Author: Nimisha Menon

Wives Of The Skies: Peering Through The Lens That Objectifies Women

Discomfort – if one word could describe the effect and emotions Wives Of The Skies evoke in the viewer, it would be that – abject discomfort. Peering through the lens of cinematographer Davey Robertson, we see the two stewardesses, bold and vulnerable. Rachel Alig and Maddison Bullock play Fran and Marcy respectively, the two women… Continue reading Wives Of The Skies: Peering Through The Lens That Objectifies Women

As One: Inspiring You To Find Your Coping Mechanism

Writer Tawny Sorensen’s As One is a 14:39 minutes long film on loss, grief and the journey between the two – covered one step at a time. Sorensen who also plays one of the leads in the film picks on the cancer-genre, a sub-category that we have been well-exposed to, but what she does with… Continue reading As One: Inspiring You To Find Your Coping Mechanism

Li’l Chit Chat: Every Pet Owner’s Monologue

Writer-Director Colin Thomas Jennings’s Li’l Chit Chat is a 9:23 minutes long romantic comedy – but hold your reigns, it isn’t the romance you presume it to be. It’s even better. It involves a furry little companion with a wagging tail. That dogs make best friends because they wag their tails and not tongues is… Continue reading Li’l Chit Chat: Every Pet Owner’s Monologue

Cactus Boy: That One Imaginary Friend We Have All Had

Chris Brake’s Cactus Boy is delicate, touching and quite literally a tribute: to one’s childhood, one’s best friend and to nostalgia. The story of a boy and his imaginary friend, Cactus Boy is a coming-of-age tale and at 17:04 minutes, a brief one at that. Colin Ford plays Winston Prickle, the quiet, reserved boy. (And,… Continue reading Cactus Boy: That One Imaginary Friend We Have All Had

Ida: The Consuming World Of A Frightened Child

Writer-Director Parminder Singh’s Ida is the story of an 8-year old and the nightmares she endures, even during daytime. Living with an alcoholic parent can never be easy. But, to see it, particularly through the eyes of an 8-year old can be painful. Kerstin Jannerup Gjesing plays the eponymous character. And, we see her world,… Continue reading Ida: The Consuming World Of A Frightened Child

Debris (Desecho): Dark Reality Of Human Labour Trafficking

What’s the price one pays for a better life? What’s the limit to pushing oneself for it? What’s the price of one’s life, anyway? Apparently very little, especially if you fall in the category of an illegal, migrant labourer. Director Julio O. Ramos’s Debris(Desecho) is developed from his own story, while co-written with Lucas Mireles.… Continue reading Debris (Desecho): Dark Reality Of Human Labour Trafficking

Impossibility:Possibility: A Paradox Of Modern Life Solutions To Age-old Problems

The film opens to Mother Teresa’s quote that goes in the lines of loving someone or something until there’s only love left and no place for hurt. Poetic. Philosophical. But, seldom tried. Humans aren’t designed to live in abandon. Societies ensure we don’t. But, in Brendan Sweeney’s Impossibility:Possibility, we see a glimpse of that spiral… Continue reading Impossibility:Possibility: A Paradox Of Modern Life Solutions To Age-old Problems

Nightingale: A Family Torn Apart By A Tragedy

Writer-Director Edward Palmer’s Nightingale is evocative – of a sense of profound loss that cannot be expressed, but only felt. In his 9:00 minutes long film, what he does is present the lives of two individuals, parents at that, and the worst nightmare that any parents could possibly have to endure. But, with almost no… Continue reading Nightingale: A Family Torn Apart By A Tragedy

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