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The Invisible Guest [2016] – An Engaging Thriller Undone by Empty, Ludicrous Twists

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The Invisible Guest [2016] – An Engaging Thriller Undone by Empty, Ludicrous Twists

  Spanish writer/director Oriol Paulo has a penchant for crafting twisted, atmospheric mystery/thrillers which ends up with unpredictable denouement. His riveting feature-film debut El cuerpo aka The Body (2012) revolves around the mystery of a missing corpse – the body of an enchanting b...

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Clearing The Past

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Clearing The Past

  When raised a question on the most difficult task in one’s personal life, we might get a variety of answers. Nonetheless, all might probably think again, if we post the question like, “Do you think you can totally get rid of your past from your mind?” Over years, life turns out to be a pac...

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Spoor [2017] – Murder, Mistreatment and Marginalization in a Gorgeous Small Town

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Spoor [2017] – Murder, Mistreatment and Marginalization in a Gorgeous Small Town

Renowned Polish film-maker Agnieszka Holland started her career by working as an assistant to Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda.  Faith-based conflicts is one of the essential themes in Holland’s films and she had collaborated on screenplay with Krzysztof Kieslowski (in Three Colors: Blue) wh...

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What Slows India? - Part II

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What Slows India? - Part II

(Does what one intend to write and their course of life entwined in one way or the other? It keeps me wondering, how I who was writing on a regular basis wasn’t able to site before my system and touch the keyboard for over a month. Well, really it has been quite an interval I am meeting your t...

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The Dry – A Gripping Page-Turner Set in a Blistering Landscape

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The Dry – A Gripping Page-Turner Set in a Blistering Landscape

  The Dry – a taut murder mystery – revolves around Melbourne Federal Agent Aaron Falk who returns to rural hometown Kiewarra for the funeral of his best childhood friend Luke Hadler. The general talk in the town is that Luke has shot himself before killing his wife Karen and 6 year old son ...

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Shin Godzilla [2016] – An Interesting Blend of Monster Action and Humdrum Bureaucracy

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Shin Godzilla [2016] – An Interesting Blend of Monster Action and Humdrum Bureaucracy

In the cinematic space of post-World War II Japan, Gojira, the famed seaborne monster, was created to stand-in as a metaphor for the atomic bomb and the destruction it brought upon Japan. Produced by Japan’s famous Toho Studios, Ishiro Honda’s Gojira (1954) was a big box-office hit and in the la...

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Ruminations on the Unavoidable Truth about Evil Cults

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Ruminations on the Unavoidable Truth about Evil Cults

On August 25th, many Indians took to social media to express their shock over the violence across Haryana, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 250. The violence started after the quasi-religious sect leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was found guilty of raping two of his followers...

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Dearest [2014] – An Intense Examination of a Nightmarish Scenario

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Dearest [2014] – An Intense Examination of a Nightmarish Scenario

The emotional weight of Peter Chan’s child abduction story Dearest (‘Qin ai de’, 2014) definitely hits us like a ton of bricks. There are melodramatic flourishes and scenes primarily designed to tug at our heartstrings, but at its best Dearest is an interesting examination of the abyss of despa...

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Introversion Hysteria in the Social media-Augmented Society

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Introversion Hysteria in the Social media-Augmented Society

WE humans crave for certain archetypes to idolize or celebrate over another. Doctors, scientists, soldiers, independent young people, rock stars, movie celebrities, businessmen – one or more archetypes have dominated over the other, as per socioeconomic or cultural realities or because of some d...

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1967: 50 Great/Good Movies Celebrating its 50th Anniversary

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1967: 50 Great/Good Movies Celebrating its 50th Anniversary

It was 1967. In American cinema, the era of Hays Code was fading and counterculture gradually reared its head into the cinematic style. Two films that depicted romance & rebellion in different light engaged young audience, living in the age of Cold War and nuclear threat. One was Mike...

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Icarus [2017] – An Imperfect yet Revelatory Documentary on the Doping Scandal

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Icarus [2017] – An Imperfect yet Revelatory Documentary on the Doping Scandal

Playwright Bryan Fogel’s documentary Icarus (2017) tells a shocking and thrilling story that we can overlook its heavy-handed approach and sloppy narrative choices. The project pretty much started off in attention-seeking mode, maddeningly inspired by the appalling stories about doped athletes. ...

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The Search for One of Humanity’s Most Profound Question

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The Search for One of Humanity’s Most Profound Question

  In 1896, Nikola Tesla believed that highest degree of his wireless electrical transmission mechanism could be used to contact the intelligent life on Mars. In 1899, Tesla thought he had found a strange signal when Mars was set in the night sky. Later, the expert analysis stated that Tesla...

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The Keepers [2017] – A Gut-Wrenching Look at Systemic Sexual Abuse

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The Keepers [2017] – A Gut-Wrenching Look at Systemic Sexual Abuse

For the past decade or so quite a few documentaries and feature films have surfaced to shine its spotlight on the hideous, dark caverns of abominable Catholic Church cover-ups. The recent Oscar winning movie Spotlight (2015) chronicled the impressive efforts of investigative journalists to...

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The Tsar of Love and Techno – A Spellbinding Fiction about the Dissidents and Disgraced

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The Tsar of Love and Techno – A Spellbinding Fiction about the Dissidents and Disgraced

Albert Camus said, ‘Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth’. It’s the truth which reality or history books often obscure. American writer Anthony Marra’s The Tsar of Love and Techno uses fictional characters and set-ups to explore the past and present realities with utmost clarity. T...

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What Slows India? - Part I

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What Slows India? - Part I

  India is one of the two largest pool of human resources, the other being China. These two Asian giants are on the top among the fastest growing economies in the world. India is said to be on the waxing state in economic growth. Yet, all in India aren’t enjoying this prosperity. There is c...

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One Week and a Day [2016] – A Superb Subtle Comedy about Grief and Loss

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One Week and a Day [2016] – A Superb Subtle Comedy about Grief and Loss

People leaving Israeli middle-aged couple Vicky (Evgenia Dodina) and Eyal (Shai Avivi) Spivak’s house are returning back to their ‘normal’ lives. But the Spivaks couldn’t easily readjust themselves to the so-called normalcy. Why? It’s been only a week since the death of their 25 year old cancer-...

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Five Came Back [2017] – An Intriguing and Multi-Faceted Piece of Film History

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Five Came Back [2017] – An Intriguing and Multi-Faceted Piece of Film History

Second World War — one of the monumental conflicts that afflicted mankind — features numerous accounts of documentation unlike any other war. Every time we feel that the books and movies have covered most of the distinct perspectives of World War II, a fresh vantage point originates...

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