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The Hunt (Denmark,2012)
Dir.:Thomas Vinterberg There is a lot of evil in the world and nothing gets people more upset and mad than sexual abuse of children.Capturing the Friedmans, a 2003 documentary by Andrew Jarecki was a...
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Pacific Rim (2013)
Dir.:Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro does things his own way, takes his own risks and dreams his own dreams.Sometimes the result can be an all time great film like Pan’s Labyrinth and sometimes...
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My Mandela
It was October 1990.Still hot and muggy in Kolkata even at 9 am in the morning.Perhaps it was a holiday or I would have been in school.I was exactly 14 years old then.My house was on the way to the......
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Blue Jasmine (2013)
Dir.:Woody Allen I need to get this off my chest at the onset.There is quite a bit of Mike Leigh in this film, and I mean it in a good way. It has to more to it than just the... Read More ›
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The Railway Man(2013)
Dir.:Jonathan Teplitzky Eric Lomax( Colin Firth) loves trains.He knows the timetables of trains in England verbatim.If you have missed your train he can guide you faster than Google and in any case in...
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Rosetta(1999)
Dir.:Jean Luc and Pierre Dardenne It’s not for nothing that “Dardenneseque” has entered the lexicon of the modern cinephile.The Dardenne brothers from Belgium, who have been making riveting social...
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Boyhood( 2014)
Dir.: Richard Linklater Richard Linklaters new film is alive with the energy and confusion of its characters as they grow up in front of our eyes.Much has been said and written about the film being...
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Miss Lovely( 2012)
Dir.:Ashim Ahluwalia I have read Ashim Ahluwalias interviews with great interest and enjoyment.Here is a man unabashedly against much that Bollywood does and I find myself agreeing with most of his...
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Ankhon Dekhi(2014)
Dir.:Rajat Kapoor This film made me grin from ear to ear while my fingers were busy wiping away stubborn teardrops from the corners of my eyes. Ankhon Dekhi is a film with a big heart and a generous...
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Haider(2014)
Dir.:Vishal Bhardwaj I have a small personal connection with Hamlet.Its character Ophelia and her death is the subject of a sublime painting by Sir John Everett Millais. It is my Mona Lisa and hangs at...
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I am not Charlie Hebdo
This is not yet another massacre by Islamic fundamentalists. This time the victims are people who have made a career out of giving offence in a country where giving offence is legal and is called free...
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In Search of Famine ( Akaler Sandhane, Bengali with English Subtitles) 1980
Dir.: Mrinal Sen Akaler Sadhane (In Search of Famine) is a great introduction to the cinema of Mrinal Sen. It was made in 1980 when he was at the height of his powers. The film begins with the...
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