Director Pan Nalin’s Gujarati language film from India, Last Film Show is filled with poignant, dramatic lines. The cinema-smitten Samay (an endearing Bhavin Rabari) is once told by a well-wisher, “As politicians tell stories to win votes, shopkeepers tell stories to sell their stuff, the rich tell stories to hide […]
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Tribeca Review: ‘See For Me’ is a thriller enhanced by its clever use of technology
Randall Okita’s amusingly titled See For Me is centred on a mobile application by the same name. In a tricky premise where the protagonist Sophie (Skyler Davenport) is handling three intruders in a house that she is cat-sits at, it is the app that acts as the rescuer. And to […]
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Filmy Sasi To Cover The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival
Happy to announce that Filmy Sasi will be covering the 20th-anniversary edition of the coveted Tribeca Film Festival which begins June 9 and runs through June 20. Below are excerpts from the press release issued by the organizers regarding their 2021 lineup: 2021 TRIBECA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FEATURE FILM LINEUP INCLUDING IN-PERSON […]
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‘Aarkkariyam’ review – a mercurial Malayalam drama around a dirty family secret
Nostalgia is a word that contains volumes of drama. It can be twisted to generate gazillion quotes with the finest of metaphors. A favourite would be, “Nostalgia is a beautiful lie dressed up in sepia.” Director Sanu John Varughese’s Aarkkariyam is not necessarily a film that thrives on that emotion. […]
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The Curious Case of Female Voices in Malayalam Cinema
In early 2021, Malayalam cinema’s beloved actress Samyuktha Varma decided to stage a minor comeback. Once a celebrated heroine, with two consecutive Kerala state awards in her kitty, Varma was among the most successful names in the industry. Her erstwhile fans were aghast when the acclaimed actor surfaced with a […]
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’36 Chowringhee Lane’: An Aching Ode To Calcutta, Anglo-Indians, and Old Age
36 Chowringhee Lane which released 40 years ago was Aparna Sen’s debut directorial effort. It is named after a building where Miss Violet Stoneham (Jennifer Kendal) resided. Having stumbled upon the film about two decades back, I wondered why it was named so. After all, the story was all about […]
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Oscars 2021: The Complete List of Winners
Best Picture The Father Judas and the Black Messiah Mank Minari Nomadland Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7 Best Actress in a Leading Role Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Andra Day, The United States vs Billie Holiday Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman […]
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‘The Great Indian Kitchen’: A Giant Stride Towards Cinema Renaissance in India
“The quickest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” – Here’s a famous saying that we have been conditioned to believe. Men are supposed to savour all the delicacies in the world. Women are supposed to serve them with love. As compensation, she will make way to his […]
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‘Joji’ review – Dileesh Pothan’s take on Macbeth is a bona fide masterpiece
“Society is a fucker,” declares the title character of Dileesh Pothan’s Joji. If we observe the setup from a distance, society is seldom a direct component in the Panachel family. Here is a film with minimal exposition and no random third party conversations staged at tea shops and rickshaw stands. […]
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‘Saina’ review – Parineeti Chopra is ace in this simplistic sportswoman biopic
Much like several of Hollywood’s musician biopics, India’s sports biographies are interchangeable. In a good majority of stories, poverty or sexism (if its subject is female) becomes the pertinent roadblocks and the protagonist emerges triumphant with nationalistic elements thrown in for extra effects. Amole Gupte’s biopic on India’s ace badminton […]