As a reader and watcher of movie adaptations, it is intriguing how filmmakers render the characters’ thoughts in the film format. After all, novels are often pretty cerebral. We love them because we get to go into the heads of … Continue reading How Carrie Cracknell’s Persuasion succeeds in depicting Anne’s inner thoughts
When I first watched Wonder Woman 1984, I didn’t like it as much as I’d hoped to. I had loved the first film and was expecting some more of that intense action and moral conflicts in this sequel too. So … Continue reading Wonder Woman 1984: Some impressions
I just finished watching The Hunger Games films again. It was probably my third or fourth time. I am usually not a watcher. I often find myself utterly lost when my friends are discussing tv series, films, or documentaries. Books … Continue reading The Hunger Games movies: A collective of brilliant cast and characters
It’s funny how we find seeds of ideas at the most unexpected of places and times. This is the time of the year when a lot of us are exhausted. If you’re anything like me, you have crossed the point … Continue reading Safe space, Schitt’s Creek, learning
Okay, I just watched a beautiful film(thank you @romansandsilphium!) and I am excited because I finally found something I want to write about. My friend and I watched Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Fountain’, starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz(they are both … Continue reading The Fountain: A story of grief, death and immortality
I recently got to watch Il Postino (The Postman), an Italian film in which a young man gets employed to deliver mail for Pablo Neruda, the iconic Chilean poet who is in this little fishing village/town in Italy on Exile. … Continue reading Il Postino: The quaint silence of the muse
*Spoiler Warning* This is not a review but more like an analysis and personal notes. I haven’t held back on any of the spoilers, so I would recommend not reading it if you plan to watch it later. I was … Continue reading Judgementall Hai Kya: A clever take on perception
So I went to watch Gully Boy last night. In brief, I was interested in the film because it promised to be something different from the usual and Zoya Akhtar’s films are decent and usually experimental. The good reviews helped. … Continue reading Watching Gully Boy with the middle-class janta
When the nib trips… 