I love it when gay romances are not set in an urban setup. It is even more alluring if they are surrounded by sea or an equivalent water body. The lushness of landscapes, the mystery of the sea, and the conservation of the society around are bound to generate a […]
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‘Cicada’ review – a personal story that lovingly embraces its characters
It is fascinating when cinema dares to emotionally bare its protagonists. In directors Matthew Fifer and Kieran Mulcare independent fare Cicada, we are invited to the broken world of Ben (Fifer). The young queer Caucasian man with dreamboat looks by his side might look as regular as any person with […]
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‘A Bedsore’ review – a South Korean domestic drama about ageing and loneliness
Old-age is not always as smooth as we would want it to be. In director Hye-jung Shim’s Korean language film A Bedsore, we see life crumbling down for a dysfunctional upper-class family. The trigger to all chaos is what the title suggests – a bedsore. Life is not a bed […]
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‘Putham Pudhu Kaalai’ review – Unforeseen days, endearing stories
Let me begin with an ironic confession. Cinema in a short format seldom fascinates me. However, anthologies rank pretty high among my preferred feature film genres. Why this paradox? I would say, it is the link that often exists between the short films that captivates me no end. At the […]
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‘Death of Nintendo’ review – a coming-of-age story with delicious ’90s nostalgia
Films that are set in the ‘90s always bring me joy. Those were simple, joyous days and the ones who lived through it would vouch for it. That was when we played 8-bit video games. Children mastered the game of life through trial-and-error whereas technology seldom threatened to overpower them […]
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‘The Girl Who Left Home’ review – an emotionally potent musical melodrama
Performing arts, food, entrepreneurship, and a semi-dysfunctional family. How do you link them all smoothly? If you quiz director Mallorie Ortega on this, she might suggest that you read the screenplay of her latest film The Girl Who Left Home. Set in the suburban United States, Orgeta’s musical dramedy is […]
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‘What Isn’t There’ review – silent screams of a boy who forgot to speak
If anecdotal evidence is to be believed, twin siblings are more emotionally connected to each other than those birthed in different years. Even if it weren’t a scientifically proven fact, we would love to believe this dramatic analogy. In director Marie Jamora’s Ang nawawala (What Isn’t There), we see a […]
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Filmy Sasi To Cover The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Happy to announce that Filmy Sasi will be covering the 36th annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival taking place from September 24 to October 31, 2020. Below are excerpts from the press released issued by the organizers: September 14, 2020 – Los Angeles, CA The largest festival of its kind in Southern California, […]
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‘Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare’ review – a compassionate ode to India’s working class heroines
The most fascinating characters in Alankrita Shrivastava’s Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare are two children. They are Dolly’s (Konkona Sensharma) sons – Bharat (Hearty Singh) and Pappu (Kalp Shah). A regular school boy, Bharat loves sports and is someone who might grow up into what they call an ‘alpha […]
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When ‘Salaam Namaste’ Made Our Hearts Go “mmmm….”
It was 2005 and Bollywood was still hypnotized by grand NRI romances. The trend existed for a reason as it was when the impact of liberalization had finally plummeted and consolidated in India. The economy grew and it was not a distant dream to plan a trip to a city […]