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How Dileep uses his films to gather support, power

  • Posted on January 11, 2022January 12, 2022
  • by 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
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Lijo Jose Pellissery's Jallikattu Is Out Of The Oscar Race

  • Posted on February 10, 2021February 10, 2021
  • by 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.
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It's Time To Confess To Your Most Controversial Movie Opinions

  • Posted on March 26, 2020May 20, 2020
  • by 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?
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Southern Lights: On ‘June’ And The Pleasures Of Even Not-So-Great Malayalam Cinema

  • Posted on March 25, 2019May 15, 2020
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
The detailing seems to come less from a screenwriting manual than from someone’s life
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Southern Lights: Men, Maleness, Masculinity And Family In Kumbalangi Nights

  • Posted on February 25, 2019May 15, 2020
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
The many facets of an intricate drama from director Madhu C Narayanan and writer Syam Pushkaran. (Be warned. Spoilers ahead.)
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Southern Lights: The Prithviraj-Parvathy Starrer ‘My Story’ Is A Meh Story

  • Posted on July 12, 2018May 13, 2020
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
Plus, thoughts on this unnamed genre, which finds new ways to embadden an already bad movie
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Southern Lights: A Shout-out To Jayasurya’s Performance In ‘Njan Marykutty’…

  • Posted on July 5, 2018May 13, 2020
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
Plus, thoughts on cis actors in trans roles, ‘Asuravadham’, and a beautiful ‘singer’s song’ from the seventies’
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Southern Lights: A Reliably Unreliable Narrator

  • Posted on January 16, 2018May 13, 2020
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
A look back at a scene from Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s ‘Anantaram’, which turned thirty this year
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Southern Lights: Best New Year Songs

  • Posted on January 1, 2018May 13, 2020
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
These are our pick of songs for the occasion from across south India. What are yours?
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Southern Lights: A Reliably Unreliable Narrator

  • Posted on December 22, 2017May 13, 2020
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
A look back at a scene from Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s ‘Anantaram’, which turned thirty this year
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Southern Lights: Star Struck

  • Posted on November 16, 2017May 13, 2020
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
Should star ratings (terrible as they are) be absolute or relative? Let’s discuss
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