Film Analysis

Why Shadows is still relevant today

Rose Dymock writes about the 1958 movie Shadows, directed by John Cassavetes.

6 years ago

Found Footage: Chronicles of Horror, Realism, and Case Studies

Konstantinos writes about Found Footage and its long-standing popularity in the horror genre.

6 years ago

Competing victories: Battle of sensibilities in Tamil cinema

Madhu watches two contemporaneous Tamil movies and writes about them.

6 years ago

Why aren’t we talking about Indian Parallel Cinema?

Omar Ahmed makes an impassioned plea for us to pay attention to the films that constituted this movement.

6 years ago

Minority Report: Visual Effects and Storytelling

Konstantinos makes a case for VFx as an effective storytelling tool.

6 years ago

My Favourite Films of 2018

Iniyavan makes a list for us.

6 years ago

The case is closed

Amit Agarwal takes a close look at Mrinal Sen's 1982 film Kharij.

6 years ago

The Neon Demon

Michael Derrick writes about Hollywood's tryst with horror, and Nicolas Winding Refn's polarizing film, The Neon Demon.

6 years ago

In praise of slow cinema

Kamila Kunda shares her passion for cinema that reflects the natural rhythms of life.

6 years ago

An exploration of emotional infidelity

Gayathiri looks at how this issue is presented in The Red Thread (Spanish) and Sathi Leelavathi (Tamil).

6 years ago

Paper art expresses a mega landscape change

Coco introduces us to Rob Carter's stop-motion film Metropolis.

6 years ago

地景劇變的割紙藝術 | 英國逐格動畫

口口為我們介紹動畫師勞勃卡特的逐格動畫《大都會》

6 years ago

Kaala and Pa Ranjith the artist

Ramchander argues that Pa Ranjith's filmography is never lacking in form, even if such complaints abound.

6 years ago

The Chennai of Tamil Cinema

Ramchander wonders why we seem to be seeing the same few stories over and over, when there are several more…

6 years ago

LGBTQ+ stories at City of Asylum

Anusha Srinivasan writes about Sancharram and Trembling Before G-d, films that talk about oft-ignored stories.

6 years ago

Movie magazines, Hollywood celebrities and spoilers galore

Letícia Magalhães writes about the history of film and film magazines, and how our perception of both has evolved in…

7 years ago

Revistas de cinema, celebridades de Hollywood e uma dose de spoilers

Letícia Magalhães escreve sobre a história das revistas de cinema e cinema e como nossa percepção de ambas evoluiu no…

7 years ago

Subverting the Western Genre: Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country

Sara Cousins writes about Sweet Country, a movie set in the Australian outback.

7 years ago

Pari: Rethinking Horror

Jiya writes about her fascination for Horror stories, and why the movie Pari brings some freshness to this genre.

7 years ago

Revelations – A new aesthetic in Tamil cinema

Nilavazhagan writes in great detail about the artistic choices that make the Tamil independent film Revelations stand out.

7 years ago

ரெவலேஷன்ஸ் – தமிழ் சினிமாவில் புதிய அழகியல்

சுயாதீன தமிழ்ப் படமான ரெவலேஷன்ஸ் தனித்தன்மை பெற்றிருப்பதற்குக் காரணமான கலைநயத் தெரிவுகளை விவரிக்கிறார் நிலவழகன்.

7 years ago

High, Low, and Everything in Between

Michael Clancy looks at how space has been used in Akira Kurosawa's High and Low.

7 years ago

The (imaginary) dream girl

Anusha Srinivasan writes about how the movie Ruby Sparks almost subverts the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope.

7 years ago

Captain’s Log StarDate 201801.6

Ajay explores how the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation explores the ideas of virtual and augmented reality through…

7 years ago

The Goddess: Satyajit Ray and the myth of the Eternal Feminine

Rafaella Britto writes about Devi, the Satyajit Ray movie that explores the relationship between femininity and divinity in a patriarchal…

7 years ago

A Deusa: Satyajit Ray e o mito do Eterno Feminino

Rafaella Britto escreve sobre Devi, filme de Satyajit Ray que explora a relação entre feminilidade e divindade em uma sociedade…

7 years ago

Jagat – A Dialogue about Life

K Balamurugan writes about Tamil cinema in Malaysia, the groundbreaking movie Jagat (2015), and relating to it as a boy…

7 years ago

ஜகாட் – வாழ்க்கையை உரையாடுதல்

கே.பாலமுருகன் மலேசிய தமிழ் சினிமாவையும், ஜகாட் திரைப்படத்தின் தாக்கத்தையும், 1990களின் மலேசியாவில் தனது பால்யத்தையும் தொடர்பு படுத்தி எழுதியுள்ளார்.

7 years ago

When is an Indian not an Indian?

Aashish Gadhvi examines how Hindi cinema portrays the Indian abroad, and how this has changed over the years.

7 years ago

Smouldering Rubber – The Politics of Kabali

Jeyannathann Karunanithi writes about the politics of the Tamil movie Kabali. He argues that we must familiarize ourselves with the…

7 years ago