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Three films about women.
‘Bean Pole’ ‘A Fantastic Woman’ ‘Dogs don’t wear Pants’ If I were to sit down and pick three movies about women, I couldn’t have done a better job than randomly choosing ‘Bean…
December 29, 2020 -
Online Teaching Hype – Where is the mute button?
In times of pandemics, wars, and natural calamities, we change our ways of doing and thinking. Sometimes, we come up with a solution that endures beyond the troubled times and makes the…
July 22, 2020 -
Honeygiver among the Dogs – How to marry Film noir with Eastern Mysticism?
The answer is to travel the misty mountains of the Bhutanese countryside and to the dusty ramshackle township of Thimpu following a femme fatale, Choden (Sonam Tashi Choden ) accused of murder…
June 6, 2020 -
Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastan – Film Review
(spoilers ahead) This is one of my all-time favourite movies. A charming arthouse flick that feels like the inside of a pre-liberalization era rotary dial telephone. Its production values, in this Netflix-era,…
May 11, 2020 -
Fear and Loathing of Quarantine – Notes from the Plague days
A tiny beast has changed the world. This microscopic entity named after the gigantic burning star, who’s name I will not take, with its pathetically small string of genetic material has created…
May 11, 2020