The James Bond era of Sir Roger Moore is often credited with transforming the action genre, infusing it with a unique blend of campy humor, lighthearted escapism, and larger-than-life spectacle. This period, beginning with Moore’s […]

“Heard of a van that’s loaded with weaponsPacked up and ready to goHeard of some gravesites, out by the highwayA place where nobody knowsThe sound of gunfire, off in the distanceI’m getting used to it […]

It has long been known that an American remake of the Oscar-winning Danish film Another Round (2020)—or Druk as it is called in the original Danish—is in the works, set to be directed by Chris […]

So, yes, I’ve been wanting to write this piece for a long time now. But honestly? I had absolutely no idea how to approach it because my thoughts on this are so scrambled. Now, it’s […]

At its core, Paths of Glory is about politics wrapping itself around war. It is a film concerned with corrupted institutions that prioritize personal ambition over human dignity. This is a treatise on how power […]

I wasn’t even a teenager when I first watched Welcome by Anees Bazmee in a single-screen theater. For a 7-year-old, a movie like that can be magical. I wasn’t seeking profound storytelling or witty pop-culture […]

Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill is more than just an homage to martial arts and revenge thrillers; it’s a stylish, bold display of an action auteur who balances flair with substance. Known for his dialogue-heavy scripts […]

TAR, directed by Todd Field, intricately examines the complexities of power, cancel culture, and media scrutiny through the life of Lydia Tár, a world-renowned conductor. The film delves into the rapid rise and swift fall […]

More than a decade ago, in 2013, on the occasion of 100 glorious years of Indian Cinema, CNN IBN conducted a poll that crowned Mayabazar as the greatest Indian film of all time, surpassing Sholay, […]

Andrei Tarkovsky’s comments on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey highlight an essential dichotomy between two of the most influential science fiction films in cinema history. Both 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Tarkovsky’s Solaris […]