwyn to Andrea Arnold: the transformation of Heathcliff’s filmic identity
Emily Bronte’s Heathcliff is ‘a Lascar’ and a ‘dark-skinned gipsy in aspect’. With the arrival of Heathcliff, the idea associated with him is that of..
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An interview with Shailaja Padindala
The short film ‘Memories of a Machine’ was screened on 15th Oct, 2016 at the Seattle South Asian Film Festival. Written and directed by Shailaja Padindala,..
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2 or 3 Things I Know About Jean-Luc Godard and Luis Bunuel
In 1967 two of the most significant figures in the history of cinema, both of whom were working at the height of their powers, released films on dramatically and coincidentally similar themes: Jean-Luc Godard’s 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her and Luis Bunuel’s Belle de Jour. Michael Paul Hogan studies both movies.
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From ‘Calcutta’ to ‘Kolkata’
Amitava Nag explores the journey of Bengali Cinema over the years
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Siddharth Sivakumar reviews Julie Taymor’s screen adaptation of The Tempest
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Backyard Film Festival
When Fred Schneider turned sixty, he wanted to mark the occasion. A tall, thin man with reddish blond hair, he describes the feeling as a…
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Reading the Book of Living
Taline Voskeritichian’s review, meditation and analysis of Michael Haneke’s Amour
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A Look into The Lunchbox
Trisha Chatterjee reflects on her viewing of Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox
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Malegaon Ka Superman
Prashant Parvatneni and Sezel Lalwani explore the influence of socially relevant film projects such as Malegaon Ka Superman
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12 Very Angry Men
Suhail Rasheed goes back to his experience of watching 12 Angry Men and shares some of his thoughts on why it is one of the greatest movies ever made.
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Johnny Walker: King of Comedy
Rekha Rau profiles Johnny Walker, the first natural comedian in Bollywood.