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INSIDE OUT !
Guest Review by Adya Gupta, An 8 years old film buff and a budding writer based in Singapore.
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Qissa:The Tale of a Lonely Ghost (2013)
Dir.: Anup SIngh Punjabi with English Subtitles. The title of this film is evocative of a time gone by, of tales (Qissa/Kahania) being told in settings uninterrupted by technology, where the spoken words of the storyteller had a paralysing hold… Read More ›
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Our Sister Mambo (2015)
Our Sister Mambo comes with the tagline ”A Rojak of Relationships.Sweet.Spicy. Tangy”, it delivers on its promise without adding even a pinch of MSG.
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Ex Machina (2015)
Dir.: Alex Garland. This film pushes at the boundaries of the discourse on artificial intelligence at least in terms of what is happening in the medium of cinema, which rarely gets this intelligent. Undoubtedly companies are working very hard to… Read More ›
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Images/Reflections and a few stolen moments.
I present some magical moments I was very privileged to capture while on the shoot of Images/Reflections, a documentary on Mr Adoor Gopalakrishnan directed by Dr Girish Kasarvalli. This is a landmark event in the history of Indian Cinema when… Read More ›
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Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai ( The Catastrophe, 1987)
In Assamese Language with English Subtitles Dir.:Jhanu Baruah. A poor farmer toils hard to make ends meet. He dreams that his son will one day become a civil servant (“dipty collector”), and break out of the vicious cycle of poverty…. Read More ›
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Kaakka Muttai ( Crows Egg) ( 2015 )
Tamil with English Subtitles Dir.: M Manikandan I have a vivid memory of when I had my first taste of the famous Maggi noodles which now sit beside banned narcotics in India. Television had just arrived in my 20 member… Read More ›
