By G Waugh It is only recently that I have been hearing a term called ‘Eat the Rich’ in magazines and web portals. Some films made world over in the last one and half decades are often slapped with labels such as these and a few of them have drawn international attention as well- the […]

Ruminating on the most epic, fascinating Indian mainstream film this year. By Aman Basha The 103 year old Telugu cinema culture is most notable for representing myth through the movies and pulling off spectacles for the ages. The myth may be a spinoff of the Mahabharata like Mayabazar or the Arabian Nights set in Baghdad, […]

The film, set in Sri Lanka, stars Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran. The gifted director, as always, leaves enough room for ambiguity, and every viewer will come away with their versions. The text review was published on December 6, 2023, after festival screenings. This movie is now in theatres, hence the video review. It’s 2022. Sri […]

By Voldemort There’s a reason we watch Disney movies.Two hours of great animation, a simple, heart-warming story of good defeating evil (or convincing evil to change its ways)with rather simplistic solutions to problems,great songs, and a little too on-the-nose messaging about family and love,that nevertheless make you smile. Inside Out 2 is similar,we follow Riley […]

Among the huge star cast, Amitabh Bachchan stands out. The sluggish pre-interval portions are somewhat redeemed by an action-packed second half. From his first film, Nag Ashwin has wanted to be different. Yevade Subramanyam, the first Telugu movie shot at the Everest, was about a story you usually don’t find in Telugu movies – and even […]

In most economics textbooks the labour market is shown with a simple graph of the supply of labour and the demand for labour and where they intersect the wage that employees receive for their service and the amount employed. The… Continue reading →

This video from CNBC looks at how China is spreading its influence in Latin America and the Caribbean. China became their second-largest trading partner in 2021, with almost $450 billion worth of goods exchanging hands, up from $12 billion in… Continue reading →

By Latha Rajasekar A complex narration of an average person’s tale, told with conviction, beautifully concurs a parallel story to catch the audience by surprise. Director Nithilan showcases his narrative prowess through the overlapping plot points and handles the ensemble’s individual arcs largely, except for couple of futile female characters. The compromise in exploring the […]

The first-time writer-director has a firm grip over both his craft and his understanding of the psychology of his two heroines. The result is a wonderfully humanistic drama. Ullozhukku, meaning undercurrent, is essentially a showcase for two women – I am talking about both Urvashi and Parvathy Thiruvothu, and the superbly written characters they play, […]

From the PBS NewsHour Paul Solman looks at shrinkflation with some great examples. Shrinkflation is a rise in the general price of goods per unit of weight or volume, brought about by a reduction in the weight or size of… Continue reading →

By Aadesh Ramaswamy Cahiers: Early films tell us a good deal about the period in which they were made. This is no longer true of 75 percent of current productions. In Pierrot le fou, do contemporary life and the fact that Belmondo is writing his journal give the film its real dimension? This was something that […]

a review of Lloyd Bacon’s glorious musical 42nd Street (1933)

By Aadesh Ramaswamy Recently Kajal Aggarwal’s Satyabhama released in theatres. One thing I noticed was that many reviews said how the film had a good amount of slow-motion walking scenes with BGM of Kajal Aggarwal “hyping “her or massifying her.… Ofc this is something that has been shot with male leads only exclusively… IIRC Shruti […]