“My dear children, there is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and good for life in the future than some good memory, especially a memory of childhood, of home. If a person carries many […]

There’s a fine line between a great decision and a missed opportunity. We can never know what could have been, but I will say that the exchange between Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg in the […]

This week, I was lucky enough to attend the Cambridge Film Festival. Among the wide variety of shorts and features chosen for the event, by far the largest-scale attraction was Anora, a major contender for […]

Dunkirk is an evacuation of sustained terror. It is a horror sequence, a suspense sequence, and a battle sequence all in one. It is unlike any other World War II film, with a structure distinct […]

Devara is a mixed bag of emotions, making the audience soar to great heights only to be dragged down into mediocrity. I’ve never been fond of dividing a film into neat categories like first half […]

It feels like as Quentin Tarantino gets older, his work dives into the past where he can change history and create a better world than our present. But as Martin Scorsese grows older, his work […]

“… the very first time I ever saw you standing up on the podium, you were cleaning your glasses, and I felt sorry for you. Because no one as young as you should be so […]

On the surface, “Zwigato” is a story of Manas (Kapil Sharma), who, after his last job at a factory left, found himself in gig economies by becoming a food delivery rider in Bhubaneswar and his […]

Tumbbad is what if Martin Scorsese directed a horror film. Hold on before you sharpen your pitchforks at the mere mention of Martin Scorsese in the same breath as Tumbbad. Comparing an iconic filmmaker like […]

“..anyone can be big behind a gun, I prefer to know my own strength..” Love Lies Bleeding is a palpable gritty 80’s neo-noir, and one of the more arresting revelations of 2024: It’s Natural Born […]