Has one of the greatest soundtracks of Indian cinema if not anything else.
2021
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Chaos and Lijo Jose Pellissery are synonymous in every sense of the word. Since the latter half of the last decade, he has acquired an unusual style of storytelling having a carnivalesque fervour, delivering classics one after other.
Pellissery's bewildering latest venture unlike Jallikattu builds up gradually to get into the conflict and unsettling mode; commences with an ambiguous animated sequence backed by a monologue followed by the camera wandering through the High Ranges of the mesmerising Western Ghats.
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2021
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Aditya Vikram Sengupta transports us to a dimension where time blurs reality, fantasies are taken out from their authenticity, bittersweet memories embedded as a phantasmagoric fairy tale in his portrait of a city of under metamorphosis, surmounting the incidents that plagued the city of joy in the bygone decade.
Has a few editing issues here and there but doesn't hamper the experience much. Nonetheless, AVS is an auteur in the making!
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2021
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Paolo Sorrentino reminiscences his early days in Naples in the 1980s as he goes through the ecstasies and lows of adolescence, juggling between his love for football and cinema as well as dealing with the sense of alienation, all culminating in a befitting love letter to Diego Maradona, Federico Fellini and the man himself.
It's an exemplary portrait of a typical Italian family- horny, tragic, serene and chaotic, inspirational and full of life-affirming moments. Immerse yourself and just flow in Sorrentino's whirlpool of unfathomable beauty.
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2001
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Monsoon Wedding is a celebration of life through the many complexities of a conventional upper-class Indian matrimony. It is as real as any Indian betrothal, an authentic portrayal dripped in an oneiric yet and chaotic and joyful exuberant aura.
Though primarily in English and centred around an event of the bourgeoisie, the Indian culture and charm aren't lost a bit through Mira Nair's gaze and the poignancy is maintained throughout. In Nair's hands, everything is fleshed out like a cream,…
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2021
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2021 marks the hundredth year of one of cinema history's greatest auteur, Satyajit Ray. The literary works of Ray are as brilliant as his films, if not more. Netflix's latest outing is a befitting celebration of the occasion as some of his prominent works are expertly adapted to screen.
Srijit Mukherjee takes charge of the first two episodes and starts with a meticulous adaptation of Bipin Chowdhurir Shritibhoram and presents a brilliant rendition of an entrepreneur, whose life goes down…
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2022
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Thoda mazaa aya, thoda irritate kiya, phir rulaane ka bhi try kiya magar zindagi me itne gum hai rona hi nahi aya. Exceptional performances by both the child actors and damn! Taimur ki mummy is so beautiful.
Aaamiiirrr vai, tum to rehneee hi do...
Beautiful film minus Aamir's mannerisms occasionally. Has it's heart in the right place, and the music :)
Khair, 6 mahine baad theatre jaake acha hi laga, no more complaaaaints :)
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2011
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Drenched in deliberate long takes, The Turin Horse is a highly atmospheric film in which Tarr through ethereal monochrome visuals and tormenting music engulfs us in his claustrophobic and pessimist world and bit by bit makes us unsettled as we flow along with the journey of the two desolate souls.
Staring at Tarr's film is pure bliss but it isn't susceptible enough to sit through yet Tarr manages to grasp our attention with his unique filmmaking. Even if the movie’s…
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