Directed by Abrar Alvi, Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam explores the longing and patience of an affluent woman for attention from his husband through the protagonist’s perspective. The Chhoti Bahu is the soul of the story. The plot runs in the flashback colonial Kolkata and the present 60s Kolkata. The protagonist is Atulya, who is also …
The Last Duel movie is based on the 2004 book by Eric Jager which is the last official ‘trial by combat’ registered unto the pages of history. What makes it one of a kind is the events leading to the duel, which form a most eloquent and voiceful drama insinuating winds of change back in …
What an incredible movie Nomadland is! Chloé Zhao has created a masterpiece based on Jessica Bruder‘s book. It does a thorough perspicacious examination of the lives of Nomads of the RV culture in America, through a third-person perspective of its protagonist Frances McDormand who, by the way, is absolutely fantastic in her role as Fern. …
Doing the movie analysis for Ammonite this time. Ammonite (2020) professes to be biographical or based on a true story, but it actually bends the truth to where it would be revisionist to call it anything but fiction. The trouble I have with Ammonite is that it doesn’t celebrate paleontologist Mary Anning’s life and work …
Big Fish Movie (2003) defies the very well-known fact that every work of fiction is inspired by reality, and points out that there are some unusual occasions when fiction becomes the source of inspiration for reality. This movie is one of those unusual occasions. Watching Tim Burton‘s Big Fish 2003 is like being transported to …
Unlike most movies out there, Drive movie 2011 is a narrative based more on sensorial experiences than dialogues from the characters. Throughout the movie, we can find many scenes of non-verbal communication, in a sense that communication takes place not so much in words but in images, sounds, and songs as expressions that its director …
The Rebecca movie analysis I am about to pen down is based on my knowledge of all the Rebecca versions that I have had the good hap of coming across. Critics of the 2020 remake of Rebecca gave it overwhelmingly negative reviews. With Rotten Tomatoes reaching a consensus that the remake does not live up …
Even in 2021, Blade Runner (1982) hasn’t left the public consciousness. If anything, it has gained more popularity in recent years since its sequel Blade Runner 2049 made it on the scene. Recently, Jared Leto even expressed an interest in reprising his Blade Runner 2049 character, which hints at the possibility of another incarnation of …
Every good movie makes me want to write about it, to bring to light the magnificence that constitutes it. The King movie analysis that you peruse is no different. For a movie that is so beautifully written and performed, it would be a tragedy if I don’t talk about it. Even as I bring to …
If you were to judge Ready or Not movie based on what it appears to be, you know, like a mere dark gore thriller flick, I would say there is more to it than beats the eye. I say this because even as I watched, I couldn’t help but relate it to those who have …