You Won’t Be Alone, Goran Stolevski’s 19th-century Macedonian folklore tale, connects deeply not just with humanity but with the Earth. Reminiscent of a Terrence Malick film but coated in gothic horror, the film is a meditation on our time on […]
“If you love someone, they live forever.” Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny is a gripping and enchanting tale of surviving the American dream in a strong feature film debut. In a stunning and tragic performance by Anna Diop, Senegalese Aisha moves to New […]
There are romantic comedies whose sole purpose is to charm. To tease a smile out of their viewers and give them a good time. Or, those that sweep viewers off their feet with ‘meet cutes’ and ‘first kiss’ plots. At […]
“How can you love something that ain’t there no more?” When loneliness becomes a stifling part of ourselves, where do we go? Loss and grief only add and accentuate that feeling. They feed the void inside us that yearns for […]
In a world that appears to be falling apart, Somebody, Somewhere takes us back to the basics. To the simple tasks that seem almost too daunting at times. Like getting up in the morning. Or going through your dead sister’s […]
“Were such things here as we do speak about? Or have we eaten on the insane root. That takes the reason prisoner.” (Shakespeare, 1.3.83-85) Like a dream, in a hollow void, with clouds of smoke and stunning black and white […]
Coming of age stories are a dime a dozen – more than I can count with two hands in the last year alone. There’s Euphoria, an overzealous attempt at elevating the everyday problems of teenagers by glamourizing the graphic details […]
Where have all the real romantic comedies gone? The ones that make the heart ache as you leave the movie theatre. The ones that reminds us of the magic of love, if ever so tenuous. There’s an emptiness to these […]
There are no “winners” in Succession. To think about “winners” and “losers” is to assume these characters have a more robust moral backbone. Succession is a raving success because it knows that there’s no better universal aphrodisiac than watching a […]
Hitting the ground running, HBO’s highly anticipated series Succession made its third season debut last Sunday. Picking up from last season, Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) is on a vindictive path against his father Logan (Brian Cox). It’s an episode of […]
