The Gorilla's Lament
Thumbs all opposed and nowhere to go.
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Citizen Kane meets Sunset Boulevard, but with more dance numbers.
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CLIMAX (2021) falls in the uneasy territory between quirky art film and loud and glitzy entertainer, being both a character study of the ri...
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Couldn't get away.
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At first glance, Looop Lapeta (2022) might look like your average movie about a woman stuck in a time loop as she desperately runs through...
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Whaaaat?
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This is apparently real. There's a long way to go between "announcement" and "actual movie that I can watch", but ...
Saturday, February 5, 2022
You get what it says on the tin.
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Some movies take a while to figure out; they are full of symbolism and careful characterization, all leading to a deeper meaning than what y...
Saturday, January 29, 2022
That's So Maasha!
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Gulaebaghavali (2018) is a farce in which a charming gang of misfits compete with vicious criminals to retrieve a fortune in diamonds. Tha...
Saturday, January 22, 2022
A Study in Black and White
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Byomkesh Bakshi is the best known detective hero from Bengali literature, and Satyajit Ray is a legendary director, considered by some to b...
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Advanced Buntys and Bablis
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2005's Bunty Aur Babli is one of my favorite movies; it's a giddy romp about a pair of golden-hearted con artists, a movie beautif...
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