A hundred years have passed since the birth of Guru Dutt, and still, his films feel like letters we forgot to answer. In an industry that danced to easy rhythms of romance and spectacle, his…
Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler, and the Making of Fascist Masterpiece Fade in. A plane hums above the clouds.Below: Nuremberg.A medieval city dressed in red and black.Flags ripple like war drums.Crowds assemble, eyes fixed skyward. From the…
Lars von Trier’s Melancholia begins and ends with the end—both of the world and of the illusions we cling to. It’s a symphony of despair and cosmic indifference, a film that examines the inner devastation…
Alice Rohrwacher’s The Wonders moves like a slow current, carrying with it the weight of fading traditions and the quiet defiance of those who try to hold onto them. It is a film that resists…
 A man steals a car, shoots a cop, runs. A woman sells newspapers on the Champs-Élysées, dreams of New York, betrays him. He dies in the street. Nothing new. Hollywood had done it before.…
Shobhana Padinjattil’s debut feature Girl Friends is a brave and heartfelt exploration of identity, friendship, and love set against the urban backdrop of Thiruvananthapuram. What stands out immediately is the film’s commitment to telling a…
The forest breathes at night. Under the dense canopy of the Eastern Himalayas, the darkness hums — a gentle symphony of rustling leaves, distant calls, and the faint flutter of unseen wings. It is here…
Magnus von Horn’s The Here After (2015) arrives like a whisper, or maybe an echo. A boy returns, but has he really? They stare at him. He stares back. The silence is louder than any…
In a controversial move, a Kolkata school canceled the screening of two films by legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak following objections from local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders. The event, organized by the cultural group Setu to…
Watching Endless Poetry is like stepping into a world where memories refuse to be quiet, where the past is alive and singing, and where life is a stage lit by surreal colors. From the first…
