View Post 8 min How Dileep uses his films to gather support, power Posted on January 11, 2022January 12, 2022by Vishal Menon An ex-fan of the ex-star calls out the actor’s bluff in his attempts to use his art as a means to gather support Share
View Post 5 min Lijo Jose Pellissery's Jallikattu Is Out Of The Oscar Race Posted on February 10, 2021February 10, 2021by Baradwaj Rangan A ‘Pebbles’ winning the prestigious Tiger award at Rotterdam is but a pebble in a pond. For one, the festival is too “indie”. And two, not enough has been written about the film. Yet. Share
View Post 6 min It's Time To Confess To Your Most Controversial Movie Opinions Posted on March 26, 2020May 20, 2020by Team FC Life, as we know it, is never going to be the same again. Could there be a better time to air out our most unpopular opinions? Share
View Post 5 min Southern Lights: On ‘June’ And The Pleasures Of Even Not-So-Great Malayalam Cinema Posted on March 25, 2019May 15, 2020by Baradwaj Rangan The detailing seems to come less from a screenwriting manual than from someone’s life Share 678
View Post 10 min Southern Lights: Men, Maleness, Masculinity And Family In Kumbalangi Nights Posted on February 25, 2019May 15, 2020by Baradwaj Rangan The many facets of an intricate drama from director Madhu C Narayanan and writer Syam Pushkaran. (Be warned. Spoilers ahead.) Share 4K
View Post 3 min Southern Lights: The Prithviraj-Parvathy Starrer ‘My Story’ Is A Meh Story Posted on July 12, 2018May 13, 2020by Baradwaj Rangan Plus, thoughts on this unnamed genre, which finds new ways to embadden an already bad movie Share 60
View Post 5 min Southern Lights: A Shout-out To Jayasurya’s Performance In ‘Njan Marykutty’… Posted on July 5, 2018May 13, 2020by Baradwaj Rangan Plus, thoughts on cis actors in trans roles, ‘Asuravadham’, and a beautiful ‘singer’s song’ from the seventies’ Share 228
View Post 4 min Southern Lights: A Reliably Unreliable Narrator Posted on January 16, 2018May 13, 2020by Baradwaj Rangan A look back at a scene from Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s ‘Anantaram’, which turned thirty this year Share
View Post 2 min Southern Lights: Best New Year Songs Posted on January 1, 2018May 13, 2020by Baradwaj Rangan These are our pick of songs for the occasion from across south India. What are yours? Share
View Post 4 min Southern Lights: A Reliably Unreliable Narrator Posted on December 22, 2017May 13, 2020by Baradwaj Rangan A look back at a scene from Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s ‘Anantaram’, which turned thirty this year Share
Southern Lights: Star Struck Posted on November 16, 2017May 13, 2020by Baradwaj Rangan Should star ratings (terrible as they are) be absolute or relative? Let’s discuss Share