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March 25, 2023
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March 24, 2023
Spoilers ahead… The film, led by a superb Prasanth Alexander, is both a murder mystery and an absurdist comedy, with a touch of domestic abuse and the sight of Darshana Rajendran with streaks of grey. If Krishand’s new film had been an Agatha Christie or Perry Mason mystery, it might be called “The Case of […]
March 22, 2023
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March 10, 2023
Spoilers ahead… In ‘Kammatipaadam’, Rajeev Ravi took an issue and wove a “story” around it. Now, in ‘Kuttavum Shikshayum’ and ‘Thuramukham’, the issues *are* the story. He’s weaving tapestries of a particular place, a particular time. Stylistically speaking, Rajeev Ravi’s Thuramukham can be seen as a companion piece to his earlier film, Kuttavum Shikshayum. The […]
March 9, 2023
By S Vidyasagar There are certain moments in life when you loose yourself to emotions like anger, lust, etc., become something else for a while, and return to your true self when you regain your composure. You would look back in wonderment at what had taken you over, and how silly and foolish you had […]
March 7, 2023
By Aman Basha Calling it an attempt to provoke 2022 was a good year for film per me.Sure there are those who are worried about the dip in success rates for theatrical releases, the seeming audience disinterest in genres and such, but to them I have only one retort and it starts with a K, […]
March 3, 2023
By Bharath Vijayakumar Debutant director Adhil Maimoonath Asharaf’s Ntikkakkakkoru Premondarnn is the kind of film that is most commonly referred to as a feel-good film. There is a general feel of warmth throughout and even when there are major conflicts, you feel assured that things will fall in place. Another way to see it is that […]
February 21, 2023
Spoilers ahead… The first half works quite well in a low-key mode, but the second half could have used a lot more bite. There’s something utterly endearing about a big, burly man like Lal playing someone whose dream is to become a fashion designer. (The character’s name is Basheer.) This is a stereotype, of course […]
February 18, 2023
By Bharath Vijayakumar The year is 2007 and we are in Poovar, a small town in Kerala. Roy (Mathew Thomas), a teenager is possibly having the best of times with his friends. They play all day, have a dance group called the ‘Poovar Boys’ and watch Pokkiri (the Tamil version, in case it is important […]
February 14, 2023
Spoilers ahead… The director’s earlier work, Attention Please, was an angry film about art being the ultimate weapon. Rekha is more about the heart. The pre-interval stretch of Rekha gives no idea about what lies later. What we get at first is a beautiful depiction of a family and the small, sleepy community that surrounds […]
February 13, 2023
Spoilers ahead… Ingmar Bergman famously struggled with “the silence of God,” and the still camera appears to extend that mute-witness aspect of God, someone who watches over this tranquil community but neither helps the good nor punishes the bad The title of Don Palathara’s new film, which had its world premiere at the International Film […]
February 9, 2023
Spoilers ahead… Even after a tragic backstory, Mammootty is asked to do so little that he powers along solely on the basis of his charisma. No means no. That’s what Christopher (Mammootty) wants for women. But very often, toxic and powerful men do not take no for an answer – and the women end […]
February 7, 2023
Spoilers ahead… Biju Menon and Vineeth Sreenivasan are aces in Syam Pushkaran’s deceptive screenplay, where things don’t come at you the way you expect them to. The opening visual and the opening stretch of Saheed Arafath’s Thankam tell two different stories. The visual is that of loneliness: we see a man facing the sea, his […]
February 7, 2023
Spoilers ahead… It’s a cliché by now to quote Shakespeare and say all the world’s a stage, the men and women merely players. But the film really makes us feel we are all part of a cosmic/divine plan. The “hero entry shot” of Mammootty in Lijo Jose Pellissery’s magical new movie, Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam, occurs […]
February 4, 2023
By Sudharsanan Sampath SPOILER ALERT: I watched an exceptional film last week. I don’t know how to talk about this film yet, so I decided to write about it. I watch a lot of films. Some entertain me, like the blockbusters, popcorn films that beg you to witness them on the big screen. Some, I […]
January 23, 2023
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January 18, 2023
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January 6, 2023
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January 5, 2023
By Krishnaraj Sambath As a Watcher FDFS (my first ever!) on 30-Sep-2022, 6PM show in Houston, TX. There were 5 of us in total in the theatre, including my wife and 4-yr old son. (Not the ear-deafening paper-showering cinematic FDFS experience I was hoping for) As a Reader Why did I pick up this book? […]
March 26, 2023
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