Recent Posts

• #AskBR – Sarpatta Parambarai
• Aravind’s ‘Thelivuppathaiyin Neesa Thooram (TNT)’, on moviewud, investigates the 1998 Coimbatore bomb blasts with a sincerity that overcomes its shortcomings
• Pawan Kumar’s elegantly made web series ‘Kudi Yedamaithe’, starring Amala Paul and Rahul Vijay, is solid sci-fi with impressive writing
• Readers Write In #389: On the Kannada movie GANTUMOOTE (Baggage)
• Readers Write In #388: Hinduism – Its Philosophy, Science and Politics
• Interview: Pasupathy (‘Sarpatta Parambarai’) gives a masterclass on the art of acting
• Readers Write In #387: Sarpatta Parambarai is a roller-coaster ride
• ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’, starring Arya and Pasupathy, finds Pa Ranjith in phenomenal form and making his finest film yet
• Interview (shot in VR): Pasupathy (‘Sarpatta Parambarai’)
• Interview: Arya (‘Sarpatta Parambarai’)
• Readers Write In #386: Shakti: Third and Final Act of Hindi Cinema’s Oedipal Trilogy
• Srikanth Addala’s ‘Narappa’, starring Venkatesh and Priyamani, is a too-faithful remake of ‘Asuran’, but it works
• Interview: Pa Ranjith (‘Sarpatta Parambarai’)
• Readers Write In #385: Dictatorships and popular consent
• Interview: Arun Prabu Purushothaman (a spoilery deep dive into the philosophies of ‘Vaazhl’)
• Interview: Mahesh Narayanan (a spoilery deep dive into the making of ‘Malik’)
• The mostly wonderful ‘Vaazhl’, starring Pradeep Antony, has Arun Prabu Purushothaman outdoing ‘Aruvi’ with a dream-drama about finding yourself
• Mahesh Narayanan’s glorious ‘Malik’, with Fahadh Faasil, Vinay Forrt and Nimisha Sajayan, shows how a drama can be epic and intimate all at once
• Pandian Sooravali’s ‘Dilemma: Some Adults Story’, on moviewud, is an interesting indie about the ugliness in men
• Interview: Arun Prabu Purushothaman (on ‘Vaazhl’, his film after ‘Aruvi’)
• Readers Write In #384: Where have the ‘Jerry Maguire’s and ‘As Good As It Gets’s gone?
• Readers Write In #383: Sara’s is the latest entry in the series of Malayalam ‘women’s issue’ films that actually downplays its content
• FC South YouTube Live: Malayalam Cinema 101: Old Waves & The New Wave
• Chat Masala #7: Mani Ratnam and Jayendra interview (Navarasa)
• Kittu’s ‘Methagu’, a part-biopic of Velupillai Prabhakaran, has its moments, but it should have been more dramatic, more powerful
• Readers Write In #382: Who is the real Sherni?
• Tanglish Talks: Last night, after a call…
• Dilip Kumar, Indian Film Star Who Brought Realism to Bollywood, Dies at 98
• Readers Write In #381: Balamuralikrishna dazzles once more!
• Readers Write In #380: Sherni is alarming, excellent
• Interview: TM Krishna (on his transformation from artist to activist)
• Jude Anthany Joseph’s ‘Sara’s’, with Anna Ben and Sunny Wayne, is an entertaining, feel-good take on the “child vs. career” dilemma
• Readers Write In #379: Karnan and the Trauma of Oppression
• Readers Write In #378: Princess Mononoke: Getting Ambiguity Right (?)
• Readers Write In #377: ‘The family man’ is one of the best things to happen to the Indian entertainment sector, and it owes more to its characters than anything else
• Readers Write In #376: What’s special about South Korean cinema?
• Interview: Leena Manimekalai (a spoilery deep dive into the politics of ‘Maadathy’)
• ‘Aanum Pennum’, with an all-star cast, is an uneven anthology, with Aashiq Abu’s short being the standout
• Tanu Balak’s okayish ‘Cold Case’, with Prithviraj and Aditi Balan, needed better writing and a better ending
• Readers Write In #375: Paadavaa Un Paadalai: a brilliant song, an apt picturisation and a terrible film
• Readers Write In #374: Half a Kilo Mixture
• Bay Area Short Film Competition (with Film Companion South)
• Interview: Prithviraj (‘Cold Case’)
• Leena Manimekalai’s ‘Maadathy’, on Neestream, is a powerful social-horror story about a Dalit girl
• Tanglish Talks: An ode to the morning debt
• #AskBR – Jagame Thandiram
• The Family Man
• Interview: RJ Balaji (‘Naalana Murukku’ podcast)
• Interview: Karthik Subbaraj (a spoilery deep dive into the world of ‘Jagame Thandhiram’)
• Readers Write In #373: Notes on ‘Kaadhalum Kadanthu Pogum’