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Lists

April 12, 2024

Redefined Chick-flicks: Beyond Men and Romance

Chick-flicks have always been treated as an inferior ‘category.’ A clear ‘demarcation’ of sorts for the male and female sexes, action movies ...

Neha Jha

March 31, 2024

‘Mom’ Review: An Honest Slice of Women’s Lives and Recovery

The receptionist at the hospital retorts when Bonnie (Allison Janney) keeps harping on why her daughter Christy (Anna Faris) has put her spon...

Neha Jha

March 20, 2024

Review: Finding Oneself in 'Laapataa Ladies'

People do not always stay glued to their seats after the credits roll down, hoping to see after-credits. Laapataa Ladies (2024) made audience...

Neha Jha

February 23, 2024

‘It Happened One Night:’ 90 Years with the First Rom-Com

The idea of watching a 1930s black-and-white movie that hit the theatres when our grandparents were kids is not a usual weekend watch idea fo...

Neha Jha

February 3, 2024

"Good Grief" Review: Dan Levy's Debut Film Explores Love, Loss, and Complexity

You see Dan Levy in a somewhat more serious role than that of Schitt’s Creek and anticipate a deep reflection, some poignancy, LGTBQIA+ theme...

Neha Jha

January 21, 2024

"Merry Christmas" Review: An Endearing Thriller for the 70mm

A movie ends with an abrupt scene–You look around, and everyone in the theatre looks at one another, wondering, “What just happened?” This...

Neha Jha

January 2, 2024

Lights, Camera, Controversy

Movies with a Dark Problematic Side “It’s just a movie,” Marlon Brando said to his co-star Maria Schneider right before the infamous assau...

Lists

October 3, 2023

5 Movies on Grief and Loss to Change Your Perspective

How does a human being deal with grief? Where does grief begin, and where does it end? How long does it last? Perplexing questions vary from ...

Essays

September 9, 2023

Bollywood and the Magic of Escapist Cinema

There’s red everywhere. A lot of pomp and show, a festival celebrated with vermilion and scores of dancers. Actors lip-syncing to a song that...

Essays

July 19, 2023

Beyond Nudity and Male Gaze

Sex and Intimacy in Cinema For the longest time, my exposure to Hollywood movies was limited to Jurassic Park or Anaconda or Bats, or Godz...

Essays

June 3, 2023

Returning to Ghibli Movies: What's So Special About Them?

I watched When Marnie Was There (2014) during the lockdown. The pandemic eased life for many people like me who went back and forth from work...

Essays

May 23, 2023

Indian Audiences Cross Language Barriers for Evolved Cinema

When was the last time I went to the movies? Maybe in the first week of May? It was not a Bollywood movie (it starred Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,...

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