The short film is about a young drug addict who seems to be trapped in a time loop. It is remarkably similar to the quarantine situation that we are all...
Author - Shrubaboti Bose
I pretty much grew up watching films since my childhood. My dad would often bring home DVDs of old classics and the whole family would get together in the evenings to watch them. I have seen a lot of Indian films and as a Bengali, though it might sound a bit biased, I'm actually very fond of Satyajit Ray's films, particularly "Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne" and "Charulata". Other than that, I love Kurosawa (especially, "Seven Samurai"), Wang Kar Wai and Miyazaki among Asian filmmakers. I'm always open to trying out new films and genres, except horror. I enjoy writing about films, something I discovered quite recently, but I'm nowhere near being a film critic. So I'm just here to explore and learn.
The film starts with a recitation of a story that goes like a fairy-tale and by the time we are introduced to our protagonist, we realize in the back of...
Have you ever wondered what kind of a life the chicken you’re eating has led before it became your meal? This short film beautifully tells us the tale of...
Often considered as the first film that began the Iranian New Wave, it is also historically well-known for gaining admiration of Ayatollah Khomeini which saved...
An exploration of the meaninglessness of life
Set in Japan’s traditional Edo period, “House of Five Leaves” ( Sarai-ya Goyou) is a twelve-episode anime series (written and...
In a classic storytelling fashion, this black and white short film by Satyajit Ray beautifully examines two kids from two different social backgrounds engaged...
