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Green Book: Beyond Prejudice, Towards Friendship
The normalization of injustice and inequality can be so deeply conditioned that we seldom recognise the unfairness of it all. We become so accustomed to the way the world works that we stop questioning things that should never have been accepted in the first place. One such film that explores this is Green Book (2018), directed by Peter Farrelly. The...
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: When Necessity Becomes Invention
Imagine an engineer, a developer, or anyone whose work involves constructing a windmill. For them, building one might seem like a regular task. They are trained for it. They have spent years learning about it. Their studies, exams, projects, practices,...
All of Us Strangers: When Loneliness Creates Its Own World
Loneliness is not necessarily an isolated experience. Sometimes, it can exist even within the presence of a constant crowd. However, All of Us Strangers (2023), written and directed by Andrew Haigh and adapted from the novel Strangers by Japanese writer...
Rashomon: The Film That Changed The Meaning of Truth
There is, of course, a universal truth in our midst. But often, it is a truth that only the universe can see. Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon, adapted from the short stories “In a Grove” and “Rashomon” by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa,...
Life of Pi: How Ang Lee Made a Film Out of an Unfilmable Novel
Some books can be difficult to adapt because their stories are too complicated. Others can be difficult because what makes them special exists mostly in the reader’s imagination. Life of Pi (2012) is a film that belongs to the second...
Poor Things: The World Through a Woman Who Has Not Yet Learned to Obey
If Bella thinks about killing someone, she says it. If she is intrigued by a dead body on the table and wants to see it cut open, she starts stabbing the body. Things that one only thinks about become her...
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Starring Nayanthara and directed by Sundar C, Mookuthi Amman 2 has received a largely unfavourable response from critics, with reviews pointing to its weak screenplay, misplaced comedy and underwhelming visual effects. Nayanthara returns as the titular goddess in the sequel, which moves the franchise in a different direction from the 2020 original. Released in theatres on November 6, the Tamil...
























