Hizia, On Netflix, Is A Story Of Morally Flawed Characters
Hizia, experiments and plays with this ethical and moral dilemma, and showcases how things aren’t as black and white as they appear at first glance
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Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman Reminisces Childhoods Without Romanticising Them
It is a grandmother’s recipe, an old hand-stitched quilt, a warm hug under the blanket and a scraped knee that teach you something, in this film
Of Road Accidents and Hunger Pangs: The Dark Undertones of Raw’s Vibrant World
More than being scary, the visuals of the film are nauseating, which makes it impossible to detach yourself
Three Movies That Explore Money, Politics, and Political Apathy
Political movies, to me, are less about the type of plot and more about the kind of themes they deal with
Amelie: A Hopeless Optimist With An Urge To Eradicate Loneliness
Maybe instead of dismissing her strength, we can learn from her to not let the childlike curiosity, which keeps us alive, absolutely disappear
La Haine, An Underrated Film And A Conversation On Hate
La Haine is an underrated film for me because of the conversation it is trying to spark without ever really telling you so explicitly
The Music Of Un Homme Et Une Femme Is The Backbone Of The Film
It’s like a love letter to rainy evenings and chance meetings
I’m Not An Easy Man: A Piercing Look At Male Privilege
With a smart title, playing on the association of the word ‘easy’ when read alongside a woman, the film flips the world as it’s known to us
The Distinct Charm Of Jean-Pierre Melville
One can say that what Yasujirō Ozu is to portraying family relationships, Melville is to portraying grey characters in thrilling situations
Raw And Aamis: The Stories Of Meat And Desire
Aamis (in Assamese) and Raw (in French) are two movies that have successfully used meat as a protagonist
The Presence of Pain, Death and Despair in Amour, On Prime Video
Love and death are but two sides of the same coin, and Amour studies this particular form of dualism with a fraught, piteous story
60 Years of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless
A look back at the film that launched Godard and the French New Wave
