‘Scrap’ is a 20:46 minutes long film on a homeless woman. Beth (Vivian Kerr) who is living out of her car, moving places whenever required, worse, when suspected is the central character of this film. She has if uncomfortably, settled for a life, as hapless as it may seem, unlike others, resorting to gym showers… Continue reading ‘Scrap’ Magnifies The Plight Of The Homeless…
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‘Kushtaka’ Unveils The Strange Tale Of Love, Loss & The Other-Worldly From The Alaskan Slopes…
‘Kushtaka’, an adaptation from ‘The strangest story ever told’ written by Harry D. Colp, opens to a close-up shot of a snow-covered cadaver, frozen in time. Ghastly, for an opening shot, one might think. But, ‘Kushtaka’ isn’t meant for the faint-hearted. It’s centred on the life of Timothy Driscoll, played by Paul VanDyke, an isolated… Continue reading ‘Kushtaka’ Unveils The Strange Tale Of Love, Loss & The Other-Worldly From The Alaskan Slopes…
‘Uber Ex’ Leaves Behind A Smile On Your Face!
Its twilight and the door shuts behind them, drowning the cheers and laughter behind. Kate and David have just crossed a significant milestone in their relationship. Despite the early stages in their dating, David invites Kate to an engagement party to which she obliges. We witness their warming up to one another, the warm fuzzy… Continue reading ‘Uber Ex’ Leaves Behind A Smile On Your Face!
‘Out Of Character’ Gives A Fitting Reply To Those Used To Objectifying Women!
‘Out Of Character’ is a 12:27 minutes long film on an author Jackson Stone (John “Jay” Caddle) who is haunted by his own creation, a female character, at that. His writing on a killer prostitute becomes his nemesis when it comes to life seeking vengeance. Jay, who is in the midst of his new book… Continue reading ‘Out Of Character’ Gives A Fitting Reply To Those Used To Objectifying Women!
‘Herringbone’ Flips The Spotlight On To The Audience
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the film or wish to not know about key details from it, we advise you to stop reading. A concept had been doing the rounds on the social media for a while – what if animals were replaced with humans in settings where they were being exploited? The results… Continue reading ‘Herringbone’ Flips The Spotlight On To The Audience
‘Geeta’ Is A Witness To The Silent, Unscrupulous Conscious Of The Society…
Raashi Kulkarni’s soulful composition plays at the backdrop as someone calls out her name; and we see her. Standing meekly by the window, looking into the distant horizon, with thoughts far too deep to delve into and yet too simple to divulge, as shared by million others, she is Geeta. Director/Writer Sohil Vaidya’s weaves an… Continue reading ‘Geeta’ Is A Witness To The Silent, Unscrupulous Conscious Of The Society…
‘Threshold’ Will Sob You Out With Its Tragedy!
‘Threshold’ by writer/director Mark O’Brien is a 10:58 minutes long, biting thriller that packs in a powerful storyline with very limited dialogues. The movie starts off with Frank; a troubled cop played by Joris Jarsky. Frank is undergoing an emotional upheaval, evident in the scenes of him drowning himself in the alcohol and snorting of… Continue reading ‘Threshold’ Will Sob You Out With Its Tragedy!
‘Barrel Of A Gun’ Plays Out The Slow Fragmenting Of A Beautiful Relationship…
Love… that universal feeling none can escape from and all hope to succumb to is the theme here. Experienced by all at some point or the other in their lives, ‘Barrel Of A Gun’ showcases emotions like the shooting of a bullet; precise and unmistakably to-the-point. Likewise, the death of a relationship too that might… Continue reading ‘Barrel Of A Gun’ Plays Out The Slow Fragmenting Of A Beautiful Relationship…
LGBT Dystopian Tale ‘Hiding In Daylight’ Brings Back The Horrors Of Persecution…
Linda (Julee Cerda) and Paul (Gary Hilborn) walk hand-in-hand on what seems a sunny, cheerful day. The gait in their walk only doubled in merriment with the background score accompanying them, the film starts off on a good note. We see, somewhere, in a parallel world of their own, another couple readies their home for… Continue reading LGBT Dystopian Tale ‘Hiding In Daylight’ Brings Back The Horrors Of Persecution…
‘Sand’: The Bondage Of Physical And Psychological Paranoia…
Having been nominated for the Golden Calf at the Dutch Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands (September 2017) and winning the title of the ‘Best animation’ at the Bucharest Shortcut CineFest (July 2017), ‘Sand’ with multiple accolades, wins and nominations is undoubtedly a gem! ‘Sand’ being Arjan Brentjes’s second animated film, takes its audience to a style… Continue reading ‘Sand’: The Bondage Of Physical And Psychological Paranoia…