American cinema

The importance of dystopia in sci-fi

Konstantinos makes a case for dystopian films.

4 years ago

Murder on the Orient Express: A Grand Tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood

Maneesh Krishnan writes about Sidney Lumet’s classic.

4 years ago

Epic Plot Holes in Iconic Films

Konstantinos has a few questions up his sleeve!

5 years ago

The Qatsi Trilogy

Konstantinos introduces us to a case study of existentialism through the lens, montage, and music.

5 years ago

A Woman’s Work: A Perspective on Work and Exploitation

Amarnath shares his thoughts after watching the documentary about NFL's cheerleader problem.

5 years ago

Original vs Remake: Hollywood’s Need to Retell the Story (or the Lack Thereof)

How many more remakes do we need? Is it the American audience's demand to Americanise foreign successes, or Hollywood's mania…

5 years ago

Indie, Low Budget, and Utterly Mind-Bending

Konstantinos writes about some indie films that are… complicated, to put it simply.

5 years ago

Adapting 300: Mise en scène & Visual Effects

Konstantinos discusses the movie and the graphic novel that was a major influence.

5 years ago

Jurassic Park Live in Concert

Sureshkumar revisits a movie from his childhood, under very different circumstances.

6 years ago

Interview with Charles Epting

The founder and editor of The Silent Film Quarterly, the only magazine dedicated to silent cinema, answers our questions with…

6 years ago

Score to Screen: UP

Sureshkumar listens closely to the “Married Life” montage from Up, to examine how music is married to the moving images.

6 years ago

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

Minority Report: Visual Effects and Storytelling

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

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

Towards normalisation

Anusha writes about ReelAbilities Pittsburgh, a film festival with a difference.

6 years ago

An introduction to TJ Murphy and Reel Q

Anusha chats with TJ Murphy, Director of Programming at Reel Q, an organization that aims to showcase "media by and…

6 years ago

Sonny’s guide to the movies

Artist and graphic novelist Sonny Liew shares a few of his comic strips with us.

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

The (imaginary) dream girl

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

7 years ago

Tarantino Unchained

Deepak sketches some memorable characters from Quentin Tarantino's films.

7 years ago

Coexistence

Jayanthi Sankar shares with us film-inspired art work, and a couple of anecdotes.

7 years ago

Both Sides Now

Ravi Kiran writes a short story that takes off from where Arrival (2016) left us, and explores Louise's feelings in…

7 years ago