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A still from ‘The Paper’ | Photo Credit: Peacock What if the searchlight were turned on those who create and direct pop culture? There is Apple TV’s excellent satire, The Studio, thatlooks at movie-making, and their newsroom drama, The Morning Show, which is a study on network broadcasting. The time was ripe to turn the…
Anime movies spun out of long-running shounen series tend to trip over their own scale, with too much plot, too many characters, and far too little time. But the spectacular trappings of Demon Slayer’s much-awaited adaptation of its Infinity Castle Arc takes the opposite gamble, for time is what it has in abundance. At a…
I remember, throughout school, with every new Shakespeare book that was to be taught to us, the class would collectively groan, for we all assumed torture was upon us. Perhaps even today, such is the case. However, I remember my English teacher from high school, who never allowed us to fall into the pits of…
A still from ‘Baaghi 4’ | Photo Credit: Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment During the pan-Indian wave, one thing that has reached Bollywood shores from the South is the toolkit of the Iron Age. Armed with cleavers, these days our heroes are slashing and slashing hard. It is not always when the stakes or tempers run high….
During the pandemic, a booster dose of the vaccine became a common term. It was intended to boost the immune system’s response to the virus. This week, Vivek Agnihotri injects a booster dose of cinematic virus that he unleashed with The Kashmir Files lest people develop immunity against communal politics. Once again, blending a discriminating version of the past…
Can a horror film be a comfort watch? The Conjuring: Last Rites, the ninth and supposedly final film in the first phase of The Conjuring universeww (Marvel has a lot to answer for), proves that it most certainly can. With all the real-world terrors, bombings and dismemberments, having random demons glower from mirrors or demented…
Spike Lee’s latest Cannes-premiering joint has been hand-rolled with the air of a remix album, brazenly borrowing the bones of a classic, flipping the beats, and layering in a few unexpected features until the old thing feels like something new, if not always seamless. The source, of course, is Akira Kurosawa’s bleak 1963 classic, High…
As the end credits of Ghaati rolled, the words “The Queen – Anushka Shetty” appeared on screen. It felt apt. Anushka carries a regal presence and has proven across her 20-year career that she can embody powerful characters. Directed by Krish Jagarlamudi, this Telugu film is an action-heavy spectacle, with Anushka playing a woman seeking…
A still from ‘Bad Girl’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement If movie reviews were instruction manuals, I’d command you to take a pause and give the film Bad Girl by debutant director Varsha Bharath some hours of your time. This refreshing coming-of-age Tamil film centred around Ramya (played by Anjali Sivaraman) sets out to achieve exactly what…
A still from ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Part 2 | Photo Credit: Netflix It has been nearly a month since Netflix’s Wednesday commenced its anticipated second season. Now, with its final four episodes airing to close out another spooky season at Nevermore Academy, it has never been less clear as to why this season was broken…
