Once the Fahadh character moves out to make way for a new set of villains, the film’s energy drops. The last hour appears interminable. The new villains are generic and unmemorable, and the film becomes all about Pushpa Pushpa Pushpa. The rest of this review may have spoilers, so read/watch at your own discretion. The […]

Below is a very good video by Isabella Weber who argues that, in contrast to the traditional model of inflation caused by excessive consumer demand, the current inflation is driven by corporations raising prices beyond what is necessary to cover… Continue reading →

“You have an obsessive mind, a mind that tends to latch on to something and won’t quit thinking about it. And this time, you’ve begun to obsess about this elderly lady next door.” This is more or less what Nazriya’s husband tells her, but if she listened to him, there would be no story. So […]

Director Vinesh Viswanath makes a delightful debut with Sthanarthi Sreekuttan, where he sails through one of the toughest jobs in the film business: making a movie with kids and about kids, but also treating these kids the way you’d treat adults. They are not “cute-ified”. He has a remarkable cast of youngsters, and every one […]

By Karthik Amarnath Two notes. E. F. That’s all it took. Two notes. Steven Spielberg had expected “a tremendously complex” opera, but all he got was two notes. What 40 technicians with half a million dollars had struggled to do, John Williams did with the E and F notes, played at the lowest register. He […]

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The transfer window is approaching and clubs maybe looking to add players to their squad who were previously under contract with another club. Such a transfer is completed by registering the player into the new club through FIFA. The upcoming… Continue reading →

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By Aadesh Ramaswamy When I read the description for Payal Kapadia’s tender All We Imagine As Light, I felt I read the summary for a European film or a Hong Sang Soo film, which are of course, very deceptively simple. Keeping this synopsis in mind, while I was watching the film, I could only describe […]

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By Aman Basha Some commentary on re releases and what they tell us If the year 2024 had an award for a category titled “Filmmaker of the Year”, the winner would resoundingly be Imtiaz Ali. Ali, who had been written off as being behind his best days for the last 6 years, made an imperceptible […]

Useful video that covers a lot of economic theory and events that have happened in the past. The wage indexation system in Belgium ensures that wages are linked to what they call the ‘Health Index’ this is similar to the… Continue reading →

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Author Bio: V Vijaysree I translated an early short story of Ve La Ramamurthy (who plays the villain in Tamil movies these days, I am told) and it has been picked up by Exchanges, the Journal of Literary Translation same as my first translated story about Karukurichiar. Pretty excited about that since this short story is in Thevar territory ! […]

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From https://www.jeyamohan.in/ நான் கங்குவா சினிமாவின் தரம், சுவை பற்றிப் பேசவரவில்லை. அந்த சினிமா வெளிவந்தபோது மிகச்சில நிமிடங்களுக்குள் இணையவெளியில் மிகப்பெரிய ஒருங்கிணைந்த தாக்குதல் உருவானது ரசிகர்களால் அல்ல என்பதை கொஞ்சம் அறிவுடையோர் எவரும் காணமுடியும். ஒரு சினிமா நன்றாக இல்லை என்றால் எந்த அறிவுள்ள மனிதனும் கொந்தளிக்கவோ கீழ்த்தர வசைகளில் இறங்கவோ மாட்டான். ஆனால் கங்குவா பற்றிய கருத்துக்கள் விமர்சனங்கள் அல்ல, நேரடியான தாக்குதல்கள். You can read the rest here. PS: He […]

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Martin Wolf of the FT recently wrote an article that criticising the notion that revitalising the manufacturing sector can increase employment in that sector. This policy was put forward in the US elections especially in the blue collar areas of… Continue reading →