No Time To Die

James Bond has always been a huge part of my film-watching life. It seemed to be the rare brand of film that (unjustifiably) escaped my father’s eager eye for censored saccharine content in our house as he repeatedly rented every single DVD in the franchise from the British Council, and trust me, I wasn’t nearly…

The Green Knight

An Arthurian knight played by an actor of Indian descent.. words I never thought I’d say, but words I couldn’t be happier to hear. I first heard of the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight when I was about 12 years old, as part of a CD my dad got for free attached…

The Top 10 Films of 2020

We’ve made it to the end of 2020! Congratulations to you all! There hasn’t been that many films this year, I’m not sure why. I’ve heard that there’s this virus going around, but I can’t be sure. Thankfully streaming and independent films more than delivered constituting a largely respectable bunch of releases this year. Without…

Tenet (Spoiler-free)

After far too long of a hiatus, Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending palindromic thriller was a gleeful return to the movies. A trailblazer of modern cinema, Christopher Nolan has mastered the art of event-cinema and consistently been finding intriguing new ways of getting people to watch films at cinemas and enhance the theatrical experience to a jaw-dropping…

Quarantine Watchlist – Week 2

We are on week 2 of quarantine now. Weekends feel like weekdays and weekdays feel like weekends. Which can only mean the upcoming Easter weekend is going to be a straight up punishment. So to make the best of this weekend, let’s make a pledge to not watch films on our weekdays, not at lunch,…

Quarantine Watchlist – Week 1

After a far too long hiatus, we are back! And this is just about time to start doing something a bit different. Being stuck in quarantine is not fun, so we’re going to try and make it a bit fun, with a whole lot of film with this new weekly newsletter of movie recommendations ,…

Top 10 Films of 2019

2019 has, for the most part, been very good to me. I finally graduated from law school and after a lovely summer break back in India, I got a job. I also have had an absolute blast writing this blog and 2019 has been a phenomenal year to be talking about film. Compared to a…

Jojo Rabbit

In an opening montage in Jojo Rabbit, we see young Nazi recruits training……set to a German version of the Beatles’ ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’. Instantly it becomes apparent that Writer – Director Taika Waititi is taking a drastically different tonal approach to the all too familiar Nazi background and Waititi walks, jogs, and…

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars Episode IX finally provides us with a conclusion to what the marketing of this film will lead us to believe, is a story 40 years in the making. After the extremely divisive Last Jedi, J.J. Abrams is back in the director’s chair with the ridiculously difficult task of presenting a conclusion that will…

Marriage Story

Thank God I didn’t take family law in law school. Noah Baumbach’s latest offering after the spectacular Meyerowitz Stories (New & Selected) gives us the privilege of watching another family through the hyper-accurate Baumbach lens. Baumbach dissects a family structure with such surgical precision; articulating small moments, moods, notes, emotions and an overarching analysis of…