Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Expressive Cinematography at its finest

There are two films in the Harry Potter franchise that I have a bi-polar appreciation for. Previously, I have said why I think Prisoner of Azkaban is the best one of the lot, because of the brilliant direction of Alfonso Cuaron, even though I don’t like that some of the important plot points from the […]

1917: A Visual Masterpiece

April 1917, the Western Front. A young soldier, Lance-Corporal Blake, is given a perilous mission. He has to carry a message through a “No Man’s Land” to a battalion of the Devonshires, revoking an attack planned for the next day. The Germans have put just retreated to the Hindenburg Line – but aerial reconnaissance has […]

Why should Films be Taught in School?

Okay, hold your horses! Calm down and listen to me before you get all riled up about the futility of this. Now instead of jumping into it directly, let’s take a step back. Let’s talk about that form of art that is already being taught in schools around the globe – literature. So why do […]

Feluda Phirbe Abar!

As an ode to the maestro and to celebrate the start of the centenary of Satyajit Ray, the title song of Feluda Pherot was launched today. Written by Srijato, composed by Joy Sarkar and sung by Rupankar, Rupam Islam and Anupam Roy, the song is a fantastic treat to all Feluda-lovers (i.e. all Bengalis all over […]

The Hidden Gem in Ray’s Creative Crown

Satyajit Ray – a man who had the deepest impact on me when it comes to cinema, a man who taught me to understand cinema as a form of art and fall in love with this medium. Amidst these gloomy days that we are in right now, could there be any other auspicious day for […]

IT Chapter Two REVIEW: A Deliriously Entertaining Sequel

When the opening chapter of a Stephen King book starts with a six-year-old talking to a clown who lives in a sewer, chances are things are going to take a turn for the worst. King’s book was bifurcated into halves, one hefty chunk going to its 1950s preteens living in a fictional Maine town, and […]