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News of the World (2020)

February 26, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Golden Thread, The (1965)

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 by Eternality Tan

One Second (2020)

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All Is Forgiven (2007)

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Matrix, The (1999)

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Orpheus (1950)

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Claire’s Knee (1970)

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Sisters Brothers, The (2018)

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Sign of Leo, The (1962)

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Mr. Jones (2019)

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Tag / India

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Golden Thread, The (1965)

  • Ghatak, Ritwik
  • 1965, India, Ritwik Ghatak
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Part of Ghatak’s ‘Partition’ trilogy, this rarely-seen film is a strong melodrama about suffering, loss and psychological turmoil as a man, his younger sister and an adopted orphan navigate the harsh socio-economic realities in postwar India. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 by Eternality Tan

River Called Titas, A (1973)

  • Criterion Collection, Ghatak, Ritwik
  • 1973, Bangladesh, India, Ritwik Ghatak
  • 1 Comment

Now canonized by The Criterion Collection, Ghatak’s beloved tragedy about the poor fishing villages on the banks of the river Titas is meandering to a fault, but is imaginative and poetic.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 10, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Seventh Horse of the Sun, The (1992)

  • Benegal, Shyam
  • 1992, India, Shyam Benegal
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A mix of fiction and reality, and memory and imagination as Shyam Benegal weaves a complex drama full of literary qualities, but somehow isn’t compelling enough to get into.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Mandi (1983)

  • Benegal, Shyam
  • 1983, India, Shyam Benegal
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Lengthy but still an entertaining piece centering on a bordello and its ragtag of vibrant characters as Shyam Benegal balances humour and serious women issues with skill. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 27, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Ramkhind (2001)

  • Dutta, Amit
  • 2001, Amit Dutta, India
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An ethnographic documentary on the Warli tribe in India, who are isolated from the modern world, as Amit Dutta captures their daily lives, rituals and myths with a keen observational eye.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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November 15, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Disciple, The (2020)

  • Others
  • 2020, Chaitanya Tamhane, India
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As a character study on a young Indian classical music vocalist trying to persevere in his quest to be a master of the craft, Tamhane’s sophomore feature is occasionally overwrought and ironically one-note.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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November 4, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

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  • 1960, India
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A milestone of popular Indian cinema, this enduring classic is a lavish epic about the taboo romance between a prince and a court dancer, and how love might triumph over power.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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October 28, 2020November 27, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Nainsukh (2010)

  • Dutta, Amit
  • 2010, Amit Dutta, India
  • 1 Comment

Contemporary Indian avant-garde cinema at its artistic peak, Amit Dutta’s unclassifiable portrait of a famous 18th-century Indian painter is an astonishing poetic and sensorial experience.   

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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October 5, 2020October 6, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Gol Maal (1979)

  • Mukherjee, Hrishikesh
  • 1979, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, India
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A simple lie about having a look-alike twin brother turns into an elaborate if risky plan of deception in this hilarious comedy about an employee trying to trick his conservative boss to keep his new high-paying job. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 2, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Nishant (1975)

  • Benegal, Shyam
  • 1975, India, Shyam Benegal
  • 4 Comments

A film that will anger the hell out of you as Shyam Benegal tackles gender and class oppression in a depressingly kyriarchal Indian town with brazen confidence. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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