Friday, July 18, 2025

10 to Midnight [dir. J Lee Thompson]

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I'd first seen 10 to Midnight  ( 10tM ) on a pan-and-scan VHS tape in the mid-80's. I always remembered the image of the slasher, na...
Monday, June 16, 2025

Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil [dir. Vipin Das]

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I have come to love the chameleonic Basil Joseph  ( Sookshmadarshini, Ponman, Paltu Janwar ) and, given his limitations, Prithviraj Sukumara...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

Jaat [dir. Gopichandh Malineni]

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Like its title, which in the English spelling could stand for either the generic Hindi word for 'caste' or for a specific farming co...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

And Soon the Darkness [dir. Robert Fuest]

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And Soon the Darkness  from writer-producer  Brian Clemens  and director Robert Fuest  (the Dr. Philbes movies) is an effective 'missin...
Sunday, January 5, 2025

My Best and Worst of Movies in 2024 - Part I [Theatrical]

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Taking into account that there are a good many lacunae in my movie viewing, this is the gist of my theatrical experiences in the year gone: ...
Thursday, December 5, 2024

All We Imagine As Light [dir. Payal Kapadia]

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"Hope" is the thing with feathers... In the creative sphere, poet  Emily Dickinson is rarely cited as anybody's conscious inf...
Monday, October 21, 2024

MAMI 2024: Day One (19th Oct 2024) - Kneecap, The Room Next Door, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Émilia Pérez

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My first day of attending the MAMI 2024 fest was spent at the old-skool Regal cinema in Colaba. Kneecap (Zambia) [dir. Rich Peppiat] My fir...