When a director as significant as Mira Nair makes a series, you expect something more than a well-crafted romantic flick with nice visuals
Author - Joanna Kończak
I graduated in the field of cross-cultural psychology, what made me curious of the worlds far outside my backyard. Hence you may meet me roaming the Asian and European sideways as I love travelling, especially solo. Have been watching movies since I remember, and I share the same enthusiasm for experimental arthouse as well as glittering blockbusters and the filthiest of horrors. Indian cinema became the area of my particular interest. Apart from being a frantic cinephile, I devour piles of books. As I have been working in the publishing house known for children’s books (and even authored a couple of toms) for over a decade, I became quite successful in hiding the dreadful truth: never managed to grow up.
A mirror in which the director watches himself as an artist
Once again Pelissery confronts the audience with the beastliness of human nature.
Sometimes the travel itself is more important than the destination.
The interesting part comes from the tattoo background. The characters refer a lot to tattoos and their meanings, making them a part of identity (the enigmatic...
An erotic pipe dream, a nostalgic nodding to a bygone era, a love triangle against the backdrop of politically turbulent times, a hyper-aesthetic foray into...
The director doesn’t rely on nostalgia and isn’t romanticizing ’70s and ’80s aesthetics. It is a pretext for him to contemplate on toxic masculinity.
“Silent River” puts a lot of creativity in motion to push limits away.
“Pedro”’s festival round is a great opportunity to turn to new grounds, and check the works of the new generation of filmmakers hailing from the same state as...