“There is nothing more humbling than a body that doesn’t live up to your desires. What are we if not our bodies?”, quizzes a healer in Araceli Lemos’ fascinating debut fare Holy Emy (Agia Emy). This intriguing line exposes how powerful an element is the construct of the physical body […]
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Locarno Review: ‘Secret Name’ is an intimate tale of three women during World War I
Directed by Aurelia Georges, La Place d’une autre (Secret Name) is a tale of poverty, war, identity theft, and deep, unexplained affection. Set amid World War I in France, the film tells the tale of Nelie (Lyna Khoudri) who, in an attempt to escape her life of misery, decides the […]
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Locarno Review: ‘Atlas’ addresses trauma with remarkable empathy
Director Niccolò Castelli’s Atlas opens with a rock-climbing expedition. It is vertigo-inducing and, for a while, we assume that we are about to watch a thrilling chronicle of the sport. But no, Castelli has got other plans as Atlas soon transforms into an intense drama about a young woman struggling […]
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Filmy Sasi To Cover The 74th Locarno Film Festival
Elated to announce that Filmy Sasi will be covering the 74th edition of the prestigious Locarno Film Festival. Founded in 1946, it is one of the longest-running film festivals, and is also known for being a platform for art house films. Held every year August in Locarno, Switzerland, the top prize of […]
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20 Best Films from Tribeca Film Festival 2021, Ranked
The 20th edition of Tribeca Film Festival was a grand fiesta of feature, documentary, and short films. While I watched an assortment of titles at the festival that was held from June 9-20, this list comprises of the finest feature film titles, in the reverse order of my preference: 20. […]
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Tribeca Review: ‘India Sweets and Spices’ is an evolved family film with a soothing aftertaste
Time is the biggest narrative changer. In Geeta Malik’s fascinating coming-of-age drama India Sweets And Spices, UCLA freshman Alia Kapur (Sophia Ali) is at her life’s transformational ridge. Not particularly thrilled to meet her family for the summer vacations, Alia is decidedly different from the Indian fraternity that forms her […]
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Tribeca Review: ‘7 Days’ gives arranged marriage dates a COVID-19 twist
The COVID-19 pandemic which has been quietly crippling our lives for several months (it’s not over yet) is bound to be a scheming antagonist in numerous films in the years to come. With Roshan Sethi’s 7 Days, the deadly virus has already entered the rom-com territory. One that narrates the […]
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Tribeca Review: ‘Mark, Mary & Some Other People’ is a saucy take on polyamorous marriages
Director Hannah Marks’ Mark, Mary & Some Other People is a celebration of all things carnal. In rawer terms, it magnifies sex as an activity that the youth of today is hungry to relish in its wildest of forms. There is no space for guilt, jealousy, or emotional dependency in […]
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Tribeca Review: ‘Last Film Show’ is a bittersweet ode to cinema from the Indian countryside
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 […]