The designer and illustrator talks to us about art and cinema.
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Snapshots from DALIFF 2019
Aswin Ramachandran attended the Dalit Film and Cultural Festival (DALIFF) in New York earlier this year, and wrote about it for us.
Female Characters for the Ages
Anuradha Warrier writes about the women in the progressive cinema of Nav Ketan.
Jurassic Park Live in Concert
Sureshkumar revisits a movie from his childhood, under very different circumstances.
True Detective (2014 – 2019)
Konstantinos reflects on the narrative and character development of the television series.
The World Belongs to No One
Elancharan Gunasekaran writes a haiku sequence inspired by the film Lords of Chaos.
About the ninth issue
Navigate the issue here!
Notes on IFFR 2019
Brief notes from Iniyavan Elumalai, who attended the International Film Festival at Rotterdam this year.
IFFC 2019: A Voice of Rebellion
P. Lakshmi Narayanan attends the Independent Film Festival of Chennai 2019.
Interview with Gurvinder Singh
Iniyavan Elumalai, our press correspondent at IFFR 2019, chats with filmmaker Gurvinder Singh.
Meeting Eva Ionesco
Iniyavan Elumalai chats with Eva Ionesco at IFFR 2019, helped by a translator and a lot of coffee.
Interview with Charles Epting
The founder and editor of The Silent Film Quarterly, the only magazine dedicated to silent cinema, answers our questions with much enthusiasm and patience.
A conversation with Behrouz Nooranipour
The documentary and feature filmmaker from Iran answers our questions over email.
A stream of thoughts inspired by Zarina Begum…
…and her performance of ‘Nazar Lagi Raja Tore Bangle Par’, Richard Singer writes.
Score to Screen: UP
Sureshkumar listens closely to the “Married Life” montage from Up, to examine how music is married to the moving images.
Why Shadows is still relevant today
Rose Dymock writes about the 1958 movie Shadows, directed by John Cassavetes.
Found Footage: Chronicles of Horror, Realism, and Case Studies
Konstantinos writes about Found Footage and its long-standing popularity in the horror genre.
Competing victories: Battle of sensibilities in Tamil cinema
Madhu watches two contemporaneous Tamil movies and writes about them.
About the eighth issue
A quick look at what’s in store + an announcement!
Around the world with cinema – 3
Film recommendations for different moods, in different languages.
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.
Minority Report: Visual Effects and Storytelling
Konstantinos makes a case for VFx as an effective storytelling tool.
My Favourite Films of 2018
Iniyavan makes a list for us.
On Location
Naveena tags along with a film crew and lives to tell the tale.
Scents and Sensibility
Ramchander overhears a conversation between Santiago Gamboa, a novelist from Colombia, and Tran Anh Hùng, a filmmaker from Vietnam.
In conversation with Chezhiyan
This interview with writer-cinematographer-director Chezhiyan touches on a wide range of topics—world cinema, realism in cinema, independent cinema, current trends in Tamil cinema, and his approach to cinematography.
Along a trail of some of Delhi’s aged cinema halls
Mitsu visits some of Old Delhi’s single screen cinemas and comes back with pictures.
About the seventh issue
A quick look at what we have in our anniversary issue, and notes from the editors.
Around the world with cinema – 2
Once again, film recommendations for many moods, in many languages.
Still Here, Reel Queer
Anusha reports from the 33rd edition of ReelQ Film Festival in Pittsburgh.