By Jeyashree Kathiresan What instils more hope in you than a young filmmaker’s impressive and very sensitive debut. I watched Sorry, baby, with twenty other Montrealers making the best of the Tuesday-only discounted ticket rates. Twenty is crowd at the Cinema du parc, given that my company during earlier visits has never been over five. […]

If you are covering market structures in NCEA Level 3 or in CIE A Level, the recent news that the New Zealand Commerce Commission is taking Foodstuffs North Island and its subsidiary Gilmours Wholesale to court is very relevant. It… Continue reading →

I have shown my classes the documentary ‘Inside Job’ and the movie ‘The Big Short’ both about the 2007 global financial crisis (GFC). The GFC is often described as a Minsky Moment named after economist Hyman Minsky. Minsky explored how… Continue reading →

A report from Apollo (Asset Managers) Chief Economist Torsten Sløk talked of the threat of stagflation in the US economy. He states that tariffs are typically stagflationary shocks as they increase the probability of stagnant growth as well as putting… Continue reading →

The first hour is charming and very inventively staged. It helps that the genre is rarely seen with an older couple. But the woke messaging makes the latter parts a bit of a pain. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. In Aap Jaisa Koi, a superb R Madhavan plays Shrirenu Tripathi, or Shri, […]

Rudra and Mithila Palkar play a couple whose love story is like the movies, and yet, a lot like life outside the movies. The result is an easy-breezy watch. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. If Gautham Vasudev Menon dialled down the intensity and increased the candyfloss-ness of one of his romances, we’d […]

In recent years the discipline of moral psychology has generally been seen as separate to that of economics although historically (Adam Smith and Karl Marx) discussions of political economy* were closely linked with questions of morality. * Political economy –… Continue reading →

This is the story of a writer who confronts not just his characters, but also his own biases and prejudices. The inventively made film doesn’t preach, but it leaves you thinking. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. On the surface, Mayakoothu is the story of a writer of serialised novels. His name is Vasan, and […]

Here, you’ll find several blockbusters that fell short of the original 100 — “Sinners,” “Barbie,” not one but two “Dune” movies — and small international gems like “Drive My Car” and “The Handmaiden,” too. “Midsommar” and “Mean Girls” entered the chat, while a surprising number of rankings (“Mulholland Drive,” “The Social Network”) stood firm. Full […]