by Sonal Sher | Nov 5, 2012
Often in mainstream cinema there are instances of grave horror that are mentioned but never explained. Joachim Lafosse’s film Our Children (French: À perdre la raison) is inspired by one such case of Genevieve Lhermitte, who turned herself to the police after coldly...
by Sonal Sher | Nov 1, 2012
Every generation has grown with a different idea of James Bond, the only common factor being a fancy car and a suit. I am afraid, I am from the 90s, a generation which grew up on Brosnan’s version with the explosive pens, invisible cars and the multipurpose watch. And...
by Sonal Sher | Oct 8, 2012
‘O My God’, is without doubt the most blatantly intelligent film that I have seen this year. I wish that the producers would have spent a little more money on the publicity because it definitely deserves as much as possible. And probably a tax-free status...
by Sonal Sher | Oct 5, 2012
‘English Vinglish’ is about a woman Shashi (Sridevi) who does not know English and starts going for English learning classes while visiting New York. Ironically, at heart the story is about Shashi finding the confidence to continue reading and speaking in Hindi...
by Sonal Sher | Sep 21, 2012
Moonrise Kingdom, creates this strange world of acute reality for its viewers. Love stories, especially those involving young children are often trivialized in films. The reason behind it being the assumption that love is the business of adults. In this film, the...
by Sonal Sher | Sep 4, 2012
Cast of ‘Freaks and Geeks’ Having seen hundreds of films about American high school kids, their obsession with prom, cheerleaders, geeks, nerds falling for jocks etc, I thought I had seen it all. This is when I came across this little jewel of a series...
