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Wings of Desire (1987) takes off with a dedication to cinema’s three great stalwarts – Truffaut, Ozu and Tarkovsky. Indeed, elements of all the three directors’ works are present in the film. However...

“To reconstitute political life in a state presupposes a good man, where to have recourse to violence in order to make oneself prince in a republic supposes a bad man. Hence very rarely will there be...

Sixty three years post India’s independence, what has happened to the instructions of the father of the Indian country? India is the world’s largest democracy, what is it that we pride ourselves on?...

We all know about Guillermo Del Toro’s obsession with the supernatural, surreal and fantastic – Perhaps many of us have watched the majestic Pan’s Labyrinth, or the Hellboy series, both generously...

 The Reader is a complex film in many ways. Films of this genre often find it formidable to capture the essence of the story, characters and events in a manner that stay with you much after you’...

Satyajit Ray was a Renaissance Man – a versatile genius of immense capabilities. A towering personality, he wasn’t just one of the great auteurs of world cinema, but also a prolific writer, a...

   Ray covered a host of genres in his lifetime – from psychological, urban dramas to satirical comedies and musicals, from political films to children’s fantasies, from historical epics to...

While speaking about Ray’s contributions to the world of cinema, it is very easy to overlook, especially those who do not speak Bengali, his prolific literary output. In fact it can be safely said...

The story of Apocalypse Now is one of almost inconceivable excess. Onscreen it is a behemoth of a film loaded with memorable sequence after memorable sequence, very nearly bursting at the seams with...

If you know even a little about the premise of Funny Games - you start dreading what you are going to witness from the first frame itself. This fact alone is a commentary on how violence, and the...

On September 11 1999, when the first reports of the attack on the World Trade Centre started pouring in, it seemed too unreal to be true. After the dust settled, the media started rifling through the...

“Even the music makes me want to kill myself,” said a man a few rows down from me during the closing credits. I laughed; sometimes someone just says it all. But being depressing is only one of the...