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Pride & Prejudice

From Muddy Skirts to Clenched Hands: 20 Years of โ€˜Pride & Prejudiceโ€™ (2005)

August 7, 2025
Rajasree Biswas
Cinema through the Lens of 'Breathless' (1960): Girls, Guns, and the Ghosts of Parisย 

Cinema through the Lens of ‘Breathless’ (1960): Girls, Guns, and the Ghosts of Parisย 

August 7, 2025
Naman Kumar
The Return of โ€˜Chaotic Womenโ€™ in Indian Independent Cinemaย 

The Return of โ€˜Chaotic Womenโ€™ in Indian Independent Cinemaย 

August 6, 2025
Bipasha Bhattacharyya
โ€˜Togetherโ€™ and the Horrors of Anxious Attachmentย 

โ€˜Togetherโ€™ and the Horrors of Anxious Attachmentย 

August 6, 2025
Aja Haymore
The Rajinikanth Effect: How Thalaivarโ€™s Meteoric Charm Forged A Cultural Phenomenon

The Rajinikanth Effect: How Thalaivarโ€™s Meteoric Charm Forged A Cultural Phenomenon

August 5, 2025
Anju Devadas
The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future
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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

Santosh Kumar Mamgain August 3, 2025August 6, 2025
Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion
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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

Manav August 2, 2025August 8, 2025
Go Ah-sung as Park Hyun-seo in Bong Joon-ho's 'The Host' (2006)
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Neocolonial Anxieties in Bong Joon-ho’s ‘The Host’ (2006)

Shahim Sheikh August 2, 2025August 2, 2025

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Pride & Prejudice
Column

From Muddy Skirts to Clenched Hands: 20 Years of โ€˜Pride & Prejudiceโ€™ (2005)

Rajasree Biswas August 7, 2025August 7, 2025
Cinema through the Lens of 'Breathless' (1960): Girls, Guns, and the Ghosts of Parisย 
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Cinema through the Lens of ‘Breathless’ (1960): Girls, Guns, and the Ghosts of Parisย 

Naman Kumar August 7, 2025August 7, 2025
The Return of โ€˜Chaotic Womenโ€™ in Indian Independent Cinemaย 
Column

The Return of โ€˜Chaotic Womenโ€™ in Indian Independent Cinemaย 

Bipasha Bhattacharyya August 6, 2025August 6, 2025

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Pride & Prejudice
Column

From Muddy Skirts to Clenched Hands: 20 Years of โ€˜Pride & Prejudiceโ€™ (2005)

August 7, 2025
Rajasree Biswas
Cinema through the Lens of 'Breathless' (1960): Girls, Guns, and the Ghosts of Parisย 
Column

Cinema through the Lens of ‘Breathless’ (1960): Girls, Guns, and the Ghosts of Parisย 

August 7, 2025
Naman Kumar
The Return of โ€˜Chaotic Womenโ€™ in Indian Independent Cinemaย 
Column

The Return of โ€˜Chaotic Womenโ€™ in Indian Independent Cinemaย 

August 6, 2025
Bipasha Bhattacharyya
โ€˜Togetherโ€™ and the Horrors of Anxious Attachmentย 
Column

โ€˜Togetherโ€™ and the Horrors of Anxious Attachmentย 

August 6, 2025
Aja Haymore
The Rajinikanth Effect: How Thalaivarโ€™s Meteoric Charm Forged A Cultural Phenomenon
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The Rajinikanth Effect: How Thalaivarโ€™s Meteoric Charm Forged A Cultural Phenomenon

August 5, 2025
Anju Devadas
The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future
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The Mockery of National Awards: The Fiasco of the 71st National Awards and What it Holds for the Future

August 3, 2025
Santosh Kumar Mamgain
Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion
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Kraffts, Senna, and Morbid Beauty of Passion

August 2, 2025
Manav
Go Ah-sung as Park Hyun-seo in Bong Joon-ho's 'The Host' (2006)
Essay · Featured

Neocolonial Anxieties in Bong Joon-ho’s ‘The Host’ (2006)

August 2, 2025
Shahim Sheikh
Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 
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Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 

July 31, 2025
Anju Devadas
Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They've Read Camus?ย 
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Why do all the Contemporary Villains Sound Like They’ve Read Camus?ย 

July 30, 2025
Bipasha Bhattacharyya
Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย  and His Mirrorย 
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Of Guns and Guilt: The Postmodern Antiheroย and His Mirrorย 

July 30, 2025
Subhashree Paul
The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindhanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)
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The Pain of Silent Departures and the Turmoil That Lingers Within: Thoughts on G.Aravindanโ€™s Pokkuveyil (1982, Twilight)

July 30, 2025
Rugmini Dinu
Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜chidambaramโ€™
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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜Chidambaramโ€™ (1985)

July 28, 2025
Anju Devadas
The Horror of the Unseen: How โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear
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The Horror of the Unseen: How the 1999 Movie โ€˜The Blair Witch Projectโ€™ Redefined Fear

July 24, 2025
Em Stonham
A Short Film About Love (Krรณtki film o milosci,1988)
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Through the Lens of Love and Longing: Revisiting Kieล›lowskiโ€™s โ€˜A Short Film About Loveโ€™

July 21, 2025
Rugmini Dinu
โ€˜The Ugly Stepsisterโ€™ and the Cost of Becoming โ€˜Beautiful Enoughโ€™
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โ€˜The Ugly Stepsisterโ€™ (2025) and the Cost of Becoming โ€˜Beautiful Enoughโ€™

July 21, 2025
Aja Haymore

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The Rajinikanth Effect: How Thalaivarโ€™s Meteoric Charm Forged A Cultural Phenomenon
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The Rajinikanth Effect: How Thalaivarโ€™s Meteoric Charm Forged A Cultural Phenomenon

Anju Devadas August 5, 2025

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Beyond Bloodlines: Reimagining Kinship And Childhood In Hirokazu Kore-edaโ€™s Cinemaย 
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Anju Devadas July 31, 2025

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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜Chidambaramโ€™ (1985)
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Haunting Silences And Moral Reckonings: Gender, Guilt, And Redemption In G. Aravindanโ€™s โ€˜Chidambaramโ€™ (1985)

Anju Devadas August 3, 2025

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Lolitaโ€™s Daughters: Innocence, Eroticism, And Cinematic Obsession With The Nymphet
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Lolitaโ€™s Daughters: Innocence, Eroticism, And Cinematic Obsession With The Nymphet

Anju Devadas July 26, 2025

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The Fangs of Fear: Exploring Horror and Dread in ‘Jaws’ (1975)
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The Fangs of Fear: Exploring Horror and Dread in ‘Jaws’ (1975)

Krishnanunni Padinjassery July 16, 2025

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Fragments of the Forgotten: Memory Loss and the Mystique of Identity in Indian Cinema
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Fragments of the Forgotten: Memory Loss and the Mystique of Identity in Indian Cinema

Anju Devadas July 10, 2025

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Destination Moon at Seventy-Five: Reassessing a Pioneering Vision of Space, Science, and Enterprise
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Destination Moon at Seventy-Five: Reassessing a Pioneering Vision of Space, Science, and Enterprise

Andrew Kidd June 29, 2025

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The French Dispatch: or All Great Beauties Withhold Their Deepest Secretsย 
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Hector Levya July 4, 2025

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