The Railway Man(2013)
Dir.:Jonathan Teplitzky Eric Lomax( Colin Firth) loves trains.He knows the timetables of trains in England verbatim.If you have missed your train he can guide you faster than Google and in any case in...
View ArticleMandela: Long walk to freedom (2013)
Dir.:Justin Chadwick I met Ben Kingsley once at a film festival in Vlissingen, Holland where he was being honoured with a lifetime achievement award.I asked him which aspect of Gandhi’s life would he...
View ArticleFunny Games(1997)
Dir.: Micheal Haneke Funny Games is the most horrifying film I have seen.There is nothing funny about it.When it was made it angered a lot of people.Some thought it was a cheap gimmick , others took it...
View ArticleRosetta(1999)
Dir.:Jean Luc and Pierre Dardenne It’s not for nothing that “Dardenneseque” has entered the lexicon of the modern cinephile.The Dardenne brothers from Belgium, who have been making riveting social...
View ArticleElippathayam( The Rat Trap,1981)
Elippatthayam tells the story of a family at a particular time in India’s history.It is set within the confines of a sprawling but slightly decrepit taravad or a traditional feudal home in Kerala, that...
View ArticleBoyhood( 2014)
Dir.: Richard Linklater Richard Linklaters new film is alive with the energy and confusion of its characters as they grow up in front of our eyes.Much has been said and written about the film being...
View ArticleMiss Lovely( 2012)
Dir.:Ashim Ahluwalia I have read Ashim Ahluwalias interviews with great interest and enjoyment.Here is a man unabashedly against much that Bollywood does and I find myself agreeing with most of his...
View ArticleAnkhon Dekhi(2014)
Dir.:Rajat Kapoor This film made me grin from ear to ear while my fingers were busy wiping away stubborn teardrops from the corners of my eyes. Ankhon Dekhi is a film with a big heart and a generous...
View ArticleHaider(2014)
Dir.:Vishal Bhardwaj I have a small personal connection with Hamlet.Its character Ophelia and her death is the subject of a sublime painting by Sir John Everett Millais. It is my Mona Lisa and hangs at...
View ArticleKapoor And Sons – A very brief case study of Bollywoods growth pangs.
As Tolstoy said “All happy families resemble one another, and every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”, and so is Mr Kapoors family, unhappy in multiple ways that is. Time is running out for...
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