Darren Aronofsky has quite a reputation for forcing the audience to the brink of paranoia with suchfinesse that it’s hard not to admire his dexterity. He did that in his cult film, Requiem for a Dream several years ago and his latest film Black Swan is no different either. Read the complete review here…
As Ludwig Mies van der Rohe once said, God is in the detail. Tom Hooper’s Oscar-winning film, The King’s Speech, stands testimony to the profound impact that detailing can bring about on viewers’ minds. The movie doesn’t stop at merely being a powerful subject (it deals with a king who struggles to overcome a stammer, [...]
In Mark Romanek’s poignant film – Never Let Me Go there is a scene where a teacher addresses her students about the importance of knowing who they really are.  It’s raining outside, adding more gloom to the already bleak setting in the English Countryside. The teacher (Miss Lucy) asks the students, “Do you know what [...]
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Trainspotting, an onscreen adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel of the same name, is one of the cult classics from the 90s which captured an entire generation of movie buff’s imagination. Directed by Danny Boyle, the film chronicles the lives of a group of friends as they grapple with heroin addiction, urban poverty and lack of purpose in life.
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If Cinema is the proof of God’s existence, then Christopher Nolan is one of the greatest messiahs ever. Words aren’t enough to describe the brilliance which seems to lurk in every neuron of his brain. But that’s not what makes him a genius. His masterstroke lies in directing films which not only add meaning to [...]
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