The Holdovers

The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne, stands as solid testament to the age-old adage, “Never count an auteur out.” The …

Suresh Pai On Editing Footprints On Water

He is one of the finest film editors in India, having edited close to 60 feature films. An alumnus of …

The Dark Humour of Randa Chahal Sabbag

Collins dictionary defines ‘Black Humour’ as: A form of humour that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or …

All That Breathes

Shaunak Sen’s  remarkable documentary, All That Breathes, that was nominated for an Academy Award, is set in India’s capital city, …

Against The Tide

Sarvnik Kaur’s 97-minute-long documentary, Against the Tide (2023), focuses on two individuals, Rakesh Koli and Ganesh Ganesh Nakhawa, both from …

When Hitchcock Tried To Go Surreal

While Spellbound (1945) was one of Alfred Hitchcock’s successful films, it hasn’t held up too well with time even if …

Gun Crazy: The Unshown Heist

Loosely based on the Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrows legend, Gun Crazy (1950), directed by Joseph H Lewis , is one …

Blonde

Blonde, directed by Andrew Dominik and streaming now on Netflix, is just the kind of film that makes you feel …

Borderliner

As per Wikipedia, ‘Nordic Noir’ is very basically defined as a genre of crime fiction usually written from a police …

Classical Hollywood and His Girl Friday: An Analysis

“… the principles which Hollywood claims as its own rely on notions of decorum, proportion, formal harmony, respect for tradition, …