Eternal Sunshine of the Thoughtless Mind

H E R E A N D E L S E W H E R E It was in the middle of July 2014 – in the tumult of Operation Protective Edge – that I came a...

My Name is Nobody  (Tonino Valerii/Sergio Leone, 1973) sits at all sorts of strange intersections: between comic and serious spaghetti wes...

The engine of the revenge movie plot is a tragedy. The (anti-)hero's very existence is defined by the all-consuming tragic incident whi...

Short post on something which has been bugging me a little. When the Modi Sarkaar (or Mudi Circar if you follow the viral Norinder Mudi pa...

Jef Costello is an embodiment of purpose (another ‘f’ doesn’t serve any). His working-class living quarters are exemplary in the precise f...

This must be the worst way to do it. Kaushik Ganguly’s Apur Panchali is purportedly a fictionalized biopic/tribute to Subir Banerjee,...

A woman walks, 'tween shadow and light. The gaze in horror films is a terrifying thing – a sign of imminent danger. Imagine a sc...